KYOTO CONFERENCE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 894, 11 February 1930, Page 12

KYOTO CONFERENCE

ROTARY LUNCHEON ADDRESS ‘•The present position in Manchuria is more likely to be the cause of future i war than anything- else and thus the discussion concerning this problem at the Kyoto Conference was of vital importance to the world/’ These were the views of Professor H. Belshaw in his address to the Auckland Rotary Club at its luncheon yesterday. China. Japan and Russia all had irtI terests in Manchuria and these in- ; terests were conflicting. But by the ; aid of such conferences, and the research work which was carried out in connection with them, it was possible that any brewing trouble and “unhealthy” feeling among the nations would be overcome. Professor Belshaw outlined the activities of the conference at which he was a delegate, and explained the advantages to be obtained from the meeting of the delegates from all the leading Pacific countries. The major problems concerned China and Japan and consequently, from an economic point of view, the whole of the British Empire and especially its possessions in the Pacific. Great interest was taken in the conference in Japan and in spite of the fact that two other important conference were being held there at the same time, considerably more space was given in the Japanese press to the Kyoto Conference, j Round table conferences were held. ! but .reporters and the public were not | permitted to be present. The idea j being that delegates could give their j views unbiased and unafraid of offendI ing the government of their country. | A full report of these meetings was ! made public later, but no names were mentioned.