THE AWAKENING EAST.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1910, Page 3

THE AWAKENING EAST.

GERMAN CROWN PRiTNCE'S TOUR. TIMES' COMMENTS. [BY KLBOTRIO TEtEGRAPH-COPIrtIGUT.J [PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, September 12. The Times, commenting on the Crown Prince's tour of the East, says Iliad the Kaiscir known tlio Fa-r En-st at firsthand he would proba■bly have avoided the occasional misconception of Asiatic ambitiions, disclosed in the earlier years of his reign.

There is not the slightest reason to suppose that the present ideals of the awakening East include any form of militant aggression outside .Uho Asiatic Continent. W|hat's more, the general diffusion of prosperity among the people of Asia woirtd 'be ultimately beneficial to Europe, because it implies the expansion of international commerce. The- Times suggests that Britain should shore with Tndda the expense of entertaining the Grown Prince.