The strength of Britain's Eastern fleet, including the China Squadron, the East Indian Squadron, the Australian Fleet, and the New Zealand Squadron, is as follows at present: 12 cruisers, 1 seaplane ier, 14 destroyers, 1 submarine mother-ship, 17 submarines, and 36 others, making a total of 81. It is anticipated that with the progress of her naval rearmament, Britain will reinforce the above with five capital ships and another seaplane carrier—a total of China seas with this island as its foothold.
Australia and New Zealand, in line British governments naval rearmament programme, are greatly expanding their naval and other military preparations. It is hardly to comment on their importance in the south Pacific.
Thus review ug the strategic positions of America, Britain, France and Holland, it might seem that Japan is helpless, driven into the northwestern corner of the Pacific. To make mat-
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