AN OBJECT-LESSON. ADVICE TO AUSTRALIA.
LONDON, August 22. The Daily Telegraph, commenting on ' the total absence of European battleships 1 in the Pacific, cays that Admiral Sperry's ships are an object-lesson to Australians in the cost of battleships. The paper says that Australia's naval interests, at any-rat-6 for the present, can best be secured by a generous contribution for the maintenance of the British navy, which is powerful enough to protect her, even though no British battleships are seen in-Australian ports. '' Moreover," adds the Telegraph, 7 we have no right to doubt that the thorny Asia-tic question can be settled on perfectly honourable terms. The great fleet on both sides of the Pacific, and with leagues of ocean separating it, is almost as good as to impose a reasonable temper on fcbe jpaxt of those in authority. Pre.- ! sident Roosevelt's reference to the cruise ' as being one of peace and of justice has I the same meaning as Mr Deakin's happy phrase, "the " harbingers of peace." The battleships can best perform the latter duty when they reach Japanese waters, and find a magnificence of welcome far exceeding thedr expectations."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 31
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189AN OBJECT-LESSON. ADVICE TO AUSTRALIA. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 31
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