A PACIFIC FLEET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2368, 26 January 1915, Page 5

A PACIFIC FLEET

HOWj-MR. DFiA'KTN VIEWS THE POSITION". • (By Talegranli.—Presa AssociationJ ■ Auckland, January 25. In reference to the important part played in the present wax by the British Navy, Mr. Alfred Deakin, .exPrime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, when interviewed by a "Herald" representative, remarked that if the situation developed on its present lines, the Navy would probably govern some of the all-important stages of the campaign. Already it had played a great part in destroying enemy cruisers which- were preying on our shipping. The pease that reigns in the Pacific at the ; present time, he added, is largely due not only to the splendidly effective work of the vessels of the Home Meet, but also in some measure to the operations of the Australian Squadron, which .we axe naturally proud to be able to say has lived up to the traditions of the : British Navy. With such results as those achieved by the Navy before, us, i the development of what may be termed a world-wide naval policy will yet be looked for by those who lay to heart the illustrations given us. 'Australia, Can--1 ada, and New Zealand will have their part to play, and how better could they do it than by co-operating with a view to establishing an effective Pacific fleet „ that'would keep our lands protected and leave the British Navy free to cope jrith' the great work lying nearer homS? I