THE MENACE OF THE UNKNOWN FAST.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 8

THE MENACE OF THE UNKNOWN FAST.

,Tn !.,>• KOi;..r > Sir.-Tlie a.ui-.-r ; ,n-Ti2- ln.m a < "'"" Japanese awakening i- -m- ■' .•■» >''« ~.,!,„ y ..t t» fully realise. Profoundly ~,,.,r;.nl of the vJmbinea p.>«.To( those IBM ; tpullvenliputeuiinr peoples. ** '■'O' s, ' ~,,r ~v.- "ay.l .TV V ■ -. pew. Where (Hio.oiHi -.il.j.-K-. form* nearly a ihird <>i f..- «,;■!■, population, whieii ; m Itwii ~ .iwiifwant. Km- ih.m*iiuU ni rear. Hi- I hiniw have b.-n a-)w\>: bill they , r ,, w.-duy fa-t flw.ikftiiug. ami awakenuini-. Fifty '\Wir- .m» i"- liunly -lap* vcr.' far mn'ri- Jliat tli« (,!„,.<,. ire in ."!!■ ilu.v. No li'iropi-an .lur.l walk in lhi-ir Mr,-.!-. Hi; woulil },:,!•(■ been killlMl Mt .-i-hl. V.i. Vl'ur- B K O. tin .liipani-a. wtri' bni'.Jiiif! l oip'-iln Ixwh f,,r i l ..- L.i "v Minnsi-ipatinl Portugese trnviTiiiMMit. and '!»n ! '' riMTlitly ti"- liitlc Million 1.-pal -II" , , nihfin" hollow in lh? •l-iir Kiisi. Now! lbt- •';>(.* ""• '"«l"'; i - td.lv of the MHiK- Um\\y o< nation a> tin- \ hmi-if. ami pboul'l I iiiiiii k> tbmw n-idp foreign yoke hthl dee-iilc- to n.t for iuT-cif. or tin- .tap- hike lier in Ifand i«hkh i.- ilie roul .laiijicri. nn<l -eliow her the nay." Hiiti- i- no tell for the A*i«tic«" will reeoiimi with .loubir mpaniiiL'. '1., the .■iiurniou- oomliineil fhipillatiun ol lliin.i niul •Iβ pan—even Jittlp .liipin. :i~ wo r:iU it. i-ontains mnre jmoplo tbiii tlif "iiolp rnii-ed Kingdomwill '.•.■ iiddfd :lllll.<lOO.nO() millions nt 3mlin, -.villi H few .-corf millions from .Midi i-oiintrip.- n< Hurmah. Afphanirtan and IVr-hi. Tlii* hor:lp r>! !it.ho. dnrk ami ypllnvv-skimi'Hl nion. given the organisation that t!io .)apano*c- now T rnul.l mieiiy nvprrtin Knrupp. Our liltlP Western cnntinent wouM tlirn b.Momc a provinop of j va*l As>itio pinpirn and not only Briton-. l>"t nil «'tl»>r Kiiropnan« wrtiilH probably fnrjret their r.i in! and other iliffiniltiei in the en<lonrmir i.. learn rhiiK'sr. The ultimate rated \«iiilir«. Kispecially tbine.se. take vnry si-riowly. It <hnnld"lw ohvious that h iiitiiin like Japan, wiib ;i teeminfr population uf some 4o.llun.o(in. ,-.i-t ujion -r,;nc lia.ii.u »i)lliire mile-, of which not. more thim oiw-ijrtli is nrailable for c-nl-tivutinn. mi'.*t ?ooner or later find ■•■iionitv fur her eur|)lns people. The fa.:-t that i!" , ik'ii.-ii.v oi Japan* population is far frrpat'T than I hat of every otber coneiderable Pow.-r iv t!if world i- in ii.-if mi.4 si-niilicsini . Moreover. .Tapun iun no -wu-itc place-" into wlii.h tn disgorfre her rnpiiUy iiL-rtMisiiisr surpliw. Already :t K.-.v.-r. eijiial In »lt-tlircni-r.vi Uii~-iun iurluen-.-.-. lapun stands a ijji-i:.i..- to Eiiropt-.m i-ivili-injf iiiflii'.''iw. T.i iiion-.irt- tiii- -ami- suUlf Ai.ia.tiL- i: , Huetiii- may !»• ri-inioricd b> 4iKJ.iJtJu.t)U.J oi rit-iL'bbuarinj' l.'iiiiio.-e, whom Aiinira-p-ciplf nil "iM.n':i. DiplonitttT " the event i.f uo«iiliti' - »ill .iv.'iil uoifiin--. ior urguuirin ii.v.-r yi-i put-ilktl iiaUundl a.-pira-tiuli iWM-pinjr aiutiLT K-liind i h«- Nay oiietii uf .i vigorous people. These axe no nuiidlin ri. i.ion- |nird<l<tl 1o terrify wc.ik. ruiDlimi.il men and women. They are i.iu.rete lai'tji. VSV are dwelling to-day in safety beneath the. I'niou .lack—the fla;r of universal liberty lor all British eubject?. Are these priviloire- in danger': J!...- iitvupion a-ppeai , possibloj It so. v :ini duly devolve? upon ti- to withman.) that trhieli. if victorious, miift ii- --laves of an Asiflti-- Power? Xiiei-* iiiicnlon* ar* gravp onas. 'I'liey requir" ■■aim consideration. Briton* never, nwr .-hail b» siive? is our proud boast. Let us awaJce-to our danger, and ■cc is> it tbat ilavcs .of Aeiawe are not. —I am, etc, '3JCRA J^CteTLiv