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MR. N. CHAMBERLAIN'S REPLY. Mr. N. Chamberlain, replying to the députation, mik he was peculiariy interested in Imperial questions, and realised with special force the necessity for civier relations with the Dominions— In view of the importance of Improving sccial, political, and economic and they the means of communication within the could hardly kil to realise that for the Empire, a deputation representing the promotion of those closer relations it was
Members British Chamber of Commerce Empire Pross Union waited upon the tin thus there should be a cheap nad (Shanghai). Mr. T. W. BOWERN, Fellow of abundant supply of communications. But the Institute of Charterel Shipbrokers, Incur Postminster-General (Mr. Meville Chamber questions of Imperial pores, and parti-ported by Royal Charter, London.
cularly of wireless commun entions between January sth. The clepulation was repres
diferent parts of the Empire, wors qués, dons which must always be decided By sentative of newspapers published" in all the Government as a whom He took it parts of the British Empire, in addition that what the members the deputation, to all the Dominion newscabling agencies, should be done. It did not matter how were anxious about was that something and its object was to urge upon the it was done, or by whom, so long as it was Postmaster-General the necessity for an done and done quickly and efficiently.. Empire wireless system, and to request a Cheers.) He had been asked whether statement of Goyerament policy in the modified by what had been done in some the policy of the Government had been matter. Mr. Chamberinin gave
of the Dominions. The position now" yas sympathetic reply, but pointed out that that Australia bad made her ownaarrange the question of cost was one in which the ments for wireless fram her end. South Africa had made her own arrangements. Government as a whole were concerned, Canada had, he believed, also made some and deficite decision as to the Empirearrangements, although they were pro wireless station to be crocted in this which she would ultimately make. As to bably not the complete arrangements. country had not yet been philo. He the arrangements which remained to be was hopeful, however, that a "reision considered in Great Britain, it did not would not be long delayed.
seen to him that there was any necessity Viscount Burnham (President of the be established should be erected by the that the station or group of stations to Empire Press Union), in introducing the same people cr" operated by the Same deputation, said, that the Empire Press people as those in the Dominions, so long Union was a newspaper organisation remitting and receiving such messages as it is the station was suitable for truns presenting every part of the British might be desired to exchange. That was Espire, with influential and representa a point on which the Governments of the tive branches in all the self-governing Dominions would fix their attention, and Dominions and India, and in most of them which Great Britain would have to Crown Coloties," There was no public satisfy them. question about which the newspaper Press He had been asked whether the station was more troubled than the progress of which was to be erected in Great Britain wireless communications. They regrested would be of sufficient power to to bessere that very hole advance bad municate with India, South Africa, and been made since he presented a depuration Australia. It was possible to communicate to Lord Illingworth, the then Postmaster-with those countries at certain times of General, or the same subject from news day and year by means of a very much paper bodies two years ago. They knew smaller station than the one which it had to this car that although it was more been suggested should be erected in this than ten years since the first proposals country, were made to the Post Office for wireless communications within the Empire, at the present moment they were nor service for the supply of news, and they believed that the interest of the public in attaining a speedy solution of the problem was not less than that of the newspapers. It was within their knowledge that the great stations at St. Asaizen France, Nauen in Germany, and elsewhere, were far bigger and more capable that anything station could communicate for twelve which had so far been done in Great hours out of the twenty-four it did not Britain. That gave a means and power fellow that to double the size of the station of propaganida which we did not possess, and double the cost they could com and they did not like to you Great unicats for the whole of the twenty-four Britain out-distanced or excelled. What
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the hours during which they could oom- about by conflict and disagreement between Great Britain, and the self-paratively small one, It came to this, THE governing Dominions in the first place; size of the station and the cost of the that after they passed a certain point the and later, they feared, between the station went up out of all proportion to THE CHINA INDUSTRIES Government and the great organisations the extra amount of time they could of private enterprise which had at the
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tion. On what was a very technical sub- such a reature The Indian Empire badet the technicians were not in complete given a qualified assent, but it was not were reconsidering the policy of the late
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present Government known what had happened since. Alto Government as to the method by which gether, they were very anxious as to the the installation of the station in Great situation, and they wished humbly to Britain should be set up and operated. present that things could not go an at this Who shall find the money? was a slow pace, and that it was in the interests not less of the public than of the Preak itself, and this Government was no question which every Government had to that a speedy agreement should be come exception to the rule. They had not yet to in regard to wireless communication within the Empire, which, of course, possible for him to say exactly what would
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The art and science of wireless telegraphy It was a dificult and technical question.
out the Empire, but since then there had been additions which made telegraphic facilities less than they were. It was were still only in their infancy. But they matter of common expediency and desire
had to make up their minds, Ar business
to have facilities for the transmission of Ben they recognised that they could not news and comment as cheap and as easy reminded them it was not solely a matter allow this thing to drag on. But he 13. possible, especially within the Dominions of the Crown. In House of
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of the amount of messages that could be Commony phraseology, the matter was Rot through; they must also consider what one of urgent public importance..
was to bo the extra capital cost of any luxury they allowed themselves, and whether the prospects of the traffic to be Mr. Robert Donald, speaking as chair obtained would justify them in going the man of the Empire Press Laton, said full length at once. It was not proposed the big newspapers could always get news to include communication with Canada în whatever it cost, but what they were face. the same station as that which was going with was the demand from other parts of to communicate with Australia, but it
the Empire for news from Great Britain was a technical matter. What were On the issue of propaganda to which Lord called “atmospherics" appeared to inter- Burnham had referred, it was impossible fere with the working of wireless differ. to forget that the late Lord Northcliffe ently in different parts of the world and explained how atruck be was on his world at different times of the day, Conse tour with the wireless propaganda by quently, for the efficient working of the France, America, Germany, and Japan wireless station in Great Britain the day all over the Dominions and the Far East. would be divided up into periods, one That was not. awatisfactory state of period being devoted to communication things, because poor newspapers were with one part of the world and another very glad to get news for nothing, and it period with another part, always choos might sometimes be news of a tendenciousing the period so as to coincide with that character. A further danger. was that part of the day when the atmospheric once claims were pegged out and vested conditions were most suitable.
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