Seward daily gateway., 1924-08-15

WHdIeVer QlScuSSlOnS or d JOIIlJ FdQlo organization Japan may be willing to enter. Japan looks upon this fea ture of validity admission as a mat ter of principle. Once it is establish ed for Japan this country is quite willing to discuss cooperation with any of the countries of the world in this enterprise bearing so closely on the progress of civilization
 This statement, coming as it does partly as a denial of the report Gal so believed to have emanated from Japanese sources in Peking) a com promise had already been reached whereby Japan, China, the United States and, perhaps, Great Britain, would enter into an agreement for the management of radio stations in China, is taken by many foreign ob- servers in Tokio to mean only one thing-namely that Japan, the gov- errment here and the leading busi- ness men have become worried over certain alleged failures of the Nit sui station in China and are at tempting discreetly to approach oth- CT countries for aid in management of what may turn out as a Jaoan- csc business failure
 "The plant established by the Nit sui company, at cost of several million yen, has experimented with great success in the exchange of messages with European countries" says the powerful Nichi Nichi, lead ing Tokio daily newspaper whose connection with government and business interests in Japan cannot be denied. The above question, said to have emanated from an official in close touch with the radio situa- "The Japanese government feels that the Mitsui station is more than sufficient for the time being. It fails to see where there should be any necessity for further expending 26,0OO,0O0 yen ($13,OOO,OOO) for the erection of plants by the American Federal Wireless company includ- ing feeders to be attached to the main plants. The Japanese govern ment considers the American stand more an expression of patriotism than one of plain business sense"
 While Americans in the Far East know that the Federal Wireless Co.,, of the United States and the United States government are both more or less lacking in interest in the Japanese plans and complaints, the Japanese government and leading Japanese business men continue to give out statements which would in dicate that the radio controversy is still matter for discussion be- tween the United States and Japan. This, 1t is pointed out by Americans close in touch with the situation, is mistake. ''The Federal Wire less company made an agreement with the Chinese government. Jap an claims that the Mitsui company made an agreement which is in fringed upon by the federal con tract. If such is the case this is matter for Japan to take up with China, not with the United States. { The fact is that Japan and Japan's business men would give a great deal if they could organize a com pany to help bear the losses which must come from the mistakes made by the Mitsui company in the erec- tion of their wireless station. Am erican business sense, tn quality referred to in the statement said to have come from Japanese of ficial, will not fall' for this hope of Japanese business men, who will lose money on the Mitsui station. Thoe who attempt to make an Am erican-Japanese issue out of the Chi nese radio situation are making a mistake. The American radio plans in China will go forward.