Perhaps riy greater tribute could have been pala, for Sir John Latham' wide Interest th Japan, In 4 Its tradition, ts people, have for tong been kno cognized in Australia, sind Woy should appreciate the made to drow the Common-closer together the ways of International harmony testimony to the motive which under= lies this. Interest, Sir John was' burn in Ascot Vote.
jctoria, in 1877, und received his education at Scotch College. une of Melbourne's rear Public Schouls. and the University of "Melbourne, where he crowned a brilliant scholastic career by taking the degrees of Master of Aris and Muster of Laws, For sume time he Tectured atthe} University in Philosophy, Logie, one Law, and, in 1904, he was called tw the Victorian Bar." tu the ten years that followed, he achieved a beiltiant suceces as: t constitutional towyer, but his career was interrupted. by" th war of 1M1g. He' served. through: ut in the Intelligence Branch of th Royal Australian Navy, -performte ance at important war conferences with Me William Morris Hughes, who. was then Prime. Mu ister, "When the Armistice wa He retired from politics in 1994, and resumed his practice where his great gifts again brought thi swift distinction. 11 1935, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Hizt Court of Austratia—the highest judi-clat post the nation can confer, and it is from this high ofice that Sir John moves to shoulder, at the earnest "request of the' Govern ment. the great responsibility and honotir of "Austalian Minister "to Japan. Austealians know that distinction "awaits—him in the diplomatic field.' His deep culture, keen wit, and ready appreciation of what, In' Australia, 1s. termed "the other fellow's.viewpoint." are his native gifts. His lively "interest world affairs and his broad humanity will commend him to the people of Japan who, even as he is no stranger {o them, are certainly not strangers
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