PACIFIC RELATIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 29, 3 August 1926, Page 6

PACIFIC RELATIONS

RESULTS OF RECENT -...'•' CONFERENCE ADDRESSES BY DOMINION DELEGATES, j. Statements that"real benefit had followl ". Ed, in establishing a better understanding, ol upon the Pacific Relations Conference,; held It; at Honolulu recently, were made by the. q' New Zealand delegates, Professor J,. B.\ a Condliffe, of Canterbury. University,' and tl the Hoi). J. B. Gow, M.L.C., at a lunch'- a: eon given them by the Wellington Cham- tl ber of Commerce yesterday. .<■ a Mr. Gow, after outlining the objects of, 7 the conference, said that modern means of communication had removed the ocean barrier between the nations of the Pacific; /Vl The paramount object of the conference n was that representatives of the varidug'na-' ii tions might gather together and Beek-a 'b closer understanding. The work done at c the conference had had a beneficial-in- i, fluonce, and it was desired that this should •-, be continued. Great Britain had not been represented, but representatives were present from the Dominions. ■ y "FEAR AMONG THE NATIONS." £ Professor Condliffe said that all around 0 1 . the waters of the Pacific there appeared j to be a vague mistrust or fear amongst the nations. As far as Australia and New -* 1 Zealand were concerned this fear.seemed r to be in regard to Japan or Russia; An- I other fear was that we were in danger of c being flooded with a rush of undesirable 4 immigrants from the Far East. ■ . s "However, I am quite convinced that -• , our policy of immigration restriction .it. * not looked upon as offensive by either the Japanese or the Chinese people," said Professor Condliffe. But they do feel sore and hurt and cut to the heart concerning the immigration restrictions imposed ". upon them by America." _ -; -: At Honolulu the representatives' had been afforded a glimpse at the other side - of the Asiatic problem, continued Professor Condliffe, and the impression one carried away was that the Far East was ■ on the verge of almost a revolutionary change. China was in the early stages of' ; a vast educational movement which would bring about a transformation in the next fifty years. In Japan the alarming increase in popti-' lation neceasttated that the country should ( be industrialised as fast as possible/-*) -j that the population might be absorbed in. manufacture, thus making Japan a kind of Britain of the East. Professor Cond- E liffe said that! Japan was destined to be a a far more important industrial country 2 in the future, and would be a very profit- i able field for English exploitation. ■■-■■■ -t The Institute of Pacific Relations,; con- ■ r eluded Professor Condliffe, aimed to over;. t come the inheritance of national animosity, and to bring about good feeling and: understanding among the nations of the East. With this object in view, it was' ' hoped that a branch of responsible ,busi^ c ness men would be formed here in the Do^ c minion. . • '' . , . ■<■