Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10

news is sent across the Pacific to the AsSo-
ciated Press, which furnishes 1T to Reuter- S
over the Atlantic cable for European use.
The center of far eastern news, for the
supply of the world, has shifted from LON
don to New York.
Not only is this so but Europe actuaiiy
gets it's news of eastern things QUICKER oy
way of America than it formerly ola dlrect
from Asia 1t takes less time for one part
of the old world to find out by way OF the
new world what is happening IN announcer
part of the old world than it did when the
two parts of the old world sent tnelr news
directly to each other.
There were twelve relay stations between
Hongkong and London. and under tue oio
system the Asiatie news was relayed IRON,
one noint to another. 1t was subject 10 al
kinds of DELAY at the overland stations.
Now there is practically no delay what
ever from Shanghai or Hongkons TO San
Francisco and New York.
Whatever DELAY there is in war news
comes from the land lines in north China
before it gets on the cable. Ihere are
really no relays for news dispatches on the
Pacific There are repeating stations at
Guam the Midway Islands ana Honoiuio'
but they are not relay stations
In some cases news dispatches nave come
to New York from Cheefoo IN iess man ian
three hours. The Associated Press mas re-
ceived dispatches direct from TOKYO IN less
than three hours since the outbreak OF the
nresent war 1t has sent messages 10 LIN
70 and received replies in one forenoon
Thus Europe gets its Asiat1c news I'm,
rnediatelv from the Pacific cable. ana
hence II is that it has a quicker source OF
supply when Reuter- gets the news from
New York than it did when the European
news agencies got the news themselves
from Asia.
How remarkably the news center OF
the world has shifted is shown to news
Paper men in the receipt OF dlspatcnes
concerning the progress OF aHalrs IN the
far east from the southern DIVISION OF the
Associated Press in the United States, IN
stead of from the cable DIVISION
The effect on news distribution is SIMPLY
this: Washington was added TO the lst
of world capitals from which information
is to be obtained regarding international,
and especially Asatic, affairs. In I'm.
portant matters all the world capitals OF
consequence are almost simultaneously
acquainted with what is gong on.
Now. Washington in thus becoming
center for International news. had one
great point of superiority over most ot
the other capitals. The COMMUNICATION OF
public men with newspaper representa-
lives is more direct and also more candid
in Washington than in any other capltal
where international news is to pc op-
tanned.
1t is practically almost an invariable rule
that when news of an international matter
comes from the United States and also from
Europe. and there is any contradiction or
difference in the dispatches, the Washing
ton news is correct.
The invasion of China was striking case
in point. The -, GRID learned the details OF
that invasion from New York AN the mis-
information and all the errors came from
the other side. Europe believed the story or
the massacre CT the legations long after
America knew that it was not true. Eu-
rope had the correct news from America,
but the idea of getting Eastern news by
way of the Atlantic was so novel that tu-
rope hesitated to believe 1t.
The New York Times that year exclusive
" announced the attack of the allied army
upon Picking. This news was OBTAINED III
Washington, and nothing could be more sig
nificant of Americas entry into the field OF
politics than this announce
ment of an event that had occurred in Asia.
Europe was continually mlslnformed
about Russias policy, but New York fur
nished her with the truth. The failure OF
the allied army to move, and its movements
after it started, were the subject of contin-
ual errors in European capitals In every
instance New York had the facts, and as
early as possible.