THE THREE ADMIRALS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 306, 29 November 1906, Page 1

THE THREE ADMIRALS.

NAVAL CONFERENCE AT SINGAPORE. Early next year the "three Admirals" from Australia, China and the East Indies, are to as emble at Singapore for tho annual conference. Vice-Ad-miral Sir William H. Fawkes is expected to leave Sydney in the flagship Powerful ori December 15th for Hobart, and tlieiicfe' will pi-HcSeil to Singapore via Fremantle. The flagship will probably be accompanied by H.M.S. Cambrian. From the China station Vice-Admiral Sir A. W. Moore is expected to visit Singapore in his flagship, the Diadem, being accumpariicd by j a fieet of first-class cruisers, ccfiipriSirig the King Alfred, Kent, arid Monmoulh ; with probably the secorid-clars cruiser Flora and the Astroea. From Colombo Rear-Admiral Poe will likely take the Hermes and the Fox to Singapore. Ab to the matter of the plans and problems to ba discussed by the three Admirals, that is an affair between them and the Admiralty alone. It is possible that they may have bcforo them, in outline, the chief features of tho recommendations of the Defence Committee for Hcng Kong. Singapore, and Colombo. But th.' main case will bo tho consideration of que tions of concentration and action, temporary canipaigri bases, rendezvous for coal" supply, pict?ction of commerce, raids on hypothetical hestilo naval ports, and the like.