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Show U. S. ARMY, NAVY LEAVE AUSTRALIA It is now revealed that the American Army and Navy have practically evacuated Australia except for a few skeleton supply units and that the two and a half year friendly invasion has come to an end. Australia, with a population of 1 about 7,000,000 had to accommo date a big foreign armed force for many months and inevitably there were civilian difficulties and points of friction. The feeling of many Australians, no doubt, is one of relief that the armed force has moved on. An unnamed newspaper correspondent, corre-spondent, after pointing out that the Autralian people as a whole,, demonstrated f riendsly hospitality, says the initial enthusiasm waned in the crowded troop centers and concludes that, as the Americans leave, Australia is more unreservedly unreserv-edly for the British Empire than ever. |