ABSTRACT
THEtranspacificneighborsoftheUnitedStatesaremuchfarther away than the countries of Europe.TherimoftheAsiaticmainland rises across 5,ooo miles of ocean beyond the series of island chains that stretches from Kamchatkato Singapore.On the western shores of this wide ocean are the Great Powers-Russia,China,and Japan;the colonial possessions of the United State and the European powers; the Dominion of New Zealand;and the most important part of Australia.The political significance of the Pacific are a has been increasing ever since Perry persuaded the Japanese to give up isolation,but, even so,it cannot match the importance of the transatlantic zone. Greater distance makes there percussion of its political struggle on our own position less significant.
