The Future of the Pacific
Per United Press Association. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, Sept. fi. The Times devotes a special and a leading article to the vast territories in tho Pacific and commercial and strategic standpoints. It mentions that the Pricndly group is in a straight line between Sydney and Colon, ami is destined, after the opening of the Panama canal, to attain an importance similar to that of Singapore. It warns Britain of the danger of supineness, and emphasises the growing activities of Australia’s foreign neighbours. It remarks that Germany has been guided in her acquisitions, including important naval stations, by a definite plan of action towards ultimate coordination with the. Dutch possessions should Holland enter upon political communication with Germany,
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Southland Times, Issue 19919, 8 September 1906, Page 2
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122The Future of the Pacific Southland Times, Issue 19919, 8 September 1906, Page 2
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