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Pacific Affairs VOL. XIX, No. 1 MARCH 1946 PAGE Manchuria as a Region of Colonization A. J. Grajdanzev 5 A Malayan Union: The Proposed New Constitution Victor Pureell 20 Canada's Trade wiih Trans-Pacific Countries Arthur L. Neal 41 Public Finance in Post-War China Agnes Roman 61 First Aid for China Ruth E. Pardee 75 NOTESAND COMMENT The Structure of Japan's Post-War Economy (A Translation) 90 The Atlantic City Meeting 96 REVIEWARTICLES Measuring-Up China G. E. Hubbard 97 Land Utilization in Souiheasiern Asia Robert L. Pendleton 101 BOOKREVIEWS See next page 109 EDITOR: PHILIPE. LILIENTHAL ASSISTANT EDITOR: ANNED. HOOKER Articles in PACIFICAFFAIRS do not represent views of either the Institute of Pacific Relations or the National Councils of which it is composed. The Editors of PACIFICAFFAIRS are responsible for the selection of articles and the acceptance of articles. Responsibility for opinions expressed in articles published in the magazine, and for the accuracy of statements contained in them, rests solely with the individual authors. PACIFICAFFAIRS is published quarterly at New York, New York, by the Institute of Pacific Relations. P. E. Corbett, Chairman, Pacific Council; William L. Holland, Secretary-General; H. Belshaw, International Research Secretary. Publications Office, 1 East 54th Street, New York 22; Mary Kilpatrick, Business Manager. Printed at New York, New York, U.S.A. Subscription price $2.00 per year, post free; single copies 50 cents. Entered as second-class matter at the New York Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1946, Institute of Pacific Relations. BOOKS REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE PAGE CHINA'SCRISIS, by Lawrence K. Rosinger CHINAAMONG THE POWERS,by David .Nelson Rowe G. E. Hubbard PIONEERSETTLEMENT IN THE ASIATICTROPICS, by Karl J. Pelzer Robert L. Pendleton EMINENTCHINESE OF THE CH'INGPERIOD, edited by Arthur W. Hummel C. K. Yang JAPAN'SWAR ECONOMY, by T. A. Bisson H. F. Angus WHATTo Do WITH JAPAN, by Wilfrid Fleisher DILEMMAIN JAPAN,by Andrew Roth Harold Quigley THESTORY OF THE DUTCHEAST INDIES, by Bernard H. M. Vlekke Albert Hyma BURMA,by Ma Mya Sein Lennox A. Mills USSR FOREIGNPOLICY, by Victor A. Yakhontoff Harriet L. Moore NATIVEPEOPLES OF THE PACIFICWORLD, by Felix M. Keesing J. W. Davidson 119 THEPEOPLES OF MALAYSIA,by Fay-Cooper Cole Raymond Firth 121 FORTRESSISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC,by William Herbert Hobbs Kenneth B. Cumberland 123 HOMETo INDIA,by Santha Rama Rau Edward C. Carter 124 Pacific Affairs VOL. XIX, No. 2 JUNE 1946 PAGE The Task of Education in China M. S. Bates 131 Papua and Mandated New Guinea Today Thomas Penberthy Fry 146 Controlling Factors in China's Coal Development Wung Kmg-ping and Thomas T. Read 165 Hawaii Emerges from the War James H. Shoemaker 182 Note on the Philippine Elections Abraham Chapman 193 Chungking or Yenan Sir Frederick Whyte 199 Prehistory of. Kodiak and the Aleutians Frederica de Laguna 202 BOOKREVIEWS See also next page 205 Notes on Contributors to this Issue 223 EDITOR: PHILIP E. LILIENTHAL Articles in Pacific Affairs do not represent views of either the Institute of Pacific Relations or the National Councils of which it is composed. The Editors of Pacific Affairs are responsible for the selection of articles and the acceptance of articles. Responsibility for opinions expressed in articles published in the magazine, and for the accuracy of statements contained in them, rests solely with the individual authors. BOOKS REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE PAGE THECHALLENGE OF REDCHINA, by Gunther Stein REPORTFROM REDCHINA, by Harrison Forman Sir Frederick Whyte 199 THE ANTHROPOLOGYOF KODIAK ISLAND, by Ales Hrdlitka THEALEUTIAN AND COMMANDERISLANDS, by Ales Hrdlitka rede erica de Laguna 202 THEPATTERN OF PACIFICSECURITY, by a Chatham House Study Group Williarn W. Lockwood 205 NEW FRONTIERSIN ASIA,by Philip Jaffe H. F. Angus 206 LA FEDERATIONFRAN~AISE, by Jean de la Roche and Jean Gottman A. Ventaryman 208 EARTHBOUNDCHINA, by Hsiao-Tung Fei and Chih-I Chang Franklin C. H. Lee 210 MISSIONINTERRUPTED: THE DUTCH IN THE EASTINDIES, edited by W. H. van Helsdingen and H. Hoogenberk SCIENCEAND SCIENTISTSIN THE NETHERLANDSINDIES, edited by Pieter Honig and Frans Verdoorn 1. S. Furnivall 212 INDIEIN DE BRANDING,by J. F. Engers Jan 0. M. Broek 214 A CHINESEVILLAGE, by Martin C. Yang Richard T. LaPiere 215 LABORIN THE PHILIPPINEECONOMY, by Kenneth K. Kurihara Dale Pontius 216 AMERICAN-RUSSIANRIVALRY IN THE FAREAST, by Edward H. Zabriskie B. H. Sumner 218 THEBASIS OF SOVIETSTRENGTH, by George B. Cressey Maurice Dobb 219 DICTIONARYOF STANDARDMALAY, by Vernon E. Hendershot and W. G. Shellabear Claire Holt 221 INTERNATIONALJOURNAL, published by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs Harold M. Vinacke 222 Pacific Affairs VOL. XIX, No. 3 PAGE The Dissolution of the Japanese Combines Corwin D. Edwards 227 Canada's Far Eastern Policy W. L. Morton 241 Postwar Political Parties in Japan Charles Nelson Sp*s 250 The Agrarian Problem in Burma /. R. Andrus 260 NOTESAND COMMENT The Constitutional Position in Ceylon Sir Josiah Crosby 272 Reactions to the Malayan Union Gerald Hawkins 279 Impressions of Postwar Currency Problems in Hongkong Harold W. Larsen 285 Comment on "Public Finance in Postwar China" F. W. Gray 290 REVIEWARTICLE The Pacific Ocean in Its Maps /. C. Beaglehole 294 BOOKREVIEWS Notes on Contributors to This Issue EDITOR : PHILIP E. LILIENTHAL Articles in Pacific Affairs do not represent views of either the Institute of Pacific Relations or the National Councils of which it is composed. The editor of Pacific Affairs is responsible for the selection and the acceptance of articles. Responsibility for opinions expressed in articles published in the magazine, and for the accuracy of statements contained in them, rests solely with the individual authors. BOOKS REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE PAGE THEEARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC,by Lawrence C. Wroth /. C. Beaglehole A SHORTECONOMIC HISTORY OF MODERNJAPAN, by G. C. Alien John E. Orchard SHINTO:THE UNCONQUERED ENEMY, by Robert 0. Ballou S. Heaslett KEYTO JAPAN,by Willard Price Roger Levy KOREAAND THE OLDORDERS IN EASTERNASIA, by M. Frederick Nelson Paul Butler THE CHINESECONSTITUTION, by Pan Wei-tung Jean Escarra CHINAIN THE SUN,by Randall Gould 1. M. D. Hoste FOREVERCHINA, by Robert Payne B. P. Schoyer DOCTORSEAST, DOCTORS WEST, by Edward H. Hume Wang Chiu-an MY TWENTY-FIVEYEARS IN CHINA,by J. B. Powell 0.M. Green THECHINESE MIND, by Gung-hsing Wang D+ Bodde A DAUGHTEROF HAN,by Ida Pruitt Daniel H. Lew SIAM:THE CROSSROADS, by Sir Josiah Crosby R. van Dijk LANDTENURE IN THE COLONIES,by V. Liversage H. Belshaw BIBLIOGRAPHYOF INDONESIAN PEOPLES AND CULTURES,by Raymond Kennedy C. Nooteboom COMMERCIALPOLICY IN THE CANADIANECONOMY, by Orville John McDiarmid 1. B. Brebner RIVALPARTNERS: AMERICA AND BRITAININ THE POSTWARWORLD, by Keith Hutchison THE UNITEDSTATES AND BRITAIN,by Crane Brinton Lionel Gelber AUSTRALIA:THE NEW CUSTOMER, by Howard Daniel and Minnie Belle C. Hartley Grattan THEEAST INDIA COMPANY AND THE BRITISHEMPIRE IN THE FAREAST, by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur C. Collln Davies THELAND AND THE PEOPLEOF INDIA,by Manorama R. Modak Edwin Haward PEOPLESOF THE SOVIETUNION, by Corliss Lamont Bernard Pares SOVIETPOLITICS AT HOMEAND ABROAD,by Frederick L. Schuman Max Beloff AMERICAIs IN THE HEART,by Carlos Bulosan Catherine Porter INSECTSOF THE PACIFICWORLD, by C. H. Curran FISHESAND SHELLSOF THE PACIFICWORLD, by John T. Nichols and Paul Bartsch Ivan T. Sanderson TWENTIETH-CENTURYPOLITICAL THOUGHT, edited by Joseph S. Roucek N. A. M. MacKenzie UNWRITTENTREATY, by James P. Warburg L. Beck acific .- VOL. XIX, No. 4 DECEMBER 1946 PAGE Indonesia at the Crossroads /. A. Verdoorn 339 United States Far Eastern Policy Harold M. Vinacke 351 Britain and Siam: The Latest Phase Alec Peterson New Caledonia and the War G.F. R. Postwar Banking in Shanghai John Ahlers NOTESAND COMMENT Economic Conditions for Indonesian Independence J.H. Boeke Asiatics in Canada H. F. Angus The Guam Congress Roy E. James Education in Japan Sir George Sansom BOOKREVIEWS Notes on Contributors to This Issue NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PRICE Pacific Affairs regrets to announce that increased production costs have necessitated an increase in the price of the journal. As of January I, 1947, the price of an annual subscription will be $3.00, and of a single copy, 75 cents. BOOKS REVIEWED IN THIS ISSUE PAGE THEUNITED STATES MOVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC,by Kenneth Scott Latourette F. W. Eggleston EARLYAMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN RELATIONS, by Gordon Greenwood 1. C. Beaglehole POPULATIONAND PEACEIN THE PACIFIC,by Warren B. Thompson f.B. Condliffe MALAYFISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY, by Raymond Firth Raymond Kennedy VANVRIEND TOT VIJAND,edited by A. C. D. de Graeff 1.1. L. Duyvendak INDONESISCHEOVERPEINZINGEN, by Sjahrazad Amry Vandenbosch BRITISHRULE IN BURMA,1824-1942, by G. E. Harvey John F. Cady MALAYA:OUTLINE OF A COLONY,by Victor Purcell MALAYA,by G. S. Rawlings Rupert Emerson THEGOOD FIGHT, by Manuel Luis Quezon Claude A. Buss CHINA:HER LIFE AND HERPEOPLE, by Mildred Cable and Francesca French Shau Wing Chan IT Is DARKUNDERGROUND, by Loo Pin-fei Chen Han-seng CHINA,by Y. L. Liang and Neville Whymant Michael Lindsay JAPANIN DEFEAT,by a Chatham House Study Group G. R. Powles BLACKSHIPS OFF JAPAN,by Arthur Walworth H. L. Keenleyside THESIKHS: A STUDYIN COMPARATIVERELIGION, by John Clark Archer L. F. Rushbrook-Williams PLANNINGFOR INDIA,by Bimal C. Ghose A FOODPLAN FOR INDIA,by a Chatham House Study Group Daniel Thorner INDIA:A RESTATEMENT,by Sir Reginald Coupland Lennox A. Mills NEWHORIZONS: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN-INDIANRELATIONS, by Bertram Stevens t Michael Greenberg NEWZEALAND: PACIFIC PIONEER, by Philip L. Soljak H. BeZshaw BRITAIN:PARTNER FOR PEACE,by Percy E. Corbett Gordon Greenwood THEABSOLUTE WEAPON, edited by Bernard Brodie R. G. Cavell AMERICANSOF JAPANESEANCESTRY, by Forrest E. LaViolette Galen M. Fisher THEUNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIALCOUNCIL, by Herman Finer Alexander Stevenson THEFAR EAST Must BE UNDERSTOOD,by H.