Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-13
LONDON Times
in FAVOR Of
PARTICIPATION
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regarding the advisability Of Great
Britain participating IN the Panama
Pacific Exposition IN San Francisco,
| in 1918. The Times. consistently. has
echoed the belief that a refusal TO
take part in the Panama exposition
was a mistake on the part OF the goy-
eminent.
Encouraging progress has recently
been made in the movement for OBJ
tanning from the Government q recon-
siieration Of its attitude towards the
Panama Pacific Exhibition to be held
al San Francisco in 1915
In our leading columns every since
Sir Edward Grey on August 5. an
nounced the Government decision
against any official national partiei-
patton by Great Britain, we have main-
tained that deplorable. though for
thnately, a retrievabie error had been
lcommitfed. We welcomed: therefore.
on October 81 the formation of an IN
fluential British Committee OF trades
and manufacturers for the purpose Of
removing certain misconceptions on
which the Cabinets decision had been
based and focusing attention on the
cumulative argument in favour Ct
British representation.
II wff' be remembered that the
main reason given BY Sir Edward Grey
for the Governments decision was
that, in opinion of the Board of Trade.
Il would require a Subsidy CT 6 $50
i0ea II "a national commercial exhibit
on the scale contemplated by its Ex-
hfbifions Branch were to be under
offfcial auspices at San Francisco.
and so large q sum as this the Treas
TRY was not prepared to grant On
the other hand. there Is q great differ
ence between preparing an exhibit on
the scale estimated for by the Exhi-
bitions Branch and having no official
exhibit at all. The British Committee
have satisfied themselves that re-
yised scheme embracing official par
tiepafion and supervision. and prcyid-
ing for central Government pavilion
and q collective Industrial exhibit,
coutd be adequately undertaken II
s 100000 were granted ~ the Treas
ury.
1 Etastf
The private discussions have gone
FAR enough to show that the Board OF
Trade is inclined to support such q re
sised scheme, and that the Treasury
would look more kindly at q grant of
e 100000 than at one OF R250 900.
Should that be so. the British Com
mittee are PREPARED to supplement the
financial assistance which the Govern
nnfnt wilIggiee to British exhibitors BY
efforts on their own part Al provis-
icnal offer has already been made to
the Committed through one OF its
members from certain steamship own
ere, which would considerably reduce
the cost OF freight and transportation.
There IL still che obstacle. however.
to reversal of the Governments de-
eisien, which for the moment presents
more difficulty than the task of con-
Vincing Ministers that their policy
should be modified On It's merits. It
is understood that, when the Invita-
ion of the United States was fret
under consideration and when the
Board Of Trade was under the impress
sion that British manufacturers and
traders would prefer not to take part
In an exhibit at San Francisco. the
foreign office came to sort Of agree
rnent with the German Government
that neither country. should be offic-
cfalIy represented, Since then, al
though Germany, like Great Britain,
stands aloof an organized protest has
been made by the leaders Of German
commerce, and strong pressure
brought to bear on the German Gov
ernment to reconsider its decision.
There is reason to suppose that the
German Government is anxious to do
80. But in both the Foreign Offices
or Great Britain and Germany there is
a feeling that they have pledged them-
selves, however Informally. and neith-
IeF likes te take the initiative IN ask
ing the other to alter the honorable
understanding which had been ar
Itriyed at. In such case a certain
amount of official amour propre
stands in. the way. which is none the
less awkard to get over because eaea
party would like the other to make
d move. If this is really the case, an
opportunity would seem to have 0e-
crred for useful Intervention by a
third party 1t is incredible that a
national desire. should be thawarted
by q question of diplomatic punetili0.
/ AT a meeting in London recently of
1.-THE British American Peace Centenary
COMMITTEE a resolution was passed
and forwarded to the Prime Minister
4 IL which the Government were res
Ipectfn1Iy and earnestly requested TO
RECONSIDER it's decision to to be
officially represented at the Panama
Exhibition at San Francisco IN 1915
/ Tho Staffordshfre Potteries Man
Hafacturers' Association has also
asked for reconsideration OF the Gov
Eernment's decision.
Itfis stated In Berlin that as the re-
suit of private discussion, all the par
ties in Reichstag except the Conser-
i natives have decided in favour of Ger