PAN-PACIFIC AFFAIRS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1932, Page 8

PAN-PACIFIC AFFAIRS

AMERICAN SENTIMENT

An interesting suggestion' regarding the ,next Pan-Pacific Conference was put forward by tho president of the conference of delegates from the branches of tho Federation of University Women in New Zealand, It was to the effect that' an effort should be made to hold the next Conference in Australia or in tho Dominion. It was found, Miss Sims remarked, that when the Conference was held at Honolulu there was a tondencyf cr it to be dominated by American opinions.. Each nation was entitled to a delegation of 25 persons, and thus theropresentation I from the northern part of the Pacific I was apt to overwhelm the lesser delegations from more.,distant parts. It "must be, understood tfcat no fault -wils' to be. fouha with the' American or," Canadian,' delegates, nor with the place of meeting, for at Honolulu they received the- , greatest hospitality and kindness, but the danger lay ,ia, the, greaW numbers i which swamped the representatives from i the Southern Pacific. , I MW Chaplin said that the danger was that .the Conference .would be. swamped' by American sentiment. At the previous Conference "the 'New Zealand delegation felt its own inadequacy very keenly. Mrs. Taylor "was of opinion' that the matter would be settled if New Zealand made a special effort'-'and ,'sent a full delegation. 'Between tho present time and 1934 'combined efforts could be made to secure sufficient finance. It had been'*hoped' to hold the next Conference in China/ ( but the Chinese wo-men-were, of opinion that, their women in general were-hardly ready for this yet, and therefore it had been decided to hold it in Honolulu the" next time. Mm Taylor urged that New Zealand women should make »< special study 'of the subjects to ber brought forward in order to be well prepared to discuss the matters intelligently.