Evening star., 1932-03-29

is not dangerous to the security Of the
state, but which can be damaging to
It's good reputation.
% 1t is necessary to prohibit tele-
grams the contents of which are for the
purpose of damaging the economic sit
uation of a country, city, etc. For eX-
ample, telegram which has as its OBJ
jeet to prevent the transport of food
products to a city for the purpose Of
raising prices
The United States proposals wish to
change the present method to include
suspension of international communi-
cation service, either in whole or in
part, for an indefinite period if deemed
necessary" provided that other nations
are at once notified of this action,
Whether this suggestion has any SINH
lar censorship as indicated by the for
eign administrations is not clear, but
evidently Austria proposes to limit for
eign press reports in the same manner
as desired by Czechoslovakia, as it has
requested similar provision for eco
nornic interests" and gives as the rea-
son for this proposal that kilograms
that are dangerous to the economic in
tereSts OF the states should be dealt
with on the same basis as kilograms
that are dangerous to the security Of
the state"
China agrees to this same proposal
but with the further provision that it
is necessary to add the Withholding
Of such kilograms, and likewise Hungary
wishes to limit her outgoing kilograms.
Japan in particular appears to be in
terested in the right of the high con-
tracing parties to stop the transmits
sion Of any private telegram which
might appear dangerous to the state,
ETC." In addition the present and re-
Shanghai fronts are Enthusiastically re-
fiected in these japanese proposals for
the radio convention, as she states that
the nations which are party to this
convention should be able to reserve
their entire liberty with regard to radio
installations not provided for in Article
2, and particularly with regard to in
stallations of military, naval and air
forces" and gives as her reason that
''it seems we'll to provide for installa-
tions Of air forces in addition to naval
and military installations as covered in
Article % OF the CIR"
Indicates japanese Aims.
This particular proposal indicates
something in regard to the Japanese
aims in aircraft that have long been of
special interest to foreign governments.
Within the last two or three years
Japan has greatly increased the scope
OF her air forces, as against the older
arms of land and sea, and while it was
markedly apparent to the naval and
military experts that her recent air
tactics at Shanghai afford nothing that
the United States need envy in the way
of ultra a-mooern technique, and, indeed,
the backwardness of Japan in this
branch is frankly the greatest disclosure
of the Sino-Japanese war; yet it is OBJ
vious that future developments in radio
for military craft are in her plans.
We do know that Japan has made
tremendous strides in shortWave ra-
dio-such strides as are believed by
some observers to be far superior to
those Of any other nation in the world
today. Great Britain has probably the
best equipped radio sets now in use in
any air force and with these most ef-
fective results. But within two or three
years, as indicated by these japanese
proposals, the known development of
Japan in her ground sets may well be
incorporated in her aircraft sets as well.
Since the forthcoming parley is in par