Dr. Wag, in reply, said "Mr, Hull, it is, indeed a great pleasure that I am able to exchange greetings with you over the radio {elephone. About three weeks ago we witnessed the opening of a direct fir service between the two great Republics on the shores of the Pacific, thereby making trans-oceanic inter= course a matter of hours instead of, as heretofore, weeks and even months, Modern science has provided us with yet another improved means of com= munication, namely, the radio-telephone. With the inauguration of this service to-day, it is possible to inter~ change, between China and the United States of America, not only goods and ideas, but spoken words as well.
"Confucius once said that sll within the four seas are brethren. This ideat of universal brotherhood, which the Chinese people have cherished most dearly ever since the days of the great Sage, will, I believe, be mere and more appreciated by' the people of the world as a result of the rapid development of better means of communication. For, as you have very aptly pointed out, Scientific achievements have in effect made the world smaller, have brought nations into closer" contact with each other, have made neigh-ours of countries separated by great physical distances, and have, 1 wish to add, gradually "led human beings, whulever their race, -religion and political creed, to live think and act ce members of the great family, "China and the United States of America have been traditional friends with many ideals in common, and 1 sincerely believe that the improved eas of communication as a. result of the opening of direct radio telephone service will further strengthen the bonds of friendship between our two countries."
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