The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-10-28
THE INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RE.
LATIONS
Friends Peace Committee.

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Friends Peace Committee.
Common interests draw the ma
lions bordering on the Pacific Ocean
together in friendship and peace.
AS Admiral Kenwa Kauna of Japan
said at the Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions last August, Because of the
vital problems of population and
food in Japan, the cordial relation
ship of Japan with other powers is
now a matter of necessity"
The Institute of Pacific Relations
is evidence that inhabitants of all
the countries bordering the Pacific
are beginning to realize that the
welfare of each nation demands
friendly understanding among all of
them. The Institute was not
gathering of government representa-
tives. 1t was composed OF 1876 in
dividuals, men and women. They
came from Korea, the Philippines,
Australia, New Zealand, Great Brit
ain, China, Canada, Hawaii, Japan
and the mainland of the United
States. Business men, missionaries,
experts in trade, geography, politics
and history, editors, labor leaders,
and others interested in the life and
contacts of these nations made up the
group. They were selected with
great care for their ability to help
make clear some question affecting
the relations of the nations which
surround the Pacific.
President Ray Lyman Wilbur, of
Leland Stanford Junior University,
| is the chairman of the Institute.
Under his direction, it does nothing
but seek understanding and know
ledge. The meetings were held in
the Ponahon School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii There the members of the
Institute came to understand and
like one another. They learned to,
appreciate the difficulties people in
other countries have to face; they
praetised an international coopera-
ton built upon mutual confidence
and just dealing.
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disarmament and the teaching OF
friendship for other countries were
| discussed. No resolutions were
adopted no solutions of difficult
questions were proposed. The In
stitute tried to know and to under
stand.
Practical disarmament of the Pa
cific Ocean was thought by some del
egates to be possible. Hon. F.. w.
Eggleston, chairman of the Austria
liam group, pointed out that the de-
struction of all naval bases in or
near the Pacific would make it i'm
possible to bring fleets from other
parts of the world to fight in the Pa
cific. While this suggestion is not
yet in the realm of practical politics.
it is an interesting suggestion for 6
policy of peace and security among
the nations of the Pacific. 1t would
open the way for regional disarm-
ament scheme which might be easier
to work than a worldwide plan for
naval disarmament. That the pro-
| pOSal comes ITOIl AuStTldlld SuSSSSIS
that the danger of attack from ia
pan of which much has been made
| by big-navy advocates both in this
country and England, is greatly ex-
aggerated.
Japan's 80 million people crowded
into an area less than that of the
state of Texas, is one of the worlds
problems. They must eat. Japan
csc members of the Institute express
ed a common j Japanese view that tho
problem cannot be solved by emf
grating to other parts of the world
But to support her population at
home, Japan must build up her for
eign trade Hence Admiral Kauna's
belief that friendship between Japan
and other nations is essential to
Japan.
Two years hence, the Institute
will meet again. 1t has made plans
for the two years which, if carried
out, should equip it at it's next ses
sion, to throw more light on the
pressing human problem OF living
together. Humanity must solve this
problem or perish.