A WHITE AUSTRALIA ADVOCATED.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1924, Page 1

A WHITE AUSTRALIA ADVOCATED.

A WIIiTK A I's'fßA L! A ADVOCATED lus'rn.u.tAN vnu n.z. cable association. OTTAWA. A tip. A Hiole.'si.ir ,1. W. Grapery, of Glaspow University, delivering hi' I’residetitial address liefore the Geoprapliienl section of the Brili'li Association lor the adsioit at .Montreal, said that, seientiiieitlly -peakinp, there was no insnrlIIOUIII able ohsttiele to eololiisat ion ol tropica! count ties l.y l In* white race.

The wisest measure, in the case ol Australia, lie said, would uiulmihlcdly In- (hi* oeellpat ion of the entire colllineiit hy Europeans. It "as now an accepted medical opinion that not one of the supposedly imfavoiiiahle I'.ieti:i - in a ironical climate, namely, heat, humidity, monotony of temperature, or the eH’ect ol the still's aclinic rays is in itself the obstacle to the successful white colonisation ol the tropics. While colonies had existed lor lotip periods in Guayaipiil and Hrar.il. I’rofessor Greporv pointed mil that the vital statistic- of (.liteeiisland compared favourably with other parts of Australia. The lailure ol Northern Australia to support a white population had economic, rather than climatic explanations. The speaker admitted that white colonists could not sueeessfullv occupy land near the crowded parts of Asia, or land accessible to the fast niultiplyinp Neprces in Atrica. The future of the white colonists in Smith .urica was very uiirerlaiii. Seprepatioti there offered the only poss|op. -oltili- it. Seprepatioit. however, was a pallative than a cure. lie added : "Tin* policy of resilience with racial inteprity. has failed to secure harmonious propress ill North America and in South America. Ihe development ot the best qualities of the wlrite and black races requires tlicii separate existence as a whole, with opportunities lot' individual association and co-operation. Australia, in view ~j t lie inter racial diilicnltics and pro-l-heit's tiiat develop wherever the races are interniinplcd. will throw away a unique opportunity if it fails to make a patient etr.-rl to secure the entire continent it- a home ot the white