ATTACK ON HAWAII.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 249, 20 October 1924, Page 5

ATTACK ON HAWAII.

AND AUSTRALASIAN CRUISE. J TO TEST FLEET. ■» N ° SI »ISTER MOTIVE. l (1 (Rr rable.-r rcss A Sau cUul00.-CO0.-Co PT ri g ht> r (Received n.30 :l . m , „ tVASHIXUTOX, October li). * relied ,7' Bwml of wnrtw t°-«»«y " Vn in~ re »*ons behind the forth- ,. coming naval manoeuvres otf Hawaii -. f.nTn " lu . d - v . ,nv °«ving both land and , sea forces, designed to f)]rnish , . 4 'l f"n v,TT at S " alional during "r, vv and ' The I,eadS ° f <■ " av - V and a ™y have already spent ■ l!l rcc - vcars ln 'l"irin K into the mater He .quest,on of a world war has pre- . sented new phases, entirely upset tine ■ •'" n e '' rhcr ™nclueioj, B on the matter f dcfp " c f- The problem now faced is theoretically an attempt of an enemy ■ force to se.zc the Hawaiian S roup of " "• ands as » S t step in its eastward j advance, and the possibility of ejecting . such a force before it could conStf ' TrT ynOte ° f the P rob!em - I" the ' forthcoming manoeuvres the battle I ncetwi., pla ,. the role of the attacking 1 force and the defence will b e left to land forces and the reserve and"aval , ships attached to the 14th district, wh eh . includes Hawaii. - The fear that the moral effect of the -Uaslnmiton Conference on the limitation I of armaments might be nullified if war- . ately after the agreements had been , reached by the nations represented at ho Conference led to these manoeuvres being delayed for several years I It is explained that the Hawaiian problem of defence is only one of thre* phases, in all of which it is assumed that an attack will be made against the Panama Caual for the purpose of isolat ing some portion of the American fleet The manoeuvres of 1923 in mid-Pacific resulted in certain recommendations for the strengthening of the cruiser forces and ■ so of the air fleet to prevent a possible surprise attack on the Canal Recent manoeuvres off the Caribbean . islands showed that the West Indie, ; offered another strong point from which ( an attack could be made. [ Regarding the cruise to Australian . waters, naval officials agree that he performance of the Heet upon such k i as t ! iat " ndcr forced »»• fA od a; d d ea^.^ a b;e r r hor - akne --