New Base

USA Spending Two Million Dollars At Pago Pago

THE building of the new American naval and submarine base at Pago Pago, in American Samoa, on which the United States Government is spend ing over 2,000,000 dollars, is proceeding very rapidly.

Large numbers of additional men for the garrison have arrived, and others are due to arrive. The old station ship.

"Ontario”, has gone to Honolulu, and has been replaced by a light cruiser.

As the result of the expenditure of so much money on defence, trade is boom ing in American Samoa, and the de pressed condition of the copra industry has been forgotten.