Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I muri i te pōtitanga o te tau 1913, i whakawhiwhia e Cook a Deakin ki te tūranga o te tumuaki o te Komihana Interstate, engari i whakakahoretia e ia. I te tau 1914, whai muri i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakaae ia ki te tono kia noho hei tumuaki mo te komihana kingi ki te whakarato kai i te wa o te pakanga. Ko te whakaurunga a Deakin whakamutunga ki te iwi ko te kaiarahi o te roopu o Ahitereiria ki te 1915 Panama <unk> Pacific International Exposition
i San Francisco. He aha te take? I whakawhiwhia ia ki te tūranga i te timatanga e Cook, katahi ka tukuna e Andrew Fisher, i hoki mai hei rangatira tuatahi i te marama o Mahuru 1914. Ko te whakataunga he tino huihuinga, a, i tautokohia e Fisher me tana kaiawhina a Billy Hughes. Heoi, ko te whakauru a Deakin i uru ki te urutaunga torangapu mai i te minita mo nga mahi o waho a Hugh Mahon, a ka whakatau ia ki te hoki wawe ki Ahitereiria.