Western Samoa and American

Air Bases

Apia, Nov. 1.

THERE is much interested speculation here as a result of reported state ments made recently by American and British statesmen regarding the establishment of further American air and naval bases in the Pacific.

The American naval station at Pago Pago is unsuitable for use as an air base; and there are some indications that Western Samoa may be the object of an arrangement similar to that under which certain West Indian Islands were leased by Britain to the United States as air bases.