THE JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1921, Page 5

THE JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

SIR JOHN FINDLAY’S VIEWS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Feb. 24. Sir John Findlay informs the Australian Press Association that his declaration cabled on February 10 although published in the form of a signed article, really was an interview in which he was incorrectly reported. His statement should read that Australasia would object emphatically to the renewal of the Japanese Treaty accompanied by amendments in the direction of the relaxation of the Australasian immigration laws which it was rumored was imminent through Japanese pressure on Britain. Sir John j’indlay, though he took no steps to correct his previous article added that whe n interviewed he discussed the fears widely entertained in Australia and New Zealand that Japan was attempting to modify the Treaty in the direction of providing an ever-widening door for immigration. It would be idle to object to the in its present form under which Japanese immigrants are excluded from Australia. He considered that Australasians did not realise the full extent of th<* menace from Japan, which it was authoritatively estimated would have a population of 120 millions half a century hence.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.