The Washington herald., 1921-09-08
U.S.MAY LAY own
CABLE TOSPREAD
Il VOICENORIENT
Suggest Plan to Counter
Foreign Propaganda
In Far East.
ny ROBERT ,. BENDER.

To counter the oriental prOpa-
Sanhs reacting against the best in
tere1tis 5f the United States in China
and, the Philippines this govern
me1t is considering the advisabtlity
Of essta blishing a government-owned
cabl4 system into the. Far East
-Atithorities here. who have
brought the question TO the atten-
ti"h Of Secretary Hughes. are
cussed at the forthcoming confer
vucS in Washington on Pacific and
Far Eastern problems.
These authorities point ont that
the easiest way to 'tStabIi in
ter1s tiopal understanding between
the United States and the Orient is
10 Increase communication. now Sc
riouSly limited BY Inadequate fa-
Ciiities and almost pronIbitive
rates. To increase the facilities and
lOwfr the rates is impossible. they
contend. from the standpoint Of prl-
vatt cdnitaI. The venture should be
UndsTtaken by the government. even
b. as the construction of the Panama
,'dnIII. and the BENEFITS. they be-
lievs-. would be as lasting
Cen. Wood Fsvors Ides.
Cith Wood. who has been inves-
tfS3tins. conditions in the Philip
PinSs is understood TO strongly ad-
SDcStc vastly improved tommunIca- =
tIou facilities between the United
states and its Far Eastern insular
POSSESSION Wood is said to argue
thusi
TIhe United States government has
eStiblished q wonderful educational
system in the Philippine Islands
TEs students leave the schools. edu-
ra,td in American ideas and ideals
unlar American Instructors Once
,,uti Of school however. the present
facilities for sending American
nevis TO the islands are so made
gu3e that the students lose touch
with the United States. Meantime.
thri more adequate means OF COM
nauaication with Japan. for example.
rrntFer the Filipinos susceptible to
Oriental propaganda that may be
md on many occasions has been
IaUna. he'd
Voice Liaited n china.
y similar situation exists in
,'ns,I. The cost of news transmits
<ind from the United states to
rhiba under present conditions. is
So high that the few Chinese news
ia rksrs that are self If-suppdrtinG can
uotl pay for il. The Chinese news
r,I1er field must he comprehended
IL aIc light that there are some 4n".-
GnH!g0O Chinese people. of whom only
2 Der cent read and write. This
per cent. spread over an area
as great a. that Of the United
states affords scant chance of any
reHkpap per making success. Finan-
.iIGy poor therefore. these few
Chine>c newspapers must obtain
such news as they can get cheaply
THU affords fertile field for propa-
cgfda 6f any nation. and the
i'usred States. under existing c"ndt-
tion.. iS scarcely able to get in a
v"ite suyN here
.ectuse 4mplified cable facilities
w"5id entail the laying nf line from
-.ri6 to Ia.0O0 miles respectively in
,'hHla. ~ obviously would not be a
vCfturs :har would interest private
cA4taI. according to those now urs-
inS ire scheme on Hughes. II must
he "a government undertaking, en-
tered intn with the idea Of backing
up 'Ame-icdn educational efforts IN
bUtf the Philippines ard China. The
RoSkcfelIc- Foundation. il is point
ID out. j. spending millions educat-
in-s Chinese in this country and in
Chfna. To American government
is 9pendinS equal sums in cducatine :
the, FiIipinns All this effort WIFI
hc wasted. IL is argued II comr,uni-
rAtion facilities are not created
" hkr will keep these American edu
- tFd DFienta1S in constant touch
NJ ~ American news