New York, Feb. 17.
The Washington correspondent of the "New York World" telegraphs that the State Department has notified the Chinese Government that the United States Government will regard as an unfriendly act the cancellation by China of the contract with the American Federal Telegraph Ca. for the erection of a_high-powered wireless plant at Shanghai. The note, he states, was sent to Peking after inquiry had been made into the alleged activities of a British company to have the American contract abrogated.
The 'World' adds that the
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