LATE AUSTRALIAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 139, 4 August 1911, Page 6

LATE AUSTRALIAN.

(Received 4, 12.55 p m.) Sydney, August I

The “Herald” says that the suggested cession of Tahiti to Germany ought to call forth an immediate protest from Australia and New Zealand. It was unfortunate that Mr. Fisher and Sir Joseph Ward were absent, for a joint representation should be immediately made in such terms as would leave no possibility of mistake. The feeling in Australia on the matter was that any intrusion of Germany in the Pacific would he bitterly resented because it would mean an ever-threatening menace at our door. Tlie paper adds: The possession of a Pacific island is nothing to boast of, and those desiring it can only desire it as a point of departure for a much more far-reaching attempt at aggression.