PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 30 October 1922, Page 5

PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE

JAPANESE AND IMMIGRATION (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) HONOLULU, Oct. 27. -•U the Pau-Pacific Conference Mr W. F. Kennedy (New Zealand) urged cooperation instead of competition as the fundamental aim in working out our great destiny. The Philippine, delegation urged Philippine independence. Mr Ohaka, representing Japan, read a paper prepared by Dr Tpnsakus urging an open door for Japanese immigration into all countries bordering the - audio. He declared the Japanese can aid the development of the world’s natural wealth if Governments possessing L.jlomcs in the tropics and semitropics remove restrictions. “We believe there has been no visible increase in the number of white settlers during the last fifty years. Mr McCormick, vice president of the Southern Pacific Railway, was elected permanent chairman of the Pan-Pacific Congress. The Japanese delegation introduced a .resolution urging the Pacific Governments to use radio in co-operation it supplying a Government cointne:ci«l eervug when private stations are unable to do so, also giving a low rate news service when the latter is unprepared or u: willing to give low rates. Professor Pishikawa’s remarks declaring that Chinese unrest was a menace to oilier nations records a request to A. H. Ford, the American delegate, to save Chinese sensibilities. The Australian Press Association representative interviewed Mark Young, who declared that the intermingling of representatives of the Pacific nations must be productive of a better understanding. This conference is ventilating the peculiar difficulties that present tnemsclves to the different nations with the prospect of elucidation. ■ The concrete results of the conference may not be immediately apparent, but it« influence must lead to a greater- spirit of co-operation, deeper insight, ' a fuller understanding and the general benefit of the peoples represented. The conference is still in its early stages, but encouraginc, signs are already apparent ami promise much.