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Vol. XXXI. No. 1. Lii3ky January, 1926 !A'lt 1Priqralli HMLTN CLOS ED DU 62() M5 ITED STATES AUSTRALASIA HAWAII ORIENT JAVA News Co. Gordon & Gotch Pan-Pacific Union Kelly & Walsh Javasche Boekhandel Trans-Pacific Transportation The Matson Navigation Company is palatial steamers between Honolulu and planning big things for Hawaii in many Los Angeles. The steamers visit Hilo ways. It is behind the great new Royal for the Volcano trip. The B. F. Dilling- Hawaiian Hotel at Waikiki, and is en- ham Co., Ltd., are Honolulu agents for thusing the people of Honolulu to re- the Los Angeles Steamship Company, at newed efforts to place their attractions Fort and Oueen Sts., and here may be before the people of the mainland. arranged passage direct to Los Angeles, The Company is also inducing the and beyond by rail, or you may .arrange people of Hawaii to visit California and to ship your auto or general freight. become acquainted with the people of the' scenic beaches of that state. The Mat- The Oceanic Steamship Company, son Navigation Company maintains a with head offices in San Francisco, and tourist information bureau at its main Brewer & Company as agents in Honolulu, office in the Matson Building in San maintains a fleet of swift palatial steamers Francisco, as well as in the Castle & between San Francisco, Hawaii, and Aus- Cooke Building in Honolulu, where tralia, visiting Fiji and Samoa en route. tours of the Hawaiian Islands may be This is the ideal passage to the South Seas booked. via the sunshine belt to Australasia. The record breaking trans-Pacific steamers, Weekly, the Dollar Steamship Line "Sierra", "Sonoma", and "Ventura", are sends its palatial passenger vessels around on this run. the world via San Francisco, Honolulu and the Orient. These great oil-burning The Northern Pacific Railway Com- liners have only outside rooms and brass pany maintains a splendid trans-conti- bedsteads for their passengers. The nental service from the Puget Sound agency of the company in Honolulu is in country, Portland, Seattle, and Vancou- the McCandless Building. The steamers ver, across the continent. This is an usually arrive in Honolulu on Saturday ideal route from either Los Angeles or morning, sailing for the Orient late the San Francisco around the United States. same afternoon, giving a day of sightsee- Tickets may be purchased by tourists, one ing in the city. way by the "North Coast Limited" through the wonderful Northwest, with The Toyo Kisen Kaisha maintains a stop-over at Yellowstone National Park line of palatial steamers across the Paci- and at Puget Sound cities. fic, via Honolulu and San Francisco. From Japan this line maintains connections to The Canadian Pacific Railway is every part of the Orient. This company reaching out for the visitor from across also maintains a line of steamers between the Pacific. At Vancouver, almost at the Japan and South America ports via Hono- gangplank of the great Empress liners lulu, as well as a Java line from Japan. from the Orient, and the great palatial The Honolulu office is in the Alexander steamers of the Canadian Australian Young Hotel, and the head office in liners, express trains of the Canadian Tokyo, Japan. Pacific begin their four-day flying trip across the continent through a panorama The Los Angeles Steamship Company of mountains and plains equalled nowhere maintains splendid fortnightly service by in the world for scenic splendor. kiikRANY OF HAMAD. r vr trntrnitnritAticaipucurcmintintipincarcunt=ffoatiatuautAnn 041, itio_paritir futtga3inr, CONDUCTED BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD Volume XXXI Number 1 CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1926 A Conference on American Relations with China - - 3 At Johns Hopkins University The Genesis of the Pan-Pacific Union, Chapter V. - 9 Being Some Reminiscences of Alexander Hume Ford, Director of the Pan-Pacific Union David Starr Jordan at the Pan-Pacific Research Institute - 17 Dr. Jordan's Talk on "Pan-Pacific Peace" - - - 21 "The Story of Wood's Hole" - - - - - - 25 "The Fish of Hawaii" - - - - - - - 30 Opium as an International Problem - - - - - 33 By C. C. Batchelder The Interests of Labor in the Problems of the Pacific - 39 By Paul Scharrenberg American Sentiment on Problems of the Pacific - - 43 By Chester II. Rowell The Need of Mass Education - - - - - 47 By Frederick M. Davenport China's Two-Fold Problems - - - - - - 51 By J. F. Chen A New Vision - - - - - - - 53 By John Nelson Barriers Broken Down - - - - - - - 57 By Mrs. Percival Foster Closing Address of the Institute of Pacific Relations - 61 The Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution, No. 1, Containing a Check-List of the Fishes of Hawaii - - - - - - - - - 65 By David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann The Bulletin of the Pan-Pacific Union - - - - 81 Nez., Series No. 72 Oly fib-Parifir ffittgazinr Published monthly by ALEXANDER HUME FORD, Honolulu, T. H. Printed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd. Yearly subscription in the United States and possessions, $3.00 in advance. Canada and Mexico, $3.25. For all foreign countries, $3.50. Single copies, 25c. Entered as second -class matter at the Honolulu Postoff ice. Permission is given to publish articles from the Mid-Pacific Magazine THE MID-PACIFIC THE MID-PACIFIC 3 The modern railway train in China. 1611CnIC.7177n6116aK711611611607070717711C7z16116n6nT7r1C71g71[771167r161 A Conference on American Relations with China (At Johns Hopkins University) hananatinnairna'inninucatcniculanconuniinuca.b2aLcurniicuhannaina [Plans for the Conference date from a can relations with China. Those who luncheon held on July 17, 1925, in New took part in the sessions were related York, which was attended by a group of chiefly to business, labor, civic associa- about fifty people interested in China. tions, the churches and missions, the uni- A committee of 126 sponsors aided in the versities, and the organized agencies of problems of organization. The member- public opinion in America. With the cap- ship, which included 224 people, was by able aid of a number of Chinese, the Con- invitation, in order that there might be ference set out to examine recent develop- secured the widest possible representation. ments in China in so far as they affect The Conference was entirely unofficial.] American interests ; and to study what The Conference held September 17 to adjustments of present political, economic, 20, 1925, at Johns Hopkins University, and missionary relationships seem desir- Baltimore, realized the desire of various able and possible. groups of citizens to meet together to The Conference was aroused from the clarify their views on next steps in Ameri- start to the seriousness of the present 4 THE MID-PACIFIC THE MID-PACIFIC 5 situation as affecting Chinese-American on the other hand, new divergences of relations. Following upon the thoughful judgment appeared. This shifting of the general surveys in the first two sessions, lines of division was without doubt con- the more detailed subsequent discussions fusing to those members who were eager served to disclose a number of the many to know "where we stand" ; but it was interests involved. The solicitude of the also indicative of the ability of the Con- Chinese to obtain equality of treatment ference to make progress in its study of a with other sovereign powers was brought complicated situation. out in the discussions on tariffs and A large part of the time of the Con- courts. The concern of aliens in China ference was devoted to the analysis of for the security of their property inter- situations involving extraterritoriality and ests and of business enterprise appeared customs control. The discussion served to in the statements by American ,business locate, among others, the following issues : men. Several speakers with experience I. As to the preparedness of the Chinese in official relationships pointed out why to take over full responsibility for the the existing treaties, as the expression of exercise of pOwers now curtailed by previous attempts to secure reasonable foreign control : working arrangements with China, are not a. Is the:risk too great that full finan- to be lightly discarded. Still others ex- cial autonomy would result in di- hibited almost exclusive concern with the versions of funds from the cen- present aroused state of Chinese public tral government to local author- opinion, and urged that historical con- ities, so as actually to strength- siderations must give way to the demands en the forces of disunity in of the present crisis. China ? It was to be noted that the lines of b. Are the Chinese prepared to main- division cut across those of nationality and tain an administration of justice vocational interest. The Chinese mem- adequate to safeguard the legiti- bers, to be sure, did pool their opinions in mate foreign interests and the per- a paper read by their spokesman ; but sonal rights that are now pro- there was no American position as such tected by extraterritoriality ? to be set off in contrast. As for the unity II. As to the prior claims of justice to within the vocational groups, the follow- China over those of safety to foreign ing remarks by a speaker for American interests : business were generally applicable. a. Should Cffinese aspirations to "I think the opinion within the busi- complete sovereignty receive prior- ness group is of greater variety than the ity of consideration over all for- opinion between the various groups. We eign interests ? have had expressions of opinion by men b. Is the abolition of foreign control who can rightfully claim to represent a necessary preliminary to Chin- business interests in this meeting, rang- ese success in 'setting their house ing all the way from an expression of in order' ? deep love for the Chinese, but with the c. What position should American advice to sit tight, not to trust them, and mission boards and missionaries to grant no concessions to take at this time as regards their that of those business men who advocated privileged political status in the relinquishment of all foreign privi- China ? leges." III.