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Show PAN-PACIFIC ' UNION AND ITS PROGRAM HONOLULU, Oct. 29. (Correspondence (Correspon-dence of The Associated Press)- The Pan -Pacific Union, organized lo promote pro-mote friendship and belter trad relations re-lations between the nations surrounding surround-ing the Pacific ocean had lo accomplish accom-plish for them what tho Pan-Ameri-CP.n Union had done Tor the republics repub-lics of the two American continents. Congress of Chambers of Congress to be held in Honolulu in 1020. A Japanese trade commission headed head-ed by R. Yamashina, vice-rpesldent of the Toklo Chamber of Commerce, which passed through hero recently for a tour of the United States and South America, agreed to do everything every-thing possible during Us travels to stimulate interest in the projected congress Organizers of the Pan-Pacific Union prominent among whom-are jts prcs-dent, prcs-dent, C. J. McCarthy, governor of the Territory of Hawaii, and Frank C. Afherton and Alexander Hume Ford of Honolulu, hope in time to have the governments of the nations of tho Pacific Pa-cific take over its administration. President Wilson has been inaugurated inaug-urated as honorary president of th Union. A note of internationalism ha? been struck by the election also a. I honorary presidents of Premier Wil- liam Hughes of Australia and Premier' W. F. Masscy of New Zealand. Both havo accepted and signified their in-tenlion in-tenlion of promoting the objects of the Union in all possible ways. The president of China also has been elected as honorary president, and an' emissary is now on the way to Peking to engage his interest and support. Prominent Japanese are co-operating.; Honorary vice, presidents include , Governor-General Harrison of the1 Philippines, the governor-general of Java, and John "Barrett, director of the Pan-American union. Mr. Ford is confident that every nation na-tion bordering on the Pacific will bo represented at the Congress here in i ll20. The premiers of Australia and Nev.r Zealand havo already promised ; lo attend In person. Support for tho Congress has been pledged by tho Seattle Chamber of! Commerce and the International Pa- j clflc Northwest and British Colum-l! bia. I |