THE ISLAND OF YAP
NAVAL VIEW Or AMERICAN CLAIM. London, September 20. British naval strategists regard President Wilson's claim to'the Island of Yap as affecting- in an important degree the future oE the balance of forces in the Pacific. They-claim that the destination of Yap should bo deferred to ;a special conference which later is to decide the questions regarding the German cables taken orer during the ■war.' President Wilson admits that the American claim to the islaud is duo to a strong report by naval experts, who insist on the necessity for American, bases in the Western Pacific. This may bo inspired primarily by tho American interest in the Philippines, but America's decision to straddle tho" Pacific will obviously have an important bearing on Australasian defsnee.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Yap is one of the most westerly of the Caroline (ex-German I islands, occu* pied by tho Japanese early in the war. It ie in latitude 9deg. north and is about 750 miles east of the Philippines.]
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 307, 23 September 1919, Page 5
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166THE ISLAND OF YAP Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 307, 23 September 1919, Page 5
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