1867

January 17, 1867

Earl of Derby to Lord Odo Russel:

“That, whatever Treaty rights Spain may have had to the sovereignty of Sulu and its dependencies, those rights must be considered as having lapsed owing to the complete failure of Spain to attain a de facto control over the territory claimed.”

The High Colonial Age 1870-1914






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