THE ASIATIC MENACE

Southland Times, Issue 17348, 20 May 1913, Page 5

THE ASIATIC MENACE

MR HVIIAN ANGRY. THE VlOl. LOW PRESS. (Uy Telegraph. Press Association. t'opyrighu. VVA6IHX(ITO.V. May Ilk Received 20til, 11.20 p.tn. Hr Bryan (Secretary of State), speaking in reference to the Alien Band Bill, denounced the subsidised patriotism of sensational and mercenary newspapers, who preferred scare head lines to the truth. The Asiatic Excdusion Society is petitioning for a referendum on the bill. AX EXPERT'S OPINION. GRAVE QUESTION RAISED. EON DON. May 10. Received 10th, 11.20 p.tn. Si) Valentine Chirol. writing to The Times, says that the Californian-.lapan-ese dispute threatens to force to a. definite issue Japan's claim for equal treatment with ttie other world Powers, A question had been raised which diplomacy had hitherto been at pains to elude by skilful compromise. It was dangerous at the present time, because the centre of Japan's political stability was shifting rapidly from the small group of experienced statesmen who had hitherto controlled the national forces. Sir Valentine argues that the colour bar cannot logically he pleaded by , a country which waged war to confer equal rights of citizenship on the American negroes. He adds that Japan has already shaken the coloured races’ acquiescence in the white man’s claim to pre-eminence of dominion. (Sir Valentine Chirol is director of the Foreign Department of The Times, and is a recognised authority on Eastern questions).