THE AMERICAN FLEET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 215, 4 September 1908, Page 2

THE AMERICAN FLEET.

THE EASTERN PERIL. AUSTRALASIAN FEELINGS Vl& ' CUSSED. London, September 2. The Stuudard, u a syiup«uaetie articiu on the omhioiis ucctautu lo Adiiiiral Speiry by Australia.!., says that practically the position ul lue people of Australia iu tugaiu tu the ueleiuive measures whereon her sa.ety mu»t partly depend hi the position ot all tbe .•elf-governing States of the Empire. Australia intends tu build and eyuip ner own squadron, nud waere auc leaas the rest of the oversea mates will probuihly follow, it will be ail interesting experiment. The Washington correspondent oftha Tall Mall Gazette says: American newspapers consider Unit the demonstrations of Australia denote a popular conviction in Australasia that the American naval power would, in aa emergency, become a barrier agalast the extension of Japanese rule iu tbe Pacific. Some people consider the Australians oherish the same ideals in the United States and are closer to us than to England. Another writer declares there is no scnlimentalism uOout mood being thicker than water, but an enlightened self-interest. Some sober writers suggest the existence in Australasla of a lack of confidence in th» willingness and ability of the Motherland to protect Australasia against wliat is described as the Eastern peril. ■'line correspondent emphasises the exceedingly embarrassing consequences of the tour to the Washington Government.

A BASEBALL MATCH. Melbourne, September 3. In a baseball match an American fleet team defeated Victoria by 6 to 5. THE CELEBRATIONS CONCLUDED. A SEAMAN KIILLEa Received 3, 11.25 p.m. Melbourne, September 3. The fleet celebrations arc practically concluded. A sailor belonging to the battleship New Jersey was killed by a locomotive at Flinders street station.