THE YELLOW PERIL
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EMPTINESS OF AUSTRALIA AND THE OER-CR 0 WDEI) EAST. (Received Last Night, 11 o'clock.) LONDON, January 24. Dr. Miller Maguire, in a pa,per befor tiie Royal Colonial Institute on the new Pacific, dwelt on its growing importance. A feature of Australia's future trade would be the development of business with Asia and North America. Ho referred to the emptiness of Australasian ajid American territories in tho proximity of the over-crowded east-. He believed the Japanese would capture the Philippines as ea*?ily ; hs tihe Americans Ihad defeated tho Spaniards. Tliey yellow mar. had not received fair treatment in any part of the Pacific. Hence Australia which Vvas apprehensive, had aclypted oMiga-tory military service. Owing to the many strategic points in the Pacific, it was imperative that the Empire should maintain a superior navy.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10541, 25 January 1912, Page 5
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144THE YELLOW PERIL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10541, 25 January 1912, Page 5
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