THE YELLOW PERIL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 168, 1 July 1912, Page 5

THE YELLOW PERIL.

JAPAN THE MISTRESS OF THE EAST.

AUSTRALIA’S PERIL. (Received I, 9 a.m.) London. June 30. Mr. Hogie, of Sydney, in an article in “ The Nineteenth Century.” deals with the growing Japanese power, and says that the Japanisation of China will eventually make Japan mistress of the East. He emphasises Australia’s vulnerability, and adds that any Power holding Australia holds the key to South Africa. He instances the recent Japanese Antarctic expedition which he describes as merely part of a design to spy out Pacific territory. The opinion was that, in the event of an Anglo-Ger-man war, Japan would take decisive action in the South Pacific. The keeping of Australia concerned not merely Britain, but also the United States and the European Powers, and this consideration alone ought to keep Germany from quarrelling with Britain, or Britain from thwarting Germany’s African expansion.