AMERICA'S FLEET.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 7

AMERICA'S FLEET.

•/.' AUSTRALIAN WELCOME. ' THE FUTURE (OF THE PACIFIC. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE. / - BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT , Tokio, March 15. ' When the visit to Australia by the 7 7 United .;'States' 'fleet' was announced,' an official at' tho Foreign Office in Tokio stated that the decision to-.send tho American fleet .i on a tour- : of : tho world would .silonce all talk " of war* and, bo of . peaco. Sydney, March 16 The.Federal Prime Minister (Mr. Dealcin), i at' the conclusion .of.. a:speech ,on .national V. 'defehco/'.said the'.'American:.fleet/would .receive la .welcome such as had nover been . seon:outside the.Ujnted States. „ ' Molbcurne, March 16. • Minister, for Dofonce; (th<f Hon. ,T. .i •; ?, said. that: the,visit of> the. American- }; ; fleet-' would/ prove , : ,most ". gratifying" to : ;A.us- , tralia, .adding—" We feel our future m tho ; Pacific ls bound up in that ,of America.?' ~ INVITED TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND. PREMIER TAKES ACTION. (BY:.TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.\ . , , Auckland, March 16 ' •7. " Inconnec£ion:withthe visit'of 'the^Ameri-:' ,y... 'Can,vfleet-i to':. ;'anj ■ injtiated'by. tho■;'!.Herald." to ho,ve the - -,visit " extended" to Auckland. The journal in ques- , tion says7"We-dosnot.know-whether_Sir •. . Joseph Ward has 'approached the - American •'7 authorities^with; the object ;of. scouring. a; visit ,;- A : froin ; .the, :Zealand waters; but .wei'itrust-:.that'j no..efforts will be spared to, ', induce the United States Government to con-

.-.■■■ sent to such a course. . Moreover,, we believe , : ' that if .proper.- representations .were' made.; at ■ . Washington, . the- response, would not : bo un--favourable.—,-Tho-fleet -will havo closo . / .to Auckland on: .its-.way.l from' Samoa .to' Australia, bo ,that, comparatively, little lnconve- . nionce or delay would be involved in touching ■ at. this.port, which for. so many years.ivas the , port of arnval and departuro for tho San ''Francisco- mail; steamers. Apart from the close and friendly that have always .- existed:.between tho, people of the Dominion : f;aridtheir.^finsfolKacross .the.; Pacific,.^-and - their,: Sprang';., commercial ,- intercourse,'..the ■ visit of tho fleet ..would bo; singularly;..appro- : ,priato,; inasmuch asNew.iscalsnd.is the near-' • /.est &to^;th^AniOTcanJ , seaboard;lbf-;the> Great' British-ipossessions, in- tins quarter of tho: globo/ and-is .probably.:the one .that has ex-- '/- .cited fthe .keenestjinterestvambng; the Amm- , can people. . President. Roosevelt himself has , on.more, than - one .occasion given - expression : to .tho-.warm . regard; which- ■ lio: entertains' for New Zealand,- and to the-deep interest which he.takes, in,our -affairs. There- is every reason, t therefore, for anticipating a cordial re- ■ • coption of: an-invitation :fromi the NevrZea- - land Government.to tho American fleet to vi3it our country, ~'and ivo would i; strongly urge on the Prime Minister the desirableness of .using.every.means-in his-power-toi secure -. for . the Dominion ■ so • gratifying a; distinction, "j (BY TELEOIIAPE— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, March 16 _Jn ,a communication:to ;tho\" New, Zealand Herald to-night, Snv Josoph Ward says'— - '. 1 hart mado . representations . through ~E xcellency ,tho>! Governor, and also the ~ American. Consul-Goneral, inviting: the Ameri- • / ran/fleet itqv.visit NewjZealaiidiHl