Peking, March 15.
It is not generally known that the plans for linking up Peking by wireless with distant Kashgar have been changed. By the contract to which the Chinese Government entered with the Marconi Company it_ was provided that three powerful wireless stations should be erected at Lanchowfu, Urumehi in Sinkiang, and Kashgar which when completed would constitute the longest chain of wireless telegraph communication in the world. Recent happenings in Mongolia have apparently led to a reconsideration of the original plan, with the result that Lanchowfu was abandoned in favour of Urga.
No time has been lost, for already the material for the install. tion has reached the Mongolian capital and is stored in a temple pending the arrival of confpetent men to supervise the erection and 'a supply of labour to undertake it. Urga will link up with Uliassutai and Kobdo by wireless installations previously purchased by the Chinese Government, and these in tura will communicate with the border settlement at Yulian.
Though the land line to Urga works very satisfactorily, it is subject to interruption, and the wireless will prove a useful supplement especially in view of the greater political importance attached by China _to Mongolia. The ~streteh from Urga to Urumchi is longer than from Lanchowfu to Urumchi, but that will not affect the chain. It may be added that the whole of the wireless material is in China and is awaiting transportation by camel and cart routes.
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