IN THE FAR EAST

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 11

IN THE FAR EAST

“POSITION IS OMINOUS” PACIFIC CONFERENCE

J “The position in the Far East is certainly ominous,” declared Mr. I'"rod W. Davis, an Australian delegate to the Institute of Pacific Relations conference, who passed through Auckland on Saturday on liis return from Yosoinite, Cali- | iornia, where the conference was held. I “]t is possible that if China will recognise Manehukuo us an independent State under Japanese control matters can be i settled,” tie said. “The conference tried, j but did not succeed in getting any clear definition of Japanese policy from the Japanese members.” .Mr. Davis said the conference had rm object apart from mutual education and the discussion ot Pacific relations. it was significant that in a discussion on the economic policy of the Soviet Republic, the statement had been made by Soviet (■cpresent.ntives that as Russia, was sellcontaiued. aml did not. require cither i markets or raw materia Is from the rest, of the world, her mission in the world . was entirely pacific. It, seemed clear also from the discussion, he said, that lhe Chinese had made real advances in the development, of . conmiiinieai.ions, and that they were now [in, a position to put up a far better resistance to external aggression. During 1 he discussion on the changing balance of forces in the Pacific, with special relation to China, Russia and Japan, it was revealed that. Russia had put herself in a position to defend her eastern possessions. and it seemed also that China bad reached (lie limit of her tolerance- oi Japanese control. “The position in the Far East, is certainly ominous.” lie reiterated.