Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08
BY coRINNE FRAZIER.


n, = ISIS KATHARINE LUDING-
nm TON. first vice president OF
N the National League of Women
voters, will sail from Seattle
September 81 for the orient
IN attend the third biennial conference
Of the Institute of Pacific Relations at
Kyoto. Japan, from october 70 10 mo-
ycrnbef 9, It is also expected that MRS.
James w. Morrison of Chicago, former
vice president of the National League;
Mrs. Quincy Wright, associated WIN
Mel ,auphlin of San Francisco, also a
league member, will be among the flVe
or six women now scheduled TO par
ticipate in this important gathering.
Miss Ludington and the other league
members are not attending the confer
ence as oficial representatives Of the.
League of Women Voters, but as pri-
N&Ae citizens.
F1Hsht countries are represented in
the council. They are Australia, Brit
ain, Canada, China, Japan, New lea-
land. United States and Hawaii.
Until recently, when his work as
Secretary of Interior compelled him to
give UP outside Affiliations, Ray Lyman
wilbur was chairman Of the executive
committee for the United States group.
Jerome D. Greene, New York city
banker, is now chairman. The Amerl-
can delegation, which will number
about so, will be made up OF leaders IN
financial, educational, labor ana wom-
ems circles. John D. Rockefeller, Sd,
viii be one Of the voluntary" assistant
secretaries.
The members of the conference are
selected by the national councils Of the
institute groups Conference member
ship is aimed to represent so far as
possible a croSS-section of the various
national interests and points of view.
Members are selected because OF their
expert knowledge Of the problems to be
discussed for their eminence and ln-
fiuence in national and international
circles. and for their capacity to repre-
sent the points Of view and interests
of significant groups of their country
men.
The Institute of Pacific Relations is
a research and conference body, inter-
national and interracial in compost
ton. It's interests conferred in the Pa
cific area. The constitution of the or
ganization states its purpose as being
ito study the conditions OF the PACING
meflt Of their mutual relations" In
pursuance of this purpose the institute
enjoys the advantages of unhampered
scientific inquiry. comparatively under
taken, and Of discussions unrestricted
BY official attitudes or diplomatic con-
Siderations. It is an organization OF
peoples NOT governments - concerned
with the discovery of basic facts OF the
Pacific area, and with the interpreta-
ton Of those facts through the frank
exchange of racial and national points
of view.
The first conference. convened by
the institute in July, 1925, listened with
sympathy and appreciation to the aims
and aspirations of the representatives
Of young China. The second CONFER
erce, held in. 1927, reinforced by the
presence of a representative British
group, devoted more attention to the
problem of China's relations with for
eign powers than to any other sub
ject. It was generally felt that notable
progress was achieved toward an un-
derStanding of the issues involved.
Since the conference closed great events
have happened in China. After nearly
40 years of struggle the cause of Ma
tionaliSm has been triumphant and
China today, including the three East
ern provinces, has the measure of uni
fed administration which the powers
stipulated as a necessary precondition
Of the revision of unequal treaties, a
fact which has been offcially recog-
niZed by the powers.
The 1929 conference of the institute
will undoubtedly wish to proceed fur
ther to discussion of the issues still