Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... American Fleet's Welcome in a Wonderland -- Dances of the Maoris -- Native Honors Conferred on Admiral Sperry -- Greeting of Newest America to the Ships From the Atlantic -- The Anglo-Saxon Peace Mission -- The Trip to Rotorua and the Geyser Land the Feature of the Welcome -- The Beauty of the Maori Women. V. S. Battle Fleet, Auckland, New Zealand, August 15. ENTURIES before the white men came to this land the natives called it Ao-tea-roa, the Long Bright World. In recent years, under the complete domination of the white man, it has been known popularly as Newest England. Since the United States Atlantic fleet has been here, a matter of six days only, it has been called Newest America. Admiral Sperry in one of his dozen or more addresses referred to the visit of the fleet as a mission of AngloSaxon peace. It delighted the people, and it was plain to see that if the overwhelming welcome of New Zealand had any other meaning than a spontaneous glad greeting to Americans as Americans it was a far cry, almost a notice, an ultimatum of the people, sent thousands of miles across the seas to Great Britain, that the people of this land, and of Australasia as well, intend that it shall remain a white man's country; no Orientals need apply. No welcome of the fleet up to this time surpassed that given here in unrestrained and almost uncontrolled enthusiasm. California went fleet mad; New Zealand not only went fleet mad but it developed the new disease -- fleetitis. As we are sailing out of Auckland's beautiful harbor this morning the entire population is stricken with it. There is no specific for its cure; time alone can bring a slow recovery. The symptoms are akin to the heavy heartache that homesickness produces in its most advanced stage....
