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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930.
ABSURD RUMOURS DISPELLED.
NAVAL CONFERENCE VERY MUCH ALIVE.
GOING ON WITH ORIGINAL PROGRAMME.
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED.
London, Feb. 26. The events of to-day will, it is hoped, finally dispose of the rumour that the Naval Con- ference is in imminent dan- ger of a breakdown. A promin- ent personage, who took part in a meeting of the heads of the delegations at the House of Commons this afternoon, asked afterwards if the Conference had broken down, declared laughingly: "No! Any such suggestion is_rubbish."
That statement is fully borne out by an official communique issued soon after the private con- ference of the delegation heads hnd concluded. Authoritative British quarters regard the communique as indicating that the Conference will proceed on its original lines. thus effectually stopping the talk of a Three-Power Agreement as against the original idea of a Five-Power Treaty, which is still predominant.
Satisfactorily Alive.
The British spokesman said: "The Conference is still quite satisfactorily alive."
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The conference of the delega- tion "heads lasted for hour, after which the following communique was issued:
FRENCH CABINET RADIO TELEPHONY
MAKING.
M. TARDIEU TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT.
POINCARE REFUSES.
Paris, Feb. 26.
M. Tardieu, bas agreed to under- tako the task of forming a Cabinet:
SURPRISE.
P.M.G. LOOKING AFTER THE PENCE.
COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OFFER REJECTED.
London. Feb. 26.
It is noteworthy that M. Poin- care Intervened in the negotiations POST OFFICE SERVICE. for the formation of. u -Second Tardieu Cabinet and interviewed M. Reno Besnard, who was . ap- pointed War Minister in M. Chau-
An important decision, not to temps', short-lived Government; use the beam wireless telegraphy and who is a prominent member stations owned by the Communi of the Radical Party in the cations Company for the develop- Senate.
ment of overseas wireless tele- There is little doubt that M.phony services, has been reached as soon as his health by the Government, which has Poincare, permits, will be prepared to re-decided to concentrate its ener-
the responsibilities of sume
gies in this direction on the Post Government if palled upon..
Office stations at Rugby and Baldock.
M. Tardieu, summoned to the Elyseo this morning. told Presl dent Doumergue that he consider- The announcement to this effect ed, with four important interna- was made in the House of Com- tional problems on hand (the mons to-day by Mr. H. B. Lees Naval Conference, the Geneva Smith, the Postmaster-General. conference, enforcement of the Young plan, and the Saar negotia- tions), that M. Poincare was the most capable of forming a stable Cabinet. He would gladly oporate with M. Poincare.
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M. Poincare declared that he would be unable to form a Cabinet owing to his health.-Reuter.
ANKING & TANDA IN COLLISION.
HOW A MYSTERY WAS' FINALLY CLEARED UP.
With the arrival of the 3.5. Tanda in port last evening, the report that she had been in colli- sion with the s.s. Sungshan Maru was proved to be incorrect. She had, however, been in collision with the s.s. Anking, near Pedro Blanco, receiving damage on the starboard bow abreast the No. 2
"The heads of the delegations, with the French Ambassador, met the Prime Minister this afternoon to consider the con- tinuation of the work of the Conference. It was
arranged, subject to French agreement, hatch. that immediately the Conference The collision occurred during a is able to resume its full activi-thick fog off the coast, and it is ties, the original programme of reported that a number of other work will be continued.
steamers in the vicinity had nar- row escapes.
Control Reserved.
The Government, he said, has decided upon its policy for over- seas telephony by concentration on the Post Office wireless station at Rugby and the receiving station at Baldock.
He referred to the fact that un- der the late Government, the beam wireless system for overseas tele- graphy had been leased to the Im- perial and International Communi- cations Company.
The late Government, however, in conformity with the recommen- dations of the Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference, had reserv- ed to the Post Office, the control of overseas telephony, and had deliberately, refrained from com. mitting themselves on the ques- tion of whether they should or should not use the
company's stations for this purpose.
Company's Letter,
In August last he received a let- ter from the Communications Com- pany urging that the Government should now decide to work the over- seas telephony services, from the company's stations, beginning with four services to Canada, Australia, South and India.
This was one alternative.
"In the meantime, private conversations between the de- The news brought in by the legates are continuing and the Tanda solves the mystery as to work of the technical sub- which vessel it was that was in- committes is making good pro-volved with the Anking, previous
The other alternative was for the reports stating that the name and Government to concentrate on the nationality of the ship was unwireless telephone service at the known.
Government station at Rugby which had for three years worked a service to the United States on a commercial basis.
gress.
Satisfaction Evoked.
Although the Tunda was not The announcement that the Con- ference will proceed on its original seriously damaged as a result of lines despite the break in its work her collision, it is understood that the she will not sail for Australia to-
In deciding between these two owing to the withdrawal of French delegation due to the politi-morrow, as scheduled, but will go alternatives there were two main issues, firstly, which of the systems cal crisis in Paris. has caused into dock for repairs.
Officials of Messrs. Mackinnon, would provide the more
efficient satisfaction.
Regarding the reference to pri-Mackenzie and Co. said this morn-service, and secondly, which would vate conversations, it is pointeding that it had not been decided be the more economical. out that any agreements that may when the Tanda would go into be reached will be purely tenta-dock, but intimated that repairs tive, pending their full acceptance will take about two weeks, by the conference, and the deci sions will be taken with a view to their inclusion in the Five-Power sole Treaty which remains the objective of the Conference.
News From Paris. Latest news from Paris states that 31. Tardieu has been entrust- ed to form Cabinet and hopes are entertained that a French de- legation may be in London by the beginning of next week.
The N.Y.K. steamer Kako Maru involved in another which was collision is now at Junk Bay. Sur- veyors are busy examining the vessel at present and she will all probabilty dock to-morrow.
MECHANICAL GIANT.
MACHINE THAT CAN CRUSH
AND PULL.、
Experts' Report.
The Government consulted two independent experts, who reported that, apart from future develop ments, both systems were probably equally capable of providing a insatisfactory communication between two points over a given number of hours each day. As regards the future development, the Rugby system was more elastic and, there- fore, in this respect, offered decided advantages.
The work of the technical sub- committees mentioned in the com-
A machine, described as the manique refers to the committees largest in the world, for testing on, firstly, ships which are to be the strength of building material exempt from limitation, secondly, is to be installed in the engineer ships of a special character which ing laboratories of Columbia Uni- do not fall within the proposed versity. It will have a capacity of categories and thirdly, submarines, 3,000,000 pounds which can be in connexion with which Jurists exerted either as crushing pressure are re-examining the Root Conven- or as a tension. tion for humanising the operations of these craft.
Our Jingoisis.
A meeting of the Navy League was held in London to-day and a resolution was passed opposing any further reduction of British naval forces.
Mr. Winston Churchill, former Chancellor of the Exechequer and one time First Lord of the Admiralty, strongly criticised the Government's "squeczability" at the Naval Conference.
He stated that all the other Conference Powers were preparing to increase their relative naval strengths. :
Apparently it was proposed that Great Britain, which had already led the way in disarma ment on sea, land and in the air, should farther diminish not only our actual, but still more, our relative strength.
George B. Pegram, dean of the engineering school, who. announced plans for the installation, said the machine would cost $50,000, provid- ed from the $110,000 gift recently made to the school by William Boyce Thompson.
The second inain issue was a financial comparison between the two systems.
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Concentration at Rugby admitted economy in many directions, parti- cularly in land line connexion with the London trunk exchange. A wireless service required, excellent land connexions and by grouping the services at one centre, such as Rugby, a smaller number of lines would suffice.
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Remarkable Disparity.
The distance to Rugby and Bal- dock from London was much less- than to the bear stations at Bodmin, Bridgewater, Grimsby and Skegness.
The result was that the work of The machine will be able to four circuits to India and the handle specimens up to 35 feet in Dominions through the beam sta- tions would need four thousand one length and six feet in width.
hundred and ninety miles of high grade telephone circuits; to work them through the Post Office station at Rugby and Baldock only seven hundred and eight-six miles would be required.
The largest testing machine now owned by the school, which is also the largest in the city has a capacity of 400,000 pounds,
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.
The mv. Romolo sailed from Singa- pore on the 26th Feb., and is expected here on the 3rd March.
The 8.s. Fiume-L sailed from Karachi on, the 24th Feb., and is expected here on the 19th March.
The B.s. Venezia-I sailed from Massawah on the 28th Feb., and is expected here on the 2nd April.
Company's Terms.-
The minimum rental asked by the Communications Company for the use of the beam telegraph stations for the telephone services in question, was from £40,000 t £45,000 per annum, according to the type of equipment employed, plus a royalty of ten per cent. on the gross receipts, in excess of a certain, figure.
This was exclusive of a cheaper scheme which was open to objec- tion on other grounds.
As the result of a consideration
The size of the American Navy was no concern of Great Britain,
The first case to be brought under and we ought to build ships, after the newly-issued regulations pro hearing the unbiassed advice of hibiting the mooring of craft with- our naval authorities and what in 25 feet of the Yaumati Typhoon ever Parliament considered to be Refuge Promenade was mentioned of all the issues, the Government necessary for our safety.
before Mr. Whyte Smith at the had decided upon the policy of wireless He suggested that an agreement | Kowloon Magistracy this morning undertaking overseas could be reached by the delegates when the mistress of a boat failed telephony by concentration at the tabling their navul programmes to appear to LnAwer a charge Post Office station at Rugby and for the next five or six years. brought under the regulations and receiving station at Baldock.
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