"Hig obvious misconception of what constitutes Oceania made his statement truly ridiculous" Mr. King said.
Mr. King said that all anthropological as well as geographical definitions of Oceania included Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, and often included Malaysia. Polynesiz, which included the Hawaiian group and also Phoenix, always was considered r part of Oceania, he declar-
Hence, the Hawaiian delegate said, Mr. Matsuoka inferentially had suggested that the white race withdrew from Hawaii. "Hawaii, which is 9,000 tiles from the United States, has been bound to the western world by ties of trade, culture and tradition for 50 veers he said.
"Hawaii is irrevocably a part of the United States and far beyond any possible sphere of Japenese interest," Mr. King said Other informed experts pointed out that Mr. Matsuoka's pretentious extended far beyond the 180th meridian, which was once considered the dividing line between the respective spheres of naval expansion.
'Some observers suggested that Mr. Matsuoka's statement might have been designed to constitute reply to the United States' fortification of Guam and Samoa.
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