"Th problem of the future, theres fore, will be: how are we to pre-Jserve the existence of a high stand Jard of living amongst our working people of the West? Of course, jwe may say that time may. amend this—the standard of living in the East may be brought up. In Japan, it_may be brought up,.to. some extent; in China, it will take thou sands of years. May the conflict be put off till this higher standard reached? That is answered by, the ambitious: immigration of Japan, Japan will suffer the exclusion of Oriental labour from Western countries only until she \amasses the Jwealth to endure a long war, japan can fight a war now. But she would be defeated, because the state of her finances' would not permit to her to last long enough. She hopes to get the exploitation of Chinese labour and Chinese minds, and, if she gets it, she hae 'a good chance of becoming one of the wealthiest mations on earth, Then the West may look out! It will b® a hard struggle, especially, jas the West is by no means always Danger to Antipod 1
Australia and New Zealand, the most vulnerable points of Western civilization in the Pacific littoral, have their problems and their des in' Professor Brown's summing: up of the position, For New Zea land he predicts, as a necessity, fature as a naval power. For Auste tralia, the nearest point to Japan, and the Japanese ideal in territorial expansion, he declares that only by.
heavy appropriation to naval defence shall she establish any, feeling of security. And the sine qua non for Australia's security is the continued occupation of Malay la by the Dutch, "The donger will be at the north jof Australia" he says. "Japan has hor heart on the Malay Archipelago, When I was there, T saw Japanese on almost every island. T'was told that Australians, who. had planta: tions, had to import Japanese, Malay labour was inefficient, ' One Japanese was worth half-dozen, Malays. The Chinese are strongly established in Malaysia also. I came across Chinese of the seventh generation, who had gent their sons fo Holland to be educated. The Chinese adapt themselves to their environment—they become part the nation they ive amongst. But the Japanese nev they are loosen; like a splinter "They always retain their nationality, and their devotion to Japan, 'The dite ference is that China lacks. uni nationhood. 'The Chinese readily detaches himself from hid Chinese roots, Japanese, on the contrary, being islanders, have their national principles and' instincts strongly developed. They can never rid themselves of their pride of race and loyalty to Japan. The Japaneye peacefully penetrate, as the Gore mang profess to do, ultimately to secure the region they settle in, og part of Japan, The Key (o Australia "That is why Austr to the north. And, if sh she will contribute largely to equipment of the Singapore base. But the indepertience of the Malay Archipelago—its occupation by the Duteh—i to the safety of Australia. The Singapore base is, essential to the safety of the Malay Archipelago. That should go home tothe Australian mind, It is per= fectly true there is no possibility of colonizing the empty north of Aus: tralia with Orientals, and having Jcordon across the continent, to keep them there. No cordon would ever be effective against the invasion of the southern and settled parts of Australia, Oriental towns, villages, farms ways held that the white Australia rolley ig essential to Australia's "If the sluice "gates of the Orient [were opened into Australia, it would become an Oriental country within 2 century. White labour wou! have no chance. Chinese cross easily with whites, although the do not, so easily. But the would be that the ould cross with the of the white population, and the half-eastes would be la very low grade.
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