Mr. R. F. Schwerin, President of j the Federal Telegraph' Company, who arrived in China about eight} months ago to take up negotiations; with the Chinese Government over the much discussed wireless monopoly, which the Japanese Government held through the Mitbui Busgan contract, has returned to Shanghai for a few days. He told a representative of the "North-China Daily News" im an: interview that he was extremely confident that ultimate success would crown his efforts, for the Chinese people desire a powerful station that will be in constant communication with the centres of the world, which is to say, that the Western shore of America—San Francisco—and Bor-dean, where there is already one of the most modern and powerful stations, should have uninterrupted service. He also said that although the governments that have functioned in the past. in the capital have been not insensitive to the desires of the people, the pressure of public opinion on this subject is becoming so urgent that it will now be merely a matter of time until there is a concrete response. As a matter of fact, the recent Cabinet had virtuely given consent to the conclusion the negotiations, but all of Mr. Schwerin's work has now been wasted as that Cabinet is no longer a factor, since the expulsion of President Li by the Tsao Kun party.
Mr. Schwerin stated that he felt much encouraged at the approval which his company was receiving from the American Government, and said that the Department of State through the' Secretary, Mr. Hughes, and the American Minister in Peking, Mr. Schurman, were ce-operating with his proposals to the best of their power.
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