The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-31
JAPANESE COVET
WIRELESS Of u. S
Have Repeatedly Attempt
ed to Occupy Island
Held by States
TO BUILD THEIR OWN



WAsmNGTOE MVIpu 30.--Frua.
traicd in hclr persistent efforts 10
ouaf t1o Americans from tho posscs-
zion Of Iufsinp i.uud. the most
powcrful wireless station In the
orient. the Japanese have at last
dcspulrrd uud nave undertaken the
construction Or powerful station
ir gla1r proror according 10 Off
.aI nd,.os reaching Washington.
VIII Be Japs' Arlington.
Ispan,eo naval engineers have
hcgll the erection of - station NJ
Dahuna boo Nagasak prefecture, some
700 miles south hy east " the Amcri-
can station at NladivustOk When
completed 10 VIII ho the Arlington
Of Jnpnu aud viii De capable OF com
muai,Jtiug with all parts OF the
world.
Back Of Iapan's decision TO build
this new station is u record ot sever
al years strenuous and futllc ctioil
to secure possession pf the ltuaaMu
ISLAND wireless. which is now hclt
and operated by a few American
naval officers and some $50 men,
recruited from the Asiaiic fleet.
The seluro and operation OF tho
plant by American naval forces. de-
spito Japan'B protests has been "a
source of constant irritation 10 tho
Japancso ocCupational troops IN
Nladlvostok.
All Over Wireless.
Much, of tn trouble between the
Japancse and the Americans Ia inc
vladiyostok district could he tracer
back to the American seizure OF
this werclcss station, according 10
naval officers The III feeling ihht
admittedly does exist was manifest
,not long since In the shooting to
death OF Lieut.. william X. lAingdon
hy a Japanese sentry.
rho facr that the American naval
forces occupy and operate thiH pow
orflu station is but little known out
aldo OF official circles. Japan has
long coveted IT. according to Amefi :
can naval officers. but never hoh
a sufficiently good opportunity 10
take poBsossion.
when the Il.fnted Kerensky gov
ornmont capitulatcd the situation OF
the small Russian garrison nt the
station became untonnblo ana the
Japanese were preparing To move
In. The importance OF the station
to japan could hardly be oVer-etu :
phasizcd 10 IN not only the most
powerful station In the Orient but
II lies only 10 miles from NindiVoS-
tok proper which Japanese troops
and a few Americans then were oc'
cupying.
Americans Move In.
While the Japanese were iayint
plans TO seize the station, the Ainerl-
cans moved In quietly and TOOK pos
session. whether tho commander
az tho American forces acted on
orders from Washington or on ms
own initiative has never been Ill
yuIged. In all events the Japanese
were furious when they found the
Americans In possession. according
To the naval officers.
Tho Japanese officials virtually
demanded that the Americans Nacato
and give them possession Inv
Americans refused and have held the
station ever since, despite persls
tent efforts to Dust them.
Tho refusal of the Americans &c
get out IL unLerstood to account NJ
no small measure for tho atiti-
ueckcd attitude which Japan ma!
maintained in the controversy over
the Island OF Yap and tho Paciil'
cables.
The Russian island station reall,
belong to Russian, and II u cN
pected by American naval officer
that II will hc returned ito ituSsi'
"aR soon az we can find out "h'
Russia is" as described by ono noNa
officer. The Americans, " wa
stated today, are ready To turn oVol
the station To any Responsible Rus
sian government, but until that re
sponsiblc government becomes ap
parent, the Americans aro going e
continue to occupy and operate th'
station. At all events II has beer
determined that the station Will no
bo delivered TO Japan.