INDIGNATION IN AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12364, 1 December 1905, Page 8

INDIGNATION IN AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY, November 30. The "Herald," commenting on the Gervais cable, in reference to tho New Hebrides, says there should be no further question of tho need to emphasiso ot tho earliest opportunity tliat Australia is the dominant force in the Pacific, and tliat further intrusions by the Powers of either Hemisphere will be bitterly resented. The duty of Mr Deakin i_. to promptly inform the Colonial Office that Australia entertains nothing but hostility to any proposal for the extension of foreign interests in the Pacific. ' The "Daily Telegraph," after declaring that M. Gervais's suggestion is unacceptable, says:—"The attitude of the Australian Parliament and Government might well give the French new hope, and inclino the British Government to make concessions. Indifference and neglect characterise the Australian policy in regard to the group. It will be a novel record if the British are out-gon-oralled colohially, even by our gallant friends tlie French, but it is a plain choice between this and a change of policy. We cannot expect to hold territory another nation is developing and populating, while we aro not only refraining from taking any share in that effort, but are following a course calculated to positively discourage British 6ettkment."

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