THE PACIFIC PROBLEM
IMPORTANCE OP GUAM.
LONDON, 6th October. The Daily Express asserts that Guam is the key to the Pacific While it is unfortified, 'Japan is mistress of the Western Pacific. When Guam becomes an American base, the trident of "the Pacific will pass to the American battlefleet. The Navy Department in Washington in 1920 formulated a plan to make Guam a second Rosyth. It is now suggested in competent naval quarters^ihat if the United States pledges itself not to make Guam and Manila naval bases, Japan will regard the promise as a proof that the United States does-not intend to use the big stick against her, and be ready to arrange a mutual limitation^ of armaments. According to the existing building programmes, a danger time' will come by the end of 1923 if the Washington Conference fails. If Britain is going to do anything at Washington she must do it now—otherwise the deluge..
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 86, 8 October 1921, Page 5
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155THE PACIFIC PROBLEM Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 86, 8 October 1921, Page 5
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