THE ASIATIC PROBLEM.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14610, 18 February 1908, Page 7

THE ASIATIC PROBLEM.

VIEWS OF THE PREMIER. [From Our Correspondent.] AUCKLAND, February 17. In speaking at Cambridge on Saturday night on the defences of the dominion, tho Prime Minister again emphasised the necessity of preserving ourselves against an influx of Asiatics. This, he said, was a national matter on the general principle of which no doubt most people were agreed. When tho present position of Now Zealand was contrasted with the fine point to which tho Chinese and Japanese wore 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 was confronting the people of these shores. We were all very proud of our white race, and it was a great thing for such a country as ours to bo preserved from contamination with Asiatics. A great heritage had been placed in our ha-nds as custodians of this grand i" country, and every legitimate means should be used to protect ourselves against possible invasion.