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?S''. . VISIT.:
LEAVING SAN^FRANCISGO. ;
'ATJSRAÍ^ ' .
AT FAREWELL'' GATHERING. ,
... San ^Francisco, April Í5,
The Australian Trade Cpmml<»sioncr,
Mr. :M.;; Elde v «nokeVat; thc farewell'
banquet to ,'Admiral' Coonta and ''nffte-1
.wt? of the -Fleet at the. Palace-Hotel,.'
He said: "I-have listencdvlntenflv.'to
M'ha.*;.ltn*>hi'en;«nld about the Ame'rl-'
.ran -'Renuhlioikeepln'r.5 un the standard
fixed bv the ArmB Limitation Confer;
èhco ; Agreement.* . I ; 1inve! PO doitht
America.will carry out itadutyip' thin
regard lt owe* that1 to itself'dpd thc
Avorld' umy4 mission in» San Francisco
bkf . beerti'Hoi1-'confer with'-Admiral
Coontz concoVnimr-.the 'détails) 'ofI the
* "sttmlinn^Mlsit. il .arm hnpny. to ??. say1
thcsei are.»»ll'.ttrranflqd to. ithe mutual
satisfaction ;of,-ithe-'Ame'íí cap. Hnd>Atts
/trnllan'^GovernmentsV-We. .apnreqfHto
the mi^ion-of' the American 'Fleet, is
a mission i not 'iof . war,.'but of/peace,
nr>* or aggrandisement, but of ¡good-i
will. 'In'.' that * spirits*we -welcome-"itJ
Ours also'-is^n ''peace-loving- people.
The doort^of-'Attstrallà are wide: open
to yóiti Australia lawmaking .extensive
^reparation* to welcome you into her
.homes.-! wish Godspeed to the/ Ameri-
can Fleet. May your-; high'mission be
fulfilled and your cruise bc successful.
'an1'; mav vott/returh.'safe and sound."
, When" Mr. Elder .concluded, 16 Ad
t^jralsroH of-hiph rank; hfnccrff of :the
.'Fleet .and >nrnmincrit,Californians and
r'mcmbéríí'iOf Congress nrescnt, rose e
maíSe and chteVeoV
~A. P.* A.
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