EMPTY AUSTRALIA.
WHAT A'CHINESE CONSUL THINKS.6y TelegraphM-Press- Association—Copyright (Rcc. March is,-9.0 p.m.) . 1 Fronrfntle; March 19. ./■ Sir. Kwei' Chili, Chinese Consul in New Zealand, is a passenger on llio Orama '. from .Londoii.- ■ In: nn interview he said 'Australia's- drawback was the. lack, of ■ population; ,aiid, ask'cd: "How do you pro-, poso to populate your vast territory if -, 'you' insist :on! race restriction?" Mr.' Kwei Chili. does not i.M.vre 'that tho decay of tho .Australian'.- übut-iginals was due. t<j .'contact.'wiih the ;Whites,,l)iit-considers that ' it was caused by the philosophical .idea of A Isolation; and tho absence of intercourse with other iiations. lie added, that - .China was degenerating/ until she opened her doors fifty, years ago./ Australia was ..premature' in restricting.: free ixumigrjition.. -• i - i
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1703, 20 March 1913, Page 5
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