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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13291, 21 May 1907, Page 5

It is reported by cable'' that the Cliinesa have ordered 2,000,000 modern rifles from Germany, says an Australian contemporary, to provide the whole of the army with a modern, up-to-date weapon. A recent visitor from Pekiti imports that at the present time American goods are boycotted in China, and that the development in the Australian wheat and flour trade is due to this fact. But lie also reports that Australian goods are shortly to be boycotted. The.*© are ominous facts, and this country is in a precarious position. 'Tihe yellow cloud in the north is always hanging low on the horizon. Ihe Mongolian races are awakening from their lethargy. The Japanese victory over Russia, lm clone much to bring this about. It will not- be many years indeed before we shall see them making demands which they will be forcing us to, accept.. The lniruing; questions of to-day should be, first, immigration, and then defence. Unless we wish to see Australia overrun, and in the hands of the Chinese, we must be up and doing. We must open onv door to all European races, relegate the socialists to their proper position (obscurity), teach every boy to rfioot, and arm ourselves with 'modem rifles and guns. The idea that there" will be no more war is bunkum. The cloud may rise at any time