AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN.
A TRADE .MISSION. (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) (Rec. 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, Tim Day. Two of the leading Japanese merchants have arrived on, a mission to induce the Commonwealth to remove the restriction which is . hampering trade with Japan- They _disclaimed any intention antagonistic to the White Australia policy. Japan had no desire to send her people to any country where they were not wanted. What was desired was a trade a ssociiltiou for mutual interest whi'-h would bring about mutual respect. , Asked regarding the Marshall and Caroline Islands the Japanese said they would be no good in assisting Japan in solving the *enous question of the rapidlv growing population. The islands were unfitted for colonisation. Japan’s motive in taking them was to prevent any other Power securing possession. No material gam wold result Trom Japan’s possession
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 8 November 1919, Page 5
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