Show ROUTES OF THE PACIFIC 0 00 3 ig ir K 0 to anyone viewing a map that shows the full extent of the pacific two circumstances will be strikingly and immediately apparent ile he will see ace at a glance that the sandwich islands stand by themselves in a state of comparative isolation amid a vast expanse of soa sea and again that they form the center of a large circle whose radius Is approximately the distance from honolulu Ilono lul u to san francisco too much stress can not be laid upon the immense disadvantage to us of any maritime enemy having a coaling station well within miles as aa this Is ot of every point of our coast line from puget sound to mexico |