THE GROWTH OF JAPAN.
Tub growth, geographically and politically, of Japan is commented upon in the Contemporary in some of those suggestive notes on foreign affairs contributed by Dr. E. J. Dillon. He points out:—"On the Asiatic continent Japan' is silently, perseveringly bracing herself for the coming strugglemilitary and naval as well as economic. -' It is inspiriting to watch the strenuous effort made by this strong-willed, pushing people, who shrink from no sacrifice for the common weal, not even from the greatest, which is perhaps silent, plod-, ding, humdrum labour, never-ending exertion. ' Here in truth is a striking illustration in a race no longer young of the new transforming spirit which is slowly coming over the world—the spirit that subordinates the one to the organised many. It is well worth noting that the two neighbouring nations of the Far East, China and Japan, should have attained precisely those objects of which we still profess to be in slow, painful pursuit. China grew out of militarism ages ' ago, while Japan has raised to its highest power the virtue, once widespread among tribes and peoples, of offering up individual interests on the altar of country."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14214, 10 November 1909, Page 8
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193THE GROWTH OF JAPAN. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14214, 10 November 1909, Page 8
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