"Pnomuzats or tue Paci."—Balted by "lih Condiffe, wa. nse. The versity of Chicago Press.
This is a Record of the Proceed ings of the Second Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, held at Honolulu in July 1927, The Conference was unofficial; its memters represented no governments oF private interests, and they spoke' for themselves alone. The total membership was 137, from twelve different countries or' organizations, specially interested in problems of the Pacific.
There are those who question the usefulness of such a Conference but a perusal of this volume wil make it clear that much can be accomplished by such informal gatherings in the way of promoting better mutual understanding, The mere mention of all the topies discussed in this book would take up too much space here, but among interest to us may hina and Pacific Relations," "Tariff Autonomy in China." "Extra-territoriality.' "Foreign Concessions and Settlements in China," "China's Industrial Development," and "Facing the Future of the Missionary Move. given to those who deliberately came into the Settlement to defy the authorities, and for some two hours Kept their unruly conduct, spite of appeals and warnings. "This kind of talk in China, where the facts are well known, may not do much harm; but to give these prejudiced statements to the outside world at a serious Conference, discounts Mr. Bau's claim to be regarded as a fair-minded and rel able historian of events, This would like to see the International Settlement as part Greater Shanghai, with a wholly Chinese Council, and only Chinese police. He says, "The nationalization of the police under the Chinese Chief Superintendent and other Chinese Inspectors would give the Chinese the kernel of political power in the municipality." But is the display of "political power" desirable in a municipality whicl should be chiefly concerned with the civic welfare of its citizens, of differing political views, and of many nationalities in this case?
But Afr, Pau's effusions form only a small part of this large volume, which is a good book of reference for students of problems connected pith countries bordering the Pac
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