IN THE PACIFIC.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13691, 5 September 1908, Page 5

IN THE PACIFIC.

AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN*. THE ASIATIC SHADOW. ENGLISH PRESS OPINIONS. . Prassi Association-By Telegraph-Copyright Recviwd 9.7 p.m.. September 4th. LONDON, Sept. 4. The "Times'" Melbourne correspondent referring to tlie Anierictn newspaper*' suggestion that Australians distrust Britain's will or pewer to protect them against possible hostilities, writes:—"l i-ay emphatically that I have heard no such suggestion even in quarters! where it might have b**en expected ": and he adds —" Britain may be confident that there was no fueling of this kind at all." 'lhe " Time"v," iu a leader welcoming Count Jvato's appcinunent as Ambassador, t\ marks that Japan's programme of retrenchment and postponed exhibition is a clear indication of hrt- determination to develop the country's economic strength, and should allay to tie cxtrnf of 50 per cent, the tremors of imaginative, persons regarding her supposed bellicose aspirations. The " Westminster OawMtc" says that while Australia welcomes the white fleet and sjinpathisre with American difficulties on the Pacifcv Oast- tdie shared a desire to exclude- Asiatic aliens from Australia, but knows that the Imperial Government must act as trustee of tha Empire. However much she dtsttk**s the Japanese alliance on sentimental grounds. Australia cannot say that ehe is injured ,!>y' Japan and also knows that a Rritkth t-olony—-vide the South African--has (he fullest right to exclude foreigners mid even British subjects. NEW YORK. Sept. 4. The ''Evening' IV/st" (New York), donbtj* whether anti-Japanese- Au.straljsia will be permanent or ttijic«>re, and whether the obvious difficulties of a Japanese attack upon her coasts will not ultimately dispel Australian frars.