Show I PRESS PARAGRAPHS Tho The ne newspapers generally are aro 1 agreeing agreeing agree agree- ree ing mg that thata a great naval base at Pearl earl harbor would bo ho J a good thing The Tho New York Sun thinks no expense should bo be spared in making the tho defenses per feet It says Bays Sharply as army and nav navy men may disagree about tho best I of oi defending tho Philippines they concur in tho the view siew that Pearl Pear harbor is invaluable as the t of a naval baso base in tho the Pacific Hawai was annexed to tho the United States on Jul July 7 i 1898 four days ls l's after alter tho the sea ba battle of Santiago 8 0 and moro more than two months after Deweys Dewey's victory at Ma nila ruin All AU tho the intervening time timo of cloven en years has haa ia in deciding that Pearl harbor should bo be the tho main strat strategic ic base baso between the tho Pacific coast of the tho United States and tho the Pacific coast of Asia Tho The manifest dut duty of con congress rOSR is to spare no expense in making Pearl learl harbor the the impregnable bIb ble naval baso that tho the dest destiny ny of the United States requires it to be Cincinnati Inquirer Tho The selection of Pearl harbor as our principal naval baso bason in tho the Pacific is a wisp iso one and President nt Tafts Taft's action will bo be approved ap ape proved b by not only tho the military and naval experts but b by the ent entire ro population population lation of the United States Tho The Amari American can republic prepares for forwar forwar war var but only to defend her interests and her ri rights Philadelphia Record holds hold that Pearl harbor would b bo ho th tho key ker of the Pacific It says Tho The establishment of a great naval baso base at Pearl learl harbor would woul be bo in line lino with a wise policy of concentration for defense defenso Tho ho Hawaiian hawaiian Ha JIn- group may with good right be bo Pacific Instead Instead Instead In In- called tho the K Key y to the tho stead of b being boing int miles from our coast as Is is q tho the Phili Philippine pine archipelago o tho Hawaiian group roup is but 1000 miles away A fleet stationed thero there would make mako an oversea attack on any part of tho the American coast from Irom Un Un- alaska down to Panama too dangerous to bo be attempted tJ YNo t Y No cost should bo ho spared Is t the Iho o c conclusion con con- elusion of tho Washington Washinton Stars Tho The presidents president's decision n has lias finan finally been rendered in favor of tho moro central position on the ground round that from the tho Hawaiian ba base o tho the navy can bo be maintained maintained main main- tamed for purposes of mainland defense defenso as well wen as insular protection This conclusion conclusion conclusion con con- having ing fully been beon reached it should be bo the policy of the government to proceed yi vigorously with tho the development develop develop- ment mont of Pearl harbor as the tho most perfectly per per equipped and securely fortified naval base baso in the tho world Half way measures aro are futile and costly tJ Tho TIto Cleveland nd Plain Dealer DenIer approves One has but to glanco lanco at a map man to understand tho the advantages es of bor hor as a naval baso base in caso of war Itis It Itis Itis is located as a n natural outpost Prom From its stron strong position a fleet could dash in in any direction on its mission of tion Now v that it has been decided to forti fortify tIm tho Panama nama canal Pearl harbor is well J located to guard its Pacific ap ap- preach 1 Th Tho Omaha Be Bc Bee wants Hawaii lra and the Philippines pines both defended It thinks that c t of ol Olon as lS a 3 Philippine repair station and do oo- of a n. great reat naval base baso tu f Pearl harbor should enable us to look after our interests in th the tho Pacific to tho best possible advantage e. e and congress ma may be bo depended on to take tho the necessary necessary sary steps to mal make e Pearl harbor the ha haven haen en o or of tho Pacific fleet In the following tho the Baltimore American takes a broad brond view It is most unfortunate that tho the country does docs not maintain a fleet in the Pacific waters to an- an occasion thalmay that thal may arise The Tho creating of ot a n. great reat base at that point may be bo looked upon as aspres pres presaging the full recognitions of the thenn nn naval al needs of tho the Pacific and t that in iii tho the course of the next few years jears that body bod of water will have navo permanently located upon it a Sleet as largo larlo ns as theono the tho theone ono one that pas passed 1 trou through b tho the Pacific on its world tour Pittsburg Dispatch It has been heen ar argued that in caso case of war instead ad of ot being of value to this country our Philippine outpost in the tho Pacific would really feany b be- be bea a weakness This view appears to have been accept accepted t at last as by the military experts who were so anxious to spend millions there thero on do- do works On tho time other hand band a n strong naval base baso at Pearl harbor will willbo willbo willbe bo be or of immense strategic c value valne both in tho defense of tho the Paci Pacific c coast const and the tho Philippines themselves |