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Show PRESERVING A "WHITE AUSTRALIA" Declaration by the prime minister of Australia that ids country wus determined de-termined to maintain Its. traditional policy of u "White Australia," a policy as firmly grounded there ns Is the Monroe doctrine ln tho United Stntes, again turned the attention of the world toward that remote und unique continent. "It Is not that Australia despises Immigration," explains u communication communica-tion to tho National Geographic society so-ciety from Herbert E. Gregory. "It Is rather that sho has clung to her Ideal of 'a homogeneous peoplo of British origin.' "Australia Is disappointed that of the four large areas which offer congenial con-genial homes for peoplo ofIuropean blood namely, Australia, Canada, United States and Argentina Australia Austra-lia alono Is passed by, while tho other three favored regions have received Europeans by hundreds of thousands. thou-sands. Sho saw tho United States receiving re-ceiving In one year (1013) 1,107,892 people from abroad, moro than the BP" BbbVSSbBkibVJ ML Victoria Pass, New South Wales. entire net Immigration to Australia for the preceding fifty-three years, and In nnothcr year (1010) enrolling four times as many people born In the United States Kingdom as wero living In Australia. "Tho traveler ln search of duplicates dupli-cates of tho Canadian Rockies, the Yosemlte, tho Orand Canyon, of Norwegian Nor-wegian llords nnd Alpine scenery, need not visit Australia, its mountain moun-tain scenery U that of the southern Appalachians, tho White mountains nnd the low ranges of Arizona. Its plains and plateaus are comparable with those of tho Rocky mountain foothills and tho arid expanses of Utah, Idaho and Oregon. The blunt granite cap of Mt, Kosciusko, 7.B28 feet above sea, Is the culminating point of hind. A half dozen peaks reach tho height of Mt. Washington, and BonuMhlng like one per cent of the entire land area rises ns high ns the Cjttskllls. "That the size and form of n land-mass land-mass nearly as large as Europe should hnvo remained unknown until 1770 Is most remarkable. "Curiously enough, the establish-ment establish-ment of the first colony on the new-found new-found continent Is an episode In the history of the United States. It was proposed by tho British government to utilize tho land as n homo for the 'Loyalists' (Tories) who found life In tho American colonies uncomfortable at tho close of the Hevo'.utionnry wur. They wero to be supplied with lnnd nnd money, and Malay slaves or English Eng-lish convicts were to be provided ns laborers. "Fear of the French fleet and the removal of many Tories to Canada led to tho abandonment of tills scheme, but another use for Botany Bay wns soon discovered. Plnce must be found for undesirable citizens, who, before tho Revolution, had beeu sent to America nt tho rate of one thousand a year, and New South Wales met the requirements. The history of Australia begins with the year 1788. when ten hundred and thirty-live convicts under military escort landed nt Sydnoi Cove." j sBBBBBBBBOBBBBBBll |