Evening star., 1925-09-20
BY HENRY l.. SWEINHART.

Interracial cooperation among the
peoples Of the Pacifc-that. in a
word. sums up the work with the Pan
Pacific Union through numerous con-
ferences on a great variety Of subjects
Is aiming to do. The headquarters
OF this organization, which Is doing
for the Pacific area what the Pan.
American Union has done for the
United States and Latin America. are
at Honolulu, crossroads Of the Pa
cific," as 1t Is called, where a ajor-
ity Of these international gatherings
are held.
President Coolidge Is one Of the
honorary presidents Of the association,
which Is in no way the agency Of any
Pacific government, and yet which CO.
operates with nearly all Of them. and
which includes as its other honorary
tralia, the prime minister OF New Zea-
land, the president Of China, the
prime minister Of Canada, the presi-
dent Of the House Of Peers Of Japan,
and tho King Of Siam.
-. Conferences Planned.
Advices just received here show that
conferences being planned, or already
arranged for, include q pan.Pacific
kio October IL to 81 next, meeting
with the sixth congress Of the Far
Eastern Association Of Tropical Medi-
dne; the third pan-Pacffic scientific
congress, to be held in Toxic next
year, a legal conference projected for
the near future; conference on Inter-
national cooperation in the Pacific, to
take place In January, 1927, and a
pan.Pacifc women's conference to
meet in 1928. Gatherings OF this char.
acter which have been held recently
include one on food conservation. and
commercial, educational, press, Y. M.
c. A. and Red Cross.
The invitation of the Japanese gov
ernment to the scientific congress
which will open on October 27 and last
until until November 8. was forward.
ed to Gov. harrington OF Hawaii
through the United States Depart
ment of the Interior, and inclosed q
letter from the Japanese Ambassador
here, T. Matsudaira, who called at
tention to the fact that the first pan
Pacific scientific conference met at
Honolulu in 1920. at the invitation OF
the Pan-Pacific Union: and the sec
ond in Melbourne and Sydney In 1923,
under the auspices Of the Australian
National Research Council.
AS to the calling of a pan-Pacihc
legal conference, it Is reported that
letters from officials Of the bar asso-
Citations in the United States, Canada
and Japan have been received urging
such a meeting and permanent organi-
zation.
At the women's conference to be
held in Honolulu in July, 1928, topics
so far suggested are as follows:
Health of mother and child. economic
status Of women in industry. child
welfare and women in government.
The medical congress which Is to
meet in Toxic next month Will discuss
questions Of medical research In con-
nection with diseases especially prev
aIent in the Orient, and the providing
for that part of the world of neces-
sary sanitation by the various coun-
tries having possessions and colonies
in the Far East.
The tentative agenda for the con-
ference on international cooperation
in the Pacific includes such questions
as the functioning Of the League of
Nations in the Pacific and how its
functions can be extended. reduction
of armaments in that area, interna.
tional traffic in arms and in narcotics
and dangerous drugs in that part of
the world, international labor organi-
zation in relation to tho Pacific. man.
dates In the Pacific. international
! health organization, further simplifica-