Stronghold of the Pacific

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 8, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 48.

Stronghold of the Pacific

Stronghold of the Pacific.— The United States, stirred now by the activity of Japan and by the revelation which has been made by the agitation of various military and naval writers, has decided that Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaiian Islands, shall be the key to the Pacific Ocean. That is to be made the greatest naval base in the Western Hemisphere. A great dry dock is being built there, and five thousand troops are to be stationed there. It will be fortified by the new 14-inch guns; so that instead of spending millions of money at Manila, more millions will be spent at Pearl Harbor on the Pacific Coast; and this is but one of the instances among the nations showing how all the world is preparing for war.