Show F if Z NN N tv M WW the reports that CJ C tile azores bad been utilized J j by tile united states na As 11 nil val base bahe a writer tit in tho the achl cage examiner says sas theao islands island 3 llo lie lit in tile tho AtIn atlantic title ocean miles oft off tile const coast of aoi situated well to ilia south ot of tile lit main transatlantic mill routes to E lugland ng and Fr fronco ianco they afford on nn nil ad ral rable rendezvous for our patrolling fleeta nad it convenient port for assembling sem Se bling nibling military stores and troops such a base for ships to tol prevent tho the wholesale destruction of navigation rind for lio ilia protection of neutral ns its welt well us its allied shipping should bo be n ns 8 welcome ouno to portugal us its to theother tho other othe r allied countries 1 I powerful low erful wireless stations on the islands keep in n touch with will shipping on it tho ilia atlantic and located ns as they hey are so BO close to tile trade routes ln bo tween this lila country and southern europe it la Is quite probable that hat tile tho islands lino have been rendered sato safe from U boat attacks and that our mile allies 4 ure tire us using ing file bliem a na 8 it anso 0 of f operations 0 0 lisbon ila has con scantly advocated tho the creation of noval rind protecting stations in tho the atlantic pacific find and indian oceans in urging this course coin so of nc ite tion in a recent issue it states nono none would woud bo be more important tn ili point of geographical position mad natural resources thun than a naval repairing furnishing iii and protecting station lit in tile azores or western islands and it if necessary for a relay point tor for american forces crossing tile atlantic sonio sent understanding already ought to have been lind had between portugal england and america harbor facilities not very good tile azores occupy nn nil area of square miles the comprises nine islands of which alch tile chief tire iro st Mich michael nel in ili the southeastern roup group lern Grac graciosa losa saint george fayal fatal and pico in the central group in ili 1011 tho the population of tile islands was aa malily of portuguese origin tho rho islands nt at present ao 00 not afford ilia best of harbor those however that may inny bo be adoll able have potential possibilities that should not greatly tax tho the ingenuity of our engineers ono one of tho the best la Is tit nt an gra on tho the island of Ter elbra however tile islands albord afford other oilier addan anges that would make them an excellent base tho the Is mild find snow seldom seen the temperature lu in never higher than 80 86 degrees an gra Is ilia ha only city tin oil Tere lerit find lina gaii population it many diversions find and its of every class tire notably deferential and hospitable pi table hero there aro are three social nocial clubs till nn athletic club find and it lawn tennis nis association the deepest and some claim ilia safest rinch ornge Is 13 nt at Ve velilla lills between illse find and st george it Is known ns as st georg georges H channel the lua tives of st george tire chiefly cli lelly occupied in raising cattle anti and manufacturing cheese for export pico alco and fayal on pico across ucross the channel clinn nel Is the symmetrical cone shaped peak rising to it height of feet nuovo sea bea level cl the climate hero here Is unrivaled it Is in said to be one of the healthiest spots lit in tile tho world absolutely free from marshes or stagnant water Is perhaps best known to american tourists hero the first azerean and fourth consulate of tho the united states was wag established in 1800 hero ilia first american residence was built by john 11 dabney tho the first consul the harbor nt at horan faunl is the most spacious in tho the azores by improving tile breakwater liter here nn an excellent port would bo be afforded to vessels of our fleet at storta are anchored eleven submarine inkles with it joint station I 1 for the Eri english glish american and other companies As a relay point for troops tho the azores would meet almost every requirement qui rement tile tho climate Is equable necess access easy abundant streams for water supply fertile soft boll and within two days ballingor Ballin tho the continent that the Azor Azore caus aus would give our troops and chipi a cordial welborne lg Is unquestioned friendly relations between the united states and the date back to the war of 1812 tho the armstrong was beached on tile the island during tho the civil war the tuscarora trul boil were stationed there and when tile the latter went ont forth for ilia naval driel that resulted lit in the sinking of tile tho lio confederate privateer tit nt cherbourg Cher bourg more anoro than it Az orenna cro of the crewe of the two union ships bodny anday cheru tire many pensioners on oil tile veterans veter finy who lio served winder under sherman Slier ninn grant sheridan Sherl dnn and ill a I 1 howard 1 ow 11 r of beautiful sea and sky effects 9 0 IV lanys I 1 no part ot tho atlantic Is H more prolific lit in tho th wonders of the set sen than tile azores the inexhaustible alv diversity ralty of C loud cloud scenery of 0 thosa islands I 1 have never seen approached except at mn AN delra tile tho effects of urn tiva und and land clouds at sen sea ilia impression of distance stanco dl Is conveyed na is never on ilind beci niso no hills nor mountains to interrupt tile view of tho the most dis taut cloud strata find no ait t clouds anre so BO full fall of suggestive form fonn of depro of us those far off low lying bine vapory forms along the dim hofling picturing plum win toni towers and domes doines tins on the edges of precipices 14 flanked ly by ice clad peaks anti over hung py jy groves of pulina off PICO one evening I 1 saw BOW lit in the lio sky eky horsemen clin shig a stag und find us is they fielded iway away it triumphal march of knights lit in glided gilded armor moved ric frenly my inid nin jest leally no effort of fancy vas ina required to distinguish nil these groups vl alth perfect distinctness ono one ot of the fenest effects ut tit sen sea la iii mirage which la Is confined to no ono one part of tile acelin although the andl tlona that produce it do not always seem thoroughly explained by saying that it Is duo due to refraction to BO tit alio shore raised above the water find hovering mysteriously in the air re heeled in fit another sea ben of its own Is it 11 sight eight that tho the most thread threadbare baro farnill arity cau can never make losi less wonderful |