WORLD PEACE

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 46, 24 February 1930, Page 10

WORLD PEACE

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT

VISIT OF AMERICAN PROFESSOR

Travelling}" as Carnegie Endowment Fellow in International Law, Dr. Charles E. Martin, Professor of History, University of Washington, arrived from Sydney by tho Tahiti to-day, after a prolonged tour of Japan and China. As one of tlie most distinguished authorities on the American Constitution, Dr. Martin was chosen to deliver a series of lectures in Japan and China under the auspices of tho Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Martin is the author of "Representative Modern Constitutions," "An Outline of the American Government," and "The Policy of the United States as Regards Intervention." As to conditions in the United States, Dr. Martin said there was v, natural tendency to the accretion of power by the Central Government, but the day was far off when it would have complete power. "Prohibition enforcement," said Dr. Martin, "has more or loss sadly disappointed the people. They feel that there is something lacking in the power of the national Government to enforce a widespread moral reform. The belief has gained ground that there must be greater dependence upon the States to enforce the laws of the land."

About a year ago Dr. Martin was ap: pointed a Carnegie > professor of Columbia University. He "spout five months at the University of Hawaii as Professor of International Law, and subsequently he lectured at the leading Japanese universities on international law. During his stay in Japan he attended the' conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations.

"The feeling in Japan," said Dr. Martin, "is very "friendly to all tho Pacific Powers, especially Britain and the United States. Naturally, great interest, is being taken by her people in naval disarmament. It appears that she is, taking advantage of the conference to increase her ratio."

Dr. Martin visited Manchuria, and there saw the dreadful results of the Chinese wars. The terms of.the settlement between'the Russian and Chinese Governments, he said, were -a strategic victory for the Soviet, beeauso.rChma had to retract' from the attitude she had adopted.

Whilst in China, Dr. Martin delivered lectures at Pekin, Nanking, Shanghai, and Canton. He said the students were apt and intelligent. There was a great demand for university education in the. Far East, and all the universities, both in Japan and. China,, were crowded.