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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13649, 17 July 1908, Page 4

JAPANESE.

POSSIBLE MENACE TO AUSTRALIA. DIVERGENT OPINIONS. | i i kJies-J Associafioii-BvTelegraph-Copyrrgiit I LONDON, July 15. 1 Dr. Arlhur, of Sydney, in a letter to 1 the Press, .plead* that a quarter of a . million British emigiaii'.i, annually would !»> | lie best solution of I he. defence pioblein. *-s|iecially agaim-t Japan. He c.niplained of the withdrawal of Rrilish uanshipK fioni the Pacific when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent. No mmiU-r that Australians hailed Ainericti an a po.-sible sup|i..rt.-r in the hour of UiaL The Bu-hoj! of South Tokio. in a letter to the "Times," says that the Japanese do not. c-iit.itain the slightest idea of invading Australia, or coveting the Philippines. The rumours of .lapanes.. de- • i-ign-.j on Acstralia r«»L on absolutely ; nothing but. the uneasy consciences of i tin*.- who are kw-p"mg lands- they cannot ; us- thems.lves. Jt is certain that China and Japan will ultimately complain of I | t'li.- palpal.!,- immorality of the. idea that j whit»7 men may penetrate the Ear East, j ; v.hi!'- Fur Eastern natioco nalioiu; ioc.l I ; not p.-ii.-l ral-e Auslialia. I