ORIENT'S AWAKENING.
ALARM NOT JUSTIFIED. OPTIMISTIC VIEW EXPRESSED. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. July. 29. An address on the political situation m the Orient was delivered before the Institute of Politics at Williamstown, Massachusetts, by Sir Frederick White, formerly leader of the Indian Legislative Assembly. The speaker voiced a reassurance against the so-called "yellow peril." He said: '"'The awakening of the Orient is a new incentive to progress for us rather than a cause for alarm. If the gauntlet of a challenger were thrown at our feet the fleets of Britain and the United States would see that the issue was decided in one way alone. Furthermore, the conquest of Europe by land, apait from physical obstacles, would necessitate a degree of Oriental unity of which there is no sign. "The fibre of Western character will prevent Asiatic dominance. The League of Nations will take the sting out of the strained relations which now exist between the East and the West, and when Europe has assimilated its spirit the Orient will quickly fall m lino."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19394, 31 July 1926, Page 9
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