gained without the fierce struggles which won such a concession in Britain. In regard to militarism, it could not be said that the Japanese were a warlike people. Their militarism had been adopted as a defence and would be dropped as readily when the people became convinced that their arms were unnecessary. The speaker touched on the biased attitude of the United States of America to ‘Japan, bn the immigration question, showing that if Japan had been put mi an equal footing with other countries her annual quota of immigrants to the United States would be only 150. The lecture was interspersed with gramophone selections of the “Mikado.” which were «o»reciated h» the students.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20385, 17 April 1928, Page 13
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