PACIFIC PROBLEMS.
THE POLICY OF JAPAN. By Telegraph—Press As*®.—Copyright. Sydney, Nov. 20. Mr. T. M. \\ ilford, of Wellington, Interviewed, speaking of Pacific problems, said the Japanese as a peopfe were not internationally aggressive. He knew, however, that despite the pacific nature of the people, the Elder Statesmen of Japan, had the private ear of the Emperor. It was on their whisperings the decisions of war were arrived Mr. Wilford -aid the exclusion laws »f America would never furnish a cause of war. The exclusion laws of Japan, though not so called, were equally effective against the United States, as against every nation of the world. No foreigner could engage in agriculture in Japan, nor could he hold property or practise the professions without impossible conditions. Mr. Wilford stated that Japan did not want to fight Australia or New Zealand. Sue wanted only an alteration in eur immigration laws. There was no necessity for her to be aggressive, if we were willing to have them, said Mr. Wilford, but we were not willing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 November 1924, Page 8
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