Pacific affairs, accentuated by the Sino-Japanese hostilities, cannot fail inevitably to result in the strengthening of the bases owned by other Powers with interests in this part of the world. Britain's Singapore Base is practically completed atm cost of £11,000,000 and lacks only material supplies in the shape of warships, aeroplanes and personnel to bring the scheme to the point of fruition which represents Britain's determination to maintain her position in the Far East. Now comes the report that supporting the Preparedness campaign which President Roosevelt is expected to launch in the near future additional aeroplanes are to be sent to Hawaii which, presumably with other works of armament and defence hitherto unrevealed, will make this part of the United Stites' possessions one of the world's strongest air bases. At least 42 new machines of a new fast bombing type will be sent there in the course of the year and as other squadrons have been systematically added in the last two years there will probably be somewhere about 400 machines available at this advanced post of American influence in the Pacific, Distances measured casually from a glance on the "map might appear great for practical operation purposes but the range of the modern aeroplane, which can be fuelled from auxiliary vessels, is rapidly increasing and it is no fantastic dream to conceive long ocean raids in the near future, This does not necessarily mean any sense of aggressive purpose developing by the Powers possessing these bases but a rapidly changing equilibrium in the Far East is dictating correctives of future possibilities
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