This Article—And The

New War.

This article about conditions in New Guinea was written, and in type, before the European war had broken out.

The article is a plea for con stitutional and administrative reform; but it now may be taken as certain that there ivill be no changes of far-reaching importance made during the tear period.

But , when the war is over, there probably will be vast changes in governments and territorial boundaries; and those changes almost certainly will affect the Mandated Terri tory of New Guinea.

For that reason, we decided to publish this article, now. It will accomplish little, under present conditions; but it may be of some value, in the general re organisation, later on.