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Show ILL AUSTU BECOMEJPUBLIC? Dr. Arthur Lynch Will Lea"d Movement to Emancipate Continent. Spclal Cablo to The Tribune., PARIS. Feb. 21. Tho Australian continent conti-nent has aspirations to Join the galaxy of republics, according to a report current cur-rent In Paris, Dr. Arthur Lynch, who wa3 condemned to death aa a traitor by a British judge for fighting In behalf of tihe Boers In the Transvaal war, and wCio Is now a member of tho British government, govern-ment, will lead tho Australian movement to break away from allegiance to tho British throne. Ho Is now in Parle conferring with prominent republicans, but Is understood to Incline rather to the American form of republicanism, whereof ho made speolal study. Backing Lynch are many young Australians Aus-tralians who do not regard the mother country with the same affection as the older generation of colonists. HUCxarto the greatest check on tho movement for Australian independence has been the fear that Japan might seize the colony aB a Bottling ground for hor surplus population, popu-lation, which finds It imposslblo to obtain a, comfortable foothold In California, Until recently Australia was ontlrely dependont on tho British fleet for protection protec-tion from the yellow peril, but sho now is building her own warships and is less reliant on England In. this respect. Lynch is of Australian birth. Immediately Immedi-ately he obtained bis scat in parliament he came out as a champion of tho rights of tho colonlos. Ono of his first moves was to protest against tho application of tho word "colony" to such big countries as Australia, Aus-tralia, Canada and South Africa, and his suggestion to substitute the word "dominion" "do-minion" has been universally adopted in England, |