But, the installation of the Sino-British wireless station has a still deeper' significance, The close rela-ons which have always existed between China and Great Britain are fi tested by the conditions of China's legraphie service, inasmuch as the traffic from London to China ud vice versa constitutes over one-hale of the total trae for the tele-raphia service between Europe and ina.
From this fact alone we can realize how close are the relations between China and Great Britain. To such close relations we attach great importance.
But it is especially important. to tum them to account by redoubling tur efforts to promote close cooperation and to render mutual asin matters relating to educational and cultural as well'as to economic eccmstruetion, ce-operation between inn aod Get Briain is neces sary. In inaugurating direct Sino-Britisn wireless service, Wis, there-ore, our hope that additional faeilies'are now. provided for such cooperation and that. full Use. will be made of these facilities for the promotion of better understanding ud the consolidation of the friendly reations which subsist between. China ani Great. Britain.
During the past yea China has experienced finaielal" string coney and hax been confronted ith] external and internal digicultes, bat the construction of the Sino: British wireless station has never been Interrupted" in spite of un: favourable. circumstances.
Prom this it can be seen that we Jenerish great hopes. of the "Sino-wireless station. Now that {s completed, we believe that the results will come up to the expeelations "of both China" and Great Britain, Ladies and Gentlemen, we fee!
jon this occasion. But' at the Sino-"honoured "by your, prewnce Brian wirlge station han "jot been completed, it can not from defects and imperfections. We welcome your candid criticism, Within Speaking Distance shal icroxs the air." He said:
Tt is to me a great honour to represent.
the Central Executive Committee of Kuomintang ax well as the National Government on this auspicious occassion—the inauguration of the direct line of radio communication between Shanghai and London. The authorities and eners, concerned are to be con-Bratulated for the successful com pletion of the installation.
Direct radio communication between Shanghai and London marks a new era in international wireless telegraphy.
Tts commercial benefits will truly be inestimable, but it_will do much more than that. and Great Britain are now brought to "speaking distance," so to say. The time space between the two grent races is now merely a matter of x fraction of a second. Such a close relationship cannot fail to bring about better understanding; and warmer regards for each other. As a representative of the Chinese Government, I shake the [Great Britain "across the The Changing Times 'The following speech was delive' ed by Siz John Brenan:
I think we all of us who are here to-day may consider ourselves fortunate to be present at such an interesting occasion as the inauguration of the Chenju Radio Station, which for the first time in history is, to provide direct "commercial China and Great Britain.
Our two nations have long had' diplomatic, cultural and commerce relations with each other to. thei great mutual advantage. But the real benefits of international intercourse, with a resulting apt tion of each other's good qualities and a comprehension of each other's points of view and difficulties, can only be developed by a system of
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