THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE. THURSDAY, March 1,1917 NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE. A FORCE IN THE PACIFIC.

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THE KAIPARA AND WAITEMATA ECHO WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED "THE KAIPARA ADVERTISER & WAITEMATA CHRONICLE." HELENSVILLE. THURSDAY, March 1,1917 NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE. A FORCE IN THE PACIFIC.

Professor J. McMillan Brown, who is a singularly sane and forceful leader of public opinion in matters pertaining to Imperial supremacy, both in the over" sight of the seas and in the institution and retention of a purely domestic commerce, re* cently delivered an interesting address at the Overseas Club, in Christchurch, in which he said : — "1 think that by her attitude during the present war, New Zealand has shown that she has a great future before her. She has shown that she is going to, l^e in tfye Pacific what Great Britain has been in the Atlantic. There are but four islands in the world which lie across the latitudes, and they are Great Britain, Japan, Madagascar, and New Zealand. Madagascar has no broken coast line, and she will never be a great Power. New Zealand, on the other hand, has a broken cqast line, and such places will always be 4 training grqund fqr sailors. Germany, an inland qountry, so to speak, will never realise h§c naval ambition; she is on an absolutely wild goose chase. For New Zealand, how* ever, there is a different kind of future. From her position and her formation she will always have a large number of sailors. She differs, in one respect, from £he Old Country, in that she, is a rgqunt^oijs cjquntry, an^ mountains, like the sea,' ace. aiw.ay.B breeders of lovers of freedom. Surely she has a great future tjefore her, and will always be a jjpsat nuise qf freedom. Her environment will always, make her a defender of the freedom of mankind."