for Closer Ca-operation Among People of Pacific: China's Aim at Freedom and Equality General Huang Fu, the National-Set Minister of Foreign Affairs, was the principal guest at a luncheon of the Pan-Pacific Association at the Union El he spoke on "The Nee for Close! Cooperstion among Pacific Peoples. he lunch was given in anticipation of the Pan-Pacific Women's Confer-vance, Which is to be held at Honolulu August, Mrs. H.C. Mei_ took: the chair and Miss Dorothy Wong, chairman of the Preparation Committee for the Conference, also spoke, Among those present were Captain Robert Dollar, Mr, King. Wensz, Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, and Mx. G, Zay Wood of the Nanking Ministry of Foreign pect and mutual understanding of the peoples in the same region. In other words, we should follow the words of Confucius, "Do not do unto others what you do not wish others do unto you." For example, since country A and the people of that country stand on equal ual footing in internatic footing in international re-Iations with other countries country 'A and its people should naturally: respect the independence and equality of country B and B's people, Country A arid its people, conscious of the necessity of independence and equality in international re-Intions should have sympathy for the desire of independence and equality of country B, These two General Huang Fu said] fountness will be ina spirit of mutual respect and mutual under-'The Pan-Pacific Union has, in|standing and will refrain from do-the few years past, held several ing to the other what each will conferences, but this will be the! not wish done to itself, first conference for women, Its The Nationalist Ideal influence upon the future of women of the Pacific countries will be Chinn with immense territory 4 great, but its influence upon the endea large population and a his future of the Chinese women will tory of several thousand years is) the still greater. If the delegates situated on the western shore of at the coming conference work in the Pacific ocean, In recent years 'A ce-operative and—progressive our nationalist and revolutionary spirit, they will have much to con movements have been gathering tribute, und we can congrtitulate their forees, The whole world is thei in advance upon their success. watching us with uneasiness and You will of course agree What China Seeks swith me that such a state of things "Yur association in Shanghai exist in China to-day is unavoidand the Pan-Pacific Union in|sble, Many countries have gone Honolulu with which you are through those stages before dur-filiated both have the word] ing their struggles for progress and pacific"". When we road the word, reform, The object of our nation-we are naturally led to think of list movement under the guidance its meaning, It is therefore the of the Kuomintang has become in-highest aim as well 18 the, most creasingly clear; that is, we are important duty of the peoples of treking the freedom, equality and the Pacific to maintain peace, in independence of our nation. These their home region.
'This duty has tare the essentials for the foundation cially' important after of @ strong nation and we believe, the world war.
1 am happy to say therefore, that our movement is. That not a small number of fat wed upon extravagant €x-sighted statesmen and individual pectations. The Chinese people are. have been striving for the attain-pence loving. They respect culture anent of this aim. was with the fand morality, and in their inter tume aim that the Washington Concourse with other peoples they are ference in 1021 was called and courteous. worthy achievements were attain= We are to-lay carrying on our This important. task of main-struggle with great sacrifices in ning peace should not be left to order to realize our minimum ex-the capri it L may use the word, pectations in obtaining freedom, those p jons who bear govern: equality and independence. As 1 mental responsibilities, While there have said, although real pence in are many of them the realize their the Pacific basin will depend upon own responsibilities, there are ut|the mutual help of the peoples liv-fortunately others" who, blinded ing in this region, the first _quessnomentarily by their personal tion is how to understand China.
Jumbition, not only fail to. maintain peace but sometimes appear to pursue a course of nection, perhaps unwittingly, which may tend to impair it, Yo maintain peace in the Pacific basin seems a difficult task, for its acope ig large and its mature is campus, fut the method of aproach is really ensy and simple. Ju-one word, the appeal should be nnde to the spirit of mutual res-
T think there is only one way, that is full sympathy with the nationalist' movement of the Chinese people. If the Chinese Nation-list movement reaches its consummation, then China can obtain her equality und independence in the family of nations, and a great part of the difficulties in the Pacific region will be removed. Then oar contribution to the world, cultural and materia), will be forthcoming.
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