A PEACEFUL PACIFIC.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 103, 4 May 1925, Page 7

A PEACEFUL PACIFIC.

SAFETY FOR ANGLO-SAXONS. NAVAL BASE AT HAWAII. | HONOLULI", May :>. The Governor of Hnwaii, Mr. W. R. Fairington, addressed tbe officers of tlie army and navy and members of Congress at the conclusion of the Hawaiian naval manoeuvres. He said America looked upon her neighbour, Australia, across the Pacific, as upon Canada, across the border, namely, in a spirit of brotherhood. Their joint function was to make the Pacific what its name implied. This was America's parting word before the fleet sailed to Australia. ' Admiral R. E. Cooutz. Commandcr-in- " Chief of the United States Fleet, in 1 replying, said it was manifest that the 1 destiny of America had developed since ' the Spanish-American war in the Philipi pines. Hawaii was looked to for further ' changes iv the development of the Pacii lie. He urged that Hawaii should improve her harbours in the expectation of • trade developments between Hawaii, tlie Philippines and Australia. Admiral Cooutz indicated the necessity for defending the entrance to Pearl Harbour to make it an efficient base for tho operations of the American navy in the Pacific. The battleships of the fleet were all anchored in the open sea, the shallow entrance to the harbour being insufficient to permit the passage of large ships.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)