" A VERY REAL DAGGER." THE ASIATIC QUESTION.
[Bt TELSCiurn. — Steciai- to The Pout.] AUCKLAND',' This Day. Speaking at Cambridge on the'defences of the -Dominion, the Prime' Minister again emphasised the necessity of preserving ourselves .against an influx of Asiatics. This 1 , he said,' was a national matter of the general principle of which no doubt most of them \vere agreed. When tHe present position of New Zealand was contrasted with the- fine point to which the Chiuese and Japanese were being educated in the art of warfare, and the overtaxed populations- of the Eastern countries, and consequent need of expansion, it was apparent that a very real danger i\as confronting the people of thess shores. We were all very proud of our white race, and it was a great thing for snch a country as ours to be preserved from .contamination with Asiatics. . A great heritage had beeii placed in our hands as custodians of this grand country, and erery legitimate means should be used to protect ourselves against possible invasion.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1908, Page 3
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