AUSTRALIA'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
THE CHINESE PROBLEM. [Pbess Association. — Copybiqht.] (Received 10.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Friday. The Minister of Defence, speaking at a banquet, said there were many matters whereon agreement was required by Australia upon a common method off working with other nations. Considerable energy had been displayed.in preventing the smuggling in of Chinese; but he altogether deprecated an anti-Chinese feeling, which jtvould work nothing; but injury tp themselves. Australia was too proud, too big a nation, for such prejudices. The present Government were jstrongly averse from any differential treatment of any portion of the^itizens of Australia. Though they intended to prevent as far as possible ail auti-Chincse feeling, tho Government were determined tintho immigration and quarantine laws shoulj not be set at nought.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 5 March 1909, Page 2
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