OCR Text |
Show Th JftU Vaeific Tclvtr. With the first day of the ne,K tury the federation of all jSit Ainj. Man colonics visa formally eorrplewJ by the swearing In of the lhrl cf Hopetoun as the first gortrnor g-neril of ths Australian comnunweslth. Ths peaceful orgaqlxlng of shst might h called the United Btatia of AustralU has attracted llttlo attention In U outsldo world, but there Is crsry reason to believe that long brbre ts comply Hon of tho new century ths Auttrallu commonwealth will not only bs Us dominant power In toe south Paelte but also ono of the great povers of til world. The advent of ths nsw if of a united Australian Is somtthul that may well be looked upon w'lh lively Interest by ths American K-publlc. K-publlc. I! |