Some Facts About The Structure And Work Of The Institute Of Pacific Relations

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Excerpt from The Origin and Present Activity of the Titute of Pacific Relations: Together With Some Facts Regarding the American Council of the Institute Although the Conference covered a number of other topics of common interest to east and west, such as the problem of missions as seen from both sides, the need Of changes in the curriculum of education, the lack of adequate news communication across the Pacific, and other such matters, the political discussion centered upon three main questions: the demands of China for a full recognition of its rights as a sovereign state; the needs of Japan with reference to population and food supply, involving incidentally the question Of migration; and a reform in the technique of diplomacy, which would bring to the discussion of these grave problems the experience of post-war Europe in the improved structure of inter national relations, as seen in the conferences of the League of Nations or the treaties of Locarno. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.