KEYS OF THE PACIFIC

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19551, 6 August 1925, Page 9

KEYS OF THE PACIFIC

IN ANGLO-AMERICAN HANDS. A PLEA FOR UNITY OF AIM. Pierj Association —By Telegraph—Copyrighv NEW YORK, August 4. The Evening Post, in a leading article entitled “Gazing on the Pacific,'’ says: “The exchange of courtesies, such as that which occurred between President Goolidge and the Governor-General of Australia, once more brings to mind the increasing international importance of the Pacific area. As the world gazes more intently on Balboa’s ocean the world s politics are gradually undergoing a vast chang i. The lonely outposts of the British Empire can no longer look towards London without seeing the United States first, for the United States is the key nation of Pacific politics. The aims of Australia and the United States must always be similar. It is the first duty of statesmanship to make them so, or it will be. the worse for both America and the British Empire. Upon the realisation of the new trend of international politics toward the Pacific, and the new problems thus created, depends, in a large measure, the future peace of the world.’ A. and N.Z. Cable. A WAR WITH JAPAN. AMERICAN ADMIRAL, SCOUTS IDEA. VANCOUVER, August 4. Rear-admiral W. W. Phelps stated at the Institute of Politics meeting at Williams town that the Washington Conference on Armaments absolutely settled the peace of the Pacific. He said that, the Four-Power Pact ensured the integrity of the American possessions. “I do not believe in any war with Japan,” he said. “Both nations would be very foolish to provoke a conflict. I think a new mentality is developing, and that commerce is gaining between the two nations.” He explained that the Washington Conference removed the fear that was engendered by vast armaments, -Reuter.