The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-01
ALONE
WILL BIND PEOPLES
ON the PACIFIC

San Francisco. Now Adjudication
alone will bind together the peoples or
the Pacific. II was decided at q series OF
conferences held recently under the aus
pIceS Of the Pan Pacific Union in Hon
olulu. the cross roads of the Pacific. ac-
cording to Alexander Hume Ford. secre-
tary-dircCtor Of the Union. Leading
scientists. educators and editors Of Pa
cifr andS attended the meetings.
Summing UP the work of the confer
cnce. Mr.. Ford. while here recently. said
II was decided that the press was the
surest medium OF educating the peoples
OF the Pacific as to each others true
aims ard ambitions and in bringing
them into better understanding.
'Through the Pan Pacific Union.
which is now supported by all the gov-
ernments about the greatest Of oceans.
the scientists are arranEine TO study
the scientific problems OF the Pacific
and to seek their proper solutions" Mr..
Ford said. Already they have found
the remedy for leprosy. which is now
being wiped out. They are taking III
the study Of hsh food supply Of the
Pacific with the assurance that with
scientific propa cation End protection o.
fish In Pacific waters the Pacific Ocean.
will supply sufficient fish food. preserv-
cd. 10 feed the world. The problem or
Saturation, or the knowledge Of Just
how may people q country may natur-
ally slppnrt. Is to he taken IN by the
Pan Pacific t'riOn and a conference VIII
be called 10 discuss the subject.
thirds Of The worlds population live "'-
iacent - Pacific lands and the immiG"a-
ton problem has become an acute one.
Iapan allows but 1900 Chinese to nj.
CRATE 10 her shores annually and Crli-
fornia does not wish this many JaInr-
ESQ. while Hawaii cries for thousands
more Oriental laborers for her sugar
cane fields.
"Tt has been pointed ont ny some
Pacific scientists thai the United States
cannot support n population OF more
than q quarter Of q billion living ac-
cording 10 the standard of the Anglo
SAXON while she might easily support
n billion population living according I"
the standard OF the I~apaneseS and twice
rs many IL the Chinese sta ndard OF Nv
Ing is adopted. Science steps In and
SAYS that PERHAPS means may he found
TO make the soil twice az productive ~
it is at present. which would. OF course
solve the ia n immigration prob
lnm for another generation and Danish
famine and starvation from Chinn for
some time to come. They point out
''
that Java, with 4 population OF sir
millions 4 century ago. suffered from
famine and o~verpopulation. The Dutch
stepped in with scientific methods or
agriculture, with the result that today
Java. with n population OF thirty Elk
millions. Is threatened with q se'i0u-
shortage Of Ia Dor.
These are some OF the problems dis
, cussed at the Pan Pacific Union confer
encts. The heads OF all tactic coun-
tries are officers OF the union and II l.
even hoped that next summer q confer
ence may be held in Honolulu Of In"
presidents and premiers Of Pacific lands
"A Pan Pacific school Of journalism.
located at the oceans. cross roads. =
one OF the recommendations Of tia
: Press Congress and this may be est: b.
lished TO train men OF all languages OF
the ocean in modern newspaper meth
dds"