The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-07
Education Will Combine People.

San Francisco, Nov. 29.-Educa,
tion alone will bind together the
peoples Of the Pacific, it was de-
cided at a series Of conferences;
held recently under the auspices OF
the Pan Pacific Union in Honolulu.
the cross reads of the Pacific, ac-
corGing to Alexander Hume Ford,
secretary-di director of the Union.
Leading scientists, educators and
editors of Pacific lands attended the
meetings.
Summing up the work. Of the con-
ference, Mr. Ford, while here re-
Gently, said it was decided that the
press was the SureSt medium Of
educatins the peoples of the Pacif-
is as to each others true aims and
ambitions and in bringing them in
to better UNDERSTANDING
Through the Pan Pacific Union,
which is now supported by all the
governments about the greatest Of
oceans,Nthe scientists are arranging
to study the scientific problems Of
the Pacific and to seek their proper
solutions" Mr.. Ford said al
ready they have found the remedy
for lcprosy, which is now being
wiped out They are taking up the
study of fish food supply of the
Pacific with the assurance that with
scientific propagation and protec-
ton OF fish in Pacific waters the
Pacific Ocean will supply sufficient
fish food, preserved, to feed the
world. Thc problem of saturation.
Or the knowledge Of just how. many
people a country may naturally
support, is 70 be taken up by the
Pan Pacific Union and conference
will be called to discuss the subject.
Two thirds Of the worlds popula-
ton live adjacent to Pacific lands
and the immigration problem has
become an acute one. Japan al
| lows but l,500 Chinese to migrate
70 her shores annually and Califor.
MIA does not wish this many Japa-
nese, while Hawaii cries for chou
sands more Oriental ,laborers for
her sugar cane fields.
1t has been pointed out by some
Pacific scientists that the United
States cannot support population
of more than quarter of a billion
living according to the standard Of
the Anglo Saxon. while she might
easily support billion population
living according to the standards
of the Japanese and twice as many
if the Chinese standard Of living is
adopted. Science steps in and says
that perhaps means may be found
to make the soil twice as product
i've as it is at present. which would,
Of course, solve the Japanese immi-
grafton problem for another gene
ration and Danish famine and star
vation from China for some time to
come They point out that Java,
with a population of six millions a
century ago, suffered from famine
and overpopuiation. The Dutch
stepped in with scientific methods
Of agriculture. with the result that
today Java, with, a population Of
thirty-siX millions, is threatened
with a serious shortage Of labor.
These are some Of the problems
discussed at the Pan Pacific Union
Conferences. The heads Of all Pa
cific countries are officers Of the
union and it is even hoped that
held in Honolulu Of the presi-
dents and premiers Of Pacific lands.
"A Pan Pacific school ot journal
ISM, located at the oceans cross
roads. is one Of the recommended
tons Of the Press Congress and this
may be established to train men
of all languages Of the ocean in
modern newspaper methods.
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