THE PACIFIC.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1923, Page 4

THE PACIFIC.

■ A FLEA FOB I’FACE. SYDNEY. Sept. 19. |{oproseiitaiivns M all (Mint lies 1. >rdcring on the Pucllie. including Mr T. M .Will'll: d. leader of the Opposition in New Zealand, assembled hist Monday on ihe occasion of ill" anniversary 111 the discovery nf the I'acilie Ocean hv HalL.ia in I'd.l. At the gathering at the Millions (lid. thi' i*i iin i j:1 afhiiess v.i delivered hv 1)r Sukiirai, a member 1,1 I he .Lip.inei-c House of Peers. Di Sukurai who was accorded tin ovation. said he desired I" avail Inmsidl ul Iho opprii'i unit v of expressing his heartfelt gratitude not only In the Government and the people of New Smith Wale-, hut also to the whole of the people of Australia lor l heir expressions of great goodwill in the calamity which had overtaken .lapan. Nothing had impressed him more profoundly than the spontaneous sympathy and generous aid which had been, and still wa.s Icing, so gladly given in -latian in the time of her biggest need. This sympathy and aid would. 1.0 was sure, go a long wav towards relieving the linfoi'luuate people's ilisii'css and suffering. and, moreover, lie remembered hv the whole Japanese nation for ages to come. If Japan had siili'ercd much from her disaster, this world-wide sympathy and desire to help her in her misfortune was a great consolation.

Apert from this there was the realisation tint this disaster had united them ii' a common brotherhood. Ike question uppermost in Ids mind was whether, am! how. Japan could repay the debt of gratitude which she owed to lb" whole world. This was abundantly and absolutely impossible. But il Japan became conscious of the supreme importance of being industrious, il she exerted herself to the utmost not only in reconstructing her devastated cities, towns, and factories, hut also her soi iitl and industrial life, so as to place it mi a surer and a sounder basis, and if she endeavoured to he more than eager to promote the welfare ol mankind ami the peace of the world generally. then he felt sure she would have responded, in part- ai: le.aA. In the world-wide sympathy and aid she was now enjoying. Continuing. Dr Sakur.ni said the universal expressions ol sympathy with

Japan had clearly shown that mankind was capable of uniting into one wide brotherhood. Why then should people sometimes talk of war. or even o'ngage themselves in ill This was largely duo to fear, mistrust, or misunderstanding arising out of ignorance, Ii was therefore most important that I people of different countries should meet in conferences. The American Consul said that Balboa I would always be remebered as the discoverer of rho Pacific, which liionnt pi much for world-wide unify. Mr AY il ford paid a tribute to America and Japan, and said a now outlook had oolite over the whole world. BBX»XCBCa7»ZCXafifttf9iß^^