ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 131, 26 February 1921, Page 7

ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT

SIR JOHN FINDLAY’S STATEMENT A CORRECTION By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, February 24. Sir John Findlay informs the Australian Press Agency that his declaration recently cabled, although published in the form of a signed article, really was an interview, in which he was incorrectly reported. The statement should read: "Australasia objects emphatically to the renewal of the Japanese Treaty accompanied by amendments in the direction of relaxation, of the Australasian immigration laws, which were rumoured to be imminent through Japanese pressure on Britain.” Sir John Findlay, though he took no steps to correct the previous articles, added that when interviewed, he discussed the fears which were widely entertained in Australia and New Zealand that Japan was attempting .to modify the treaty in tho direction of providing an ever-widening door for immigration. It would be idle to object to the Treaty in its present form, under which Japanese immigrants were excluded from Australasia. He considered that Australasians did not realise the full extent of tho menace from Japan, which it was authoritatively estimated would have a population of 120,000,000 half a century hence. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. fTlie following message from London was published a fortnight ago—Sir John Findlay, in an article in the Press, says New Zealand and Australia, while appreciating Japan’s assistance in the war, have resolved to remain' white men’s countries. They had prepared plans of a big scheme, firstly of Imperial, and secondly of European immigration, barring Germans and Russians. The scheme will (presently be launched They object emphatically to a renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, which is uniustified, since tho German and Russian menaces have been removed, and America is ready to make common cause in tho event of a Japanese peril. The question must be properly thrashed out at the coming Imperial Conference.]