THE PACIFIC AND THE EAST

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 37, 12 August 1921, Page 8

THE PACIFIC AND THE EAST

MR. HUGHES ADDRESSES PARLIAMENTARIANS.

(Received August 12, '2 p.m.)

LONDON, 11th August. While Parliament, was sitting, Mr. W. M. Hughes addressed a hundred members, at the invitation of the Empire Parliamentary Committee, at'Westmin-; ster, on the Pacific question. He set out the case from the Australian point of view, and also discussed the situation as affecting America, China, and Japan in their relation to Australia. He dealt, with all points fully, pointing out with very gTeat regret that the American Government had been unable to arrange to hold a preliminary conference to discuss the Pacific Question,' because without a settlement of these-points disarmament was impossible. Mr. Hughes explained "The White Australia" policy, tracing its development, and claiming that it was held as a national ideal. Ho told members that it was impossible for them to understand the Pacific and Eastern question without having a clear conception of the Australian standpoint, motives, and spirit actuating'the ideal.