"SELL AUSTRALIA."

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15113, 23 December 1921, Page 2

"SELL AUSTRALIA."

SOLUTION OF JAPANESE QUESTION. INGENIOUS SUGGESTION. The Japanese question which has long agitated hosts 'of Americans, can easily be solved by the sale of Australia! That is the suggestion solemnly made by the writer of a letter to the New York Herald, who modestly signs himself, "Pro Bono Publico." After saying that his idea is "worthy of thought," he continues: — "There are about 5,000,000 white men inhabiting the continent of Australia, which is large enough to support and contain 50 or more millions of people. It is a continent far away and remote from the white men of Europe and America. Why should not the 5,000,000 white men move to Canada, which has room for many more millions of increased population, and sell Australia to the Japanese? The white men would be amply compensated and given new land in Canada or New Zealand. The Japanese would be remote and happy, California free from the Japanese question, and Canada rejoicing in a much-needed addition to her population. The Japanese could cultivate the interior of Australia, so •long untouched by the whites. Result, peace on earth.