Evening star., 1922-01-26

day:
The twenty-sixth meeting OF the
committee on Pacific and far eastern
questions was held this morning. jan
uary Is. at II o'clock IN. the Pan
American building.
The chairman (Mr.s Hughes) stated
that the committee had before 1t the
resolutions In regard to electrical
communications
Mr.. S7e read the following state
\ ment:
II hope have made it clear on =
previous occasion that wireless sta
tions not owned and operated by the
! Chinese government, at present found
| in China, should, at the earliest pos"
sible moment, by negotiation with
| owners. be handed over to the opera
tion and control Of the Chinese gov
say that the continuance Of such
radio stations under foreign operation
as now exist in China, without Its ex-
press consent, Is only matter OF sur.
ferance upon the part Of China, and
that their existence and continuance
| can be legalized only when the for
cign nations concerned have obtained
from the Chinese government Its for
| mai consent thereto.
Government Monopoly.
! 1T is known to the word that IN
China wire telegraphy is govern
ment monopoly, and it will be logi.
| cal development to this government
! establish and maintain all wireless
communications within the territory
lof China as a government monopoly.
\ The two systems of communication
must cooperate. and in order that
this cooperation may be harmonious
I t.
, should be owned, controlled and
operated by the government.
1.-THE nature of international wire
less communication makes 'interna.
! tional cooperation highly desirable.
This cooperation is needed In order
| tionality may ISt interfere with each
| others wave lengths. and that un-
necessarily high powered stations
may not be established, or at I'M
proper places. and that suitable ar
rangements may be made for the dis
tribution by wire. telegraph or other
wise within the individual states OF
the wireless messages when received:
Therefore, this important subject OF
international wireless communication
is a matter which should be the sub
ject Of discussion looking toward CO.
operation between all stations con-
| cerned. While do. not pretend to be
| an expert on wireless .communica-
| tions. 1t seems to me that so tmpor-
tantan international question should
be dealt. with as a whole. and not by
taking China as q single unit for in
| transitional discussion.
| "As-t this conference has been called
land its work has proved-for: the
moval OF existing limitations on her
sovereign rights. am inclined to
think that the public might have mis-
apprehension should any such com
mission be appointed to deal with.
even If only. to discuss and report on
such subject. which is manifestly
China's own and sole problem. My
honored friend. Senator Root, has
/; truly remarked that It is a grave
question of policy. which primarily
termined by the government OF China.
| Senator Root had also remarked yes
| terday that the questions of COM
] petition or controlled cooperation
countries. In view Of this fact.
and the importance OF the whole
| subject of wireless communications,
China, while determining for herself.
! " wishes to>have time to consider care
tIies, before deciding for herself,
! which course to follow.
! willing To Cooperate.
THE Chinese government will be
! glad to cooperate with other powers
" ith a view to arriving at common
policies applicable to all governments
| and mutually beneficial to all, with
regard to radio communications be-
F, tween herself and those powers. and.
for this purpose, to participate in a
| conference or other joint action for
the determination Of general principles
! and methods to be recommended to
all the governments concerned where
! by this general <matter may be
Y ptyso In
similar TO that by which international
4 postal interests are harmonized and
promoted"
Mr.. Root said that he had just been
asked to explicate the situation, and
he hoped it would not get so compli-
The situation. as he understood it.
| was this: Mr.. Viviani had introduced
| a resolution covering. the whole
ground Of wireless operations IN
very unquestionable principles. but
! based upon a determination that the
| system should be changed from COM
! petition to cooperation. That series
! Of resolutions>had been somewhat dis
had stood over, particularly on the
request Of Japan and China, for fur
| ther discussion. In bringing 1t up the
day before. he had suggested resolu-
| tion which would to some degree ac-
complish what Mr.. viviani had pro-
port by the commission that he had
suggested, to the governments, instead
| of to this conference, as he felt that
This was rather q foreign off1ce ques-
ton than q conference question and
could not properly be considered Nm
the conference.
Since the day before a number of
experts in wireless had been draft
ing what seemed to him to be an i'm
provement on the suggestion that he
had made, and that paper had been
distributed and was in the hands of
the delegates. That was the paper
headed January 25, 1922. He thought
that was a better disposition of the
subject than In the paper he had sug-
gested the previous day. The chair
alternative suggestion for the dispo-
sition Of the subject presented by Mr..
iViviants proposal, which was before
the committee. He then read as fol-
lows: .,,. Is.
Text Of Agreement.
The United States Of America, Bel
GUM, the British empire. China,
France, Italy. Japan, the Netherlands
and Portgual, desiring to avoid con-
municatfon facilities and services in
China, and between China and -otheS
countries, and particularly over con-
cessions or, Contracts in China .relat-
ing thereto, and desiring Ito promote
i the further development of the. in
Eternal and. external electrical COM
munication< facilities and services OF
China, and taking, note Of the general
policy OF the governmentsof China to
own and. operate electrical cofnmunf-
cation services within its. territory,
| ia Thaf fhe snrovisionss sef fort ~ II,
the resolution concerning the open