"YELLOW PERIL."

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13745, 7 September 1908, Page 5

"YELLOW PERIL."

AUSTRALIA AND BRITAIN. PRESENT NAVAL POLICY UPHELD.. . By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. LONDON"," feept^ 5. Tlie Times, in remarking on the utterances of Lord Northcote and My Deakin during the" American fleet's visit to Victoria, replies ,ta the comments of a section^ of .the , American press. - --<■■ ■ • "It cannot be too widely realised," it states, "that the naval supremacy* whereon depends the life of the Empire, and every separate part of it, means supremacy in all waters of the world, and that supremacy we are determined to maintain; and though we trust, as the youngef* Britains develop, . they will reinforce the Empire's naval power with ships and men, we cannot allow that power to decline because at present its burden falls almost entirely upon ourselves. Australia's desire for race purity has led some sections of Australian opinion to take a mistaken view of British policy in the East, and the Australian public sometimes are slow to appreciate the policy of "concentrating the main fighting strength in European waters. , If Australians are intent on the White' Australian ideal, they are also growing more alive to the responsibilities it -entails." The Times welcomes the spirit of popular awakening expressed by JMr Deakin's proposals for universal military training and for coastal defence.,