PACIFIC RELATIONS
A-meeting of the Wellington branch of the Institute of Pacific Relations Was held this week, when members had the opportunity o£ meeting Mi. R. K. Burns, of ■ Washington University, Seattle. :
Mr. Burns gave , a most interesting account of. the opinion of youth as'he found it in the universities of America, Japan^ China, and the Philippines. In all these countries, he said, the young people were finding life difficult. There seemed to bo no place for them in the economic life. Mir. Burns gave most time to describing conditions in Japan, -where, •he said, the problem was seen at its worst. The most hopeful, set of students he met was at Nanking, where they were preparing themselves to take part in the government'o£ their country, beginning With the inanaßeinent of tho smallest districts, and "planning 'to fit"themselves gradually to higher positions,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1934, Page 16
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