The Thames Star. TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1906. A WHITE AUSTRALIA.

Thames Star, Volume XLII, Issue 10730, 9 January 1906, Page 2

The Thames Star.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1906. A WHITE AUSTRALIA.

Resurrezi.

The leading 'Church, of England organ in tiio United Kingdom, the 'Guardian,' ml at recent issue, deals at len,gith with thei subjeoti of Australian immigration. Tni doing £» it deplores the misreprosentaitdon thajt hias spread albroadi ml the old countries, the id' 3a s tluait tfcei "white Ausitaralia," polity aimed atfc m'aikdiiig tlie whole; continent a, i^eservaitioiL for the native born, and points out that Australia 1 in the near future will .advertise as Canada did, and .endeavour, to convince the British emigrant that he will find! a$ goodl opportunities and as w.orm a welcome in the Commonwealth, m in Canada.. The 'Guardian 1 completely endorsesi the "wliite Au'Sittfalia" policy as directed) against 'alien' raoea, and offera somla dnteres'ting observations as to why ev^n Britain's alllies, the Jaipanesei, shioiddl be excluded from our shores'.' In doing sO it most carefully points out that itih'e Japanese are no longer regardedl as .an infeiuor Hfflce in England. Tb!e aritidle adds: "Thei danger that Asiatic immigration would b)rleiata ny aiaoiial pe-niumibr-a—^sudhi as t11i.9 hajf-casitei population whioh exists in NSatal, and i,s a. source of endless diiffioultieis to the educational authorities.—iand injure the hioral'e of the dominant race is .another argument on whii'ohl men of all (Australian) parties lay emphasis. . . To-day, a treaty wiltlhi the Japanese Government for the exclusion of Japanese Immigrants! stands first in the list, of Aus'r traliani's politioal necessitiesl. Japan is anxious tihiaft all her'surplus popular tion sihoiuld be used for strengthening her posiition in Korea 'and Mlaincihiuria, and, su'cihi an ■arr-angenwinit isi certainly wiitMn the pale of practical politio&. Ind'eedl, Japan does; noti object to the exclusion of her emtigr.antsi from. Australia,, British. Oolumbiai, and the Pacific stt'aitsi; only to "the leigi.sla.tivo methodb hy wihichi it lias hiith'erto been effeotedl. . . Tha* Aiustrailia will .continue to exclude all non-Euro-pean element® is an absolute certainty. We hiava no doubt, whatever she isi following the. .course of wisdom and justicei in refusing toi allow tihei immigration) of racial types whiahi cannot be .absorbed and assimilated by a. white people born into Occid'ential civilisation."