Evening star., 1923-03-11
II. s. SOON IN DIRECT RADIO
CONTACT WITH CHINESE
High-Powered Stations Will Be, Estab-
lished at All Important Centers
in Celestial Empire.

ing conditions by our own people and
to the mutual advantage of our national
interests and those of the rest OF the
world
Would Help Country.
Establishment Of the high power
radio stations at important centers
within the interior of China will
doubtless prove to be as great Il boon
to the welfare of that country as will
the untrammeled exchange of intel
| ligence communications with the out
side world through the Shanghai sta
| tion.
Land wire telegraph and telephone
communication systems within the in
terror of China are now few in num-
ber and small i'm total mileage. The
service over existing systems is very
poor in quality and is frequently in
terrupted altogether for long inter-
| walls of time.
| The application Of modern methods
for the rapid exchange of intelligence
communication in China has been very
| slow and has been restricted to small
| areas in the general vicinity of Pek-
ing. Canton and other important
| cities on or comparatively near to the
SeacoaSt.
| Copper telephona wires which physl-
caliy connect distant points are cut
down by bandits which infest the
country and the metal taken as loot.
1t apparently is impossible to effec-
! tually protect isolated land lines un-
der existing conditions in that coun-
! try. 1t would. indeed. be ii most ditfi :
! cult matter to effpctually protect long
land wires stretching through any
! country. where copper is of such
| value AZ to be eagerly sought for the
! monetary value it represents such as
/ in China.
! In radio AS is we'll known. con-
! meeting wires are unnecessary, ana II
: r1xr ia
! theftS at the transmitting stations
and this can readily be accomplished
| i'm any country.
! With the inauguration of the Ameri-
can-Chinese radI" service. the lhiteu
! States will have added one more and an
j extremely important link to the m
itclligencc ! communication systems
which radiate from its shores. our
| field in international COMMUNICATIONS
+; lies primarily in radio. because the
! British nredoninate in the cable field
and their position In this field Is wen
nigh unassailible. TranSocean cables
reach out from England and ireland
j and various British possessions 10
ipcsts Of the world. As commercial
] nnterp.ises they are generally eS .
trerneIy profitable and for trade ana
! news dissemination purposes they are
] Invaluable.
Mission of United states Radio.
| The mission Of American radio
! should be to emulate this service IN
/ internat tionai relations. RADIO pos
i sesses certain inherent DISADVANTAGES
| with respect TO the cables at this
| time. such as atmospheric and other
/, iuterferences, non-Secrecy or COM
! munications. etc. but 1t is not lmpos-
! sible that these disadvantages VIII
! eventually be overcome On the otner
! hand radio possesses certain adVan-
i tageS over the cables. and one OF the
| outstanding advantages is that lts
| service is not restricted to the sea or
! the seacoasts Its services are equally
! at home on land as we'll as on sea.
! and it's signals can reach into land
! locked countries as we'll as those
! possessing a seacoast. 1t penetrates
/ isolated regions where ordinary
| means of transportation is difficult
! or impossible as readily as it reaches
| areas where modern rapid transpof
! tation facilities prevail.
/ We now carry on daily intelligence
| communication by radio with all OF
our outlying possessions. ranging in
| locations from the West Indies to
| Alaska from the Panama canal to the
| Philippines. We also carry on simi-
lar communications with England
! France. Germany, Italy. Norway ano
Japan. and preparations are uhnef
! way to open up service win amer
/ lean built stations in Poland, Sweden
and South America in addition to the
projected Chinese service. Service
with a number of the Central Amer,
/ lean republics has been maintaineo
for many years and can readily DC
! extended AS required.
! 1t would appear to be obvious tha'
1.-THE time is not far distant when We
will maintain intimate contac'
through the agency of radio not only
| with all of the countries of the Worid
but even with the more isolated areas
| within the interior of all countries
such. for example as the inland cities
| of Russia, including Siberia. as wei
as China and other far-distant lanos
Copyright, 1921