COUNCIL OF NATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1921, Page 5

COUNCIL OF NATIONS.

PEACE IN PACIFIC.

MR. MASSEY'S HOPE.

ALLIANCE OF POWERS. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 20, 750 p.m. Honolulu, Sept. 19. Mr. W. F. Massey, interviewed, said a tri-party agreement between the United States, Britain and Japan would be the best arrangement in the interests of the world, and he expressed a hope that this could be attained at the Armament Conference, since it would settle Pacific problems for some time at least, and would be a great step towards lasting peace. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

SUBJECTS FOR DEBATE. JAPAN SEEKS WIDE RANGE. Received Sept. 20. 7.30 p.m. Tokio, Sept. 19. Viscount Kato, president of the Opposition Party, says Japan should insist on discussing at the Washington Conference not only Far Eastern questions, but matters affecting the American coast, Mexico and Australia. The National Policy Investigation Association wants to have discussed the question of the withdrawal of fortifications of all Pacific Islands, the neutralisation of the Panama Canal, the removal of coastwise trade limitations throughout the world, and a settlement of racial discrimination. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PROPOSED AGENDA.

JAPAN’S ACCEPTANCE REPORTED.

Received Sept. 20. 9.20 p.m. Tokio, Sept. 19. There is apparently a well-founded report in official circles that the Japanese Government has accepted the American suggestions for the agenda at the Armament Conference. The newspaper Hochi Shimbun statep the Japanese delegates will be instructed to advance the principle of mutual recognition of the freedom of comimerce and residence in the Pacific area with a view to establishing the principle of freedom and equality among the Pacific peoples. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIA’S INTERESTS. NO VOICE AT CONFERENCE. Received Sept. 20, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Sept. 19. Mr. C. E. Hughes (Secretary of State) has replied to the Far Eastern Government’s request for admittance to the Washington Conference, stating that in the absence of a single recognised Russian Government the protection of legitimate Russian interests must devolve as a moral trusteeship upon the whole conference. It is not conceivable that the conference will make decisions prejudicial to legitimate Russian interests. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.