THE PERIL FROM ASIA.
Responding to the toast of Parliament at a banquet in Brisbane, last week, Mr Airey, a prominent politician, dealt at some length with the White Australia question, and said Australia was in greater peril of being overrun by Asiatic hordes than was generally supposed or realised. As England had been conquered time after time by invaders, until she was strong enough to resist foes, so would Australia. The only way to keep the country white was to introduce large numbers of peopie from Northern Europe. He believed in a vigorous immigration policy. The Federal Government, instead of spending a miserable million on defences, should do one ot two things—heavily subsidise the Imperial Government for a squadron always to be stationed in Australian waters, or have its own navy. He preferred the latter, and maintained that Australia should spend at least £6,000,000 yearly on her own defence by land and water.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3050, 21 November 1908, Page 4
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154THE PERIL FROM ASIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3050, 21 November 1908, Page 4
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