EASTERN TRADE
THE PUSHFUL JAPANESE POSSIBLE MONOPOLY AUSTRALIA MUST BE UP AND DOING. By TMeeraph.— Prew A«ooi4tton.-Copyrlßhfc. ■ (Received February 10, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day."* Mr. Wade, when in the Eaut. wae impreeeed by the etrong evidence that the people of Japan and China are beginhihg to feel their power, and demand a share in the government of those countries. It is remarkable, he saye, how Japan is gradually forcing her way into the poßsible monopoly of trade in that part of the Pacific. Her mercantile fleet has increased enormously of late years. Japanese influence hau severely undermined Britain's share in the China trade, and Japan i« eeriouely competing with English commercial influence in Indian waters. Only by persistent, up-to-date methods can Australia hope to increase or maintain her trade with the .East. One thing which forcibly «trike« a stranger k that the Japanese are unanimous in the /conviction that their country ie destined to occupy a still more important position among the nations of the world.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1913, Page 7
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167EASTERN TRADE Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1913, Page 7
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