INFLUENCE OF THE EAST IN THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 101, 22 January 1918, Page 4

INFLUENCE OF THE EAST IN THE WAR

_<<, ADDRESS BY DR. MORRISON. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedln, January 21. The Otago Expansion Leaguo tonight entertained Dr. G. E. Morrison and Professor Trueblood, amongst the guests being the Minister of Defence (Sir James Allen), the Minister of Education (the Hon. J. A. Hanan), and the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout). Mr. A. Bathgate (president of the league) occupied the chair. In the course of a. weighty address' Dr. Morrison referred to the accession of Korea to Japan. ■ This meant the addition to the Japanese nation of 17,000,000 people, canable of learning anything. The tendency of the Japanese and the Chinese was to move southwards, and tho Japanese had not only great efficiency, but the military spirit, and were trained 011 Prussian lines, and the sympathies of the Japan-' ese military people were_ rather with than against German military action I in Europe. China was iu 1914, and again in 1915 anxious to come into the war 011 the Allies' sid§, but circumstances prevented her doing so. Now she was in the war, and by entering sho had dealt a severo economic blow to Germany. In 110 countries in the world had German influence increased more rapidly of recent years than in China and Siam. Now both wero into the war, and this strengthened tho Allies' Cause with the Moiiammedans. Had China entered the struggle earlier, it would have saved the Allies many anxious moments.