CORDIAL RELATIONS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 July 1928, Page 4

CORDIAL RELATIONS

JAPAN AND NEAY ZEALAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AVELLINGTON, July 26. A State luncheon at Parliament House to-day in honour of the visit of the Japanese warships was largely attended. The Rt. lion. J. G. Coates presided, with Vice-Admiral Kobayashl on his . right and Prince Takamatsu on his left. , Mr. Coates, proposing the health of the visitors, referred to the . special ties calling not only for recognition on the part of New Zealand in regard to the visit of a Japanese squadron, but also of gratitude for the co-operation of the Japanese Navy in the early days of the war. Nor from the wider standpoint of New Zealand as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations was New Zealand likely to forget the worthy and efficient part played o v the Japanese Navy, side by side with the British Navy, during the war. Mr. Coates also referred to the bonds of the treaty in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, now replaced by the treaty _oncluded at AA r asliington by the four great Powers of the Pacific, also our association in the League of Nations and our trade relations. Vice-Admiral Kobayashi returned thanks. Japan joined herself with the Allies in the war because she was convinced Britain always stood for justice anil humanity, lie said. The Japanese Consul-General referred to the good feeling between Japan and Britain. Speaking of the trade agreement, he said credit for effecting it was entirely due to the Net)- Zealand Government. - / ■ ■ -