Show The preliminary work Is being done to make the Island of Guam a thoroughly thor-oughly protected naval base for American Ameri-can warships on the Pacific The preliminary pre-liminary survey Is ordered and will be carried out by a mixed commission of army and naval ofllcers and their work will be completed In time for practical action during the next session of Congress Con-gress Guam is to be made a little Gibraltar The Island Is 3500 miles from Honolulu and 1COO miles from Manila There arc people who dream that by and by the commerce o the Pacific will exceed that of the Atlantic I expected that n cable will connect the United Stales with her islands in the Pacillc and Guam Is to be a place of rendezvous for American warships I and a stopping place for American merchant steamers that ply between our Western ports and the ports ot the Philippines and the continent beyond |