New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
THE NEWS OF LONDON.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
uorcoRi Giucs Credit to Scotch
Pioneer an Wireless Telegraphg.

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fcopyright 1862: BY The Tribune Association
Tordon Dec -. / a. m.-The arrival of Ser
,etsry Chamberlain at Durham is described in
.uu detail by the correspondents of the morn
,,r Journals and is the signal for a revival Of
.be discussion OF South African affairs Natal
which has been called the neglected Cinderella
NJ the imperial fireside greeted him as a prince
among British statesmen. and loyalty and Joy
were unrestrained. The first phase of the
chamberlain mission resembles junketing and
,yben the public dinners and luncheons are
rrominent flags fiuttering and crowds
cheering he must find it difficult to begin the
serious Investigations which he has contem-
Mated The protests from the loyalists against
the indifference shown toward their losses dur
sing the war and the remonstrances from the
Beers against the annexation of Wakkerstroom
and Vryheid are the chief discordant notes in the
uaans Of triumph over Mr. Chamberlain's first
day in Natal. The first stage of the Colonial
secretarys note taking visit of inquiry is the
easiest. The Transvaal and Orange River COL
ones viii offer more arduous tasks and Cape
Colony with Sir Gordon Sprigg supported by
the Dutch sympathizers with rebellion and de-
serted by the loyalists. will be the most diff
cult ground.
The Venezuelan affair is falling into the back
Of the decision of the President respecting the
form Of arbitration are contradictory, and
comments are suspended by English journals
until the preferences Of the Washington gov
eminent are known with precision. While the
tax ridden English public has no relish for the
German alliance or for naval demonstrations
in the tropics il is bent upon having a settle
rnent in a form which will satisfy Washington.
Mr. Marconi when he iectured at Dundee
gave full credit to the Scotch inventor. James
Bowman Lindsay, for being the first man who
thoroughly believed in the possibility and util
ity of long distance wireless telegraphy. fifty
years ago. He contended that Lindsay's sys-
TEN was not considered practical on account of
the enormous electrical energy required. even
for the most moderate distances, and the ne
cessity of placing immersed plates at a consid-
erahle distance apart, but he admitted that the
inventor would have done much more IL he had
lived in the present time and been armed with
The resources of electrical science. A II.
Millar whose biography Of Lindsay will be
published next year, has delivered lectures on
these early experiments in wireless telegraphy,
and has exhibited the original apparatus and
diagrams. The biography will contain many
Of Lindsay's letters on the subject. which prove
The originality and feasibility of his expert
mental work. It is not generally known that
Lindsay took out a patent for his method OF
wireless telegraphy. The Scotch inventor be-
gan experiments in the ponds around Dundee
IN 1914 and resumed them in 1853 at Ports
mouth and across the Tay- Owing TO the ex-
erions of Sir John Leng, monument stands
at Dundee to commemorate the scientific work
of this pioneer in wireless telegraphy.
Arnold Dolmetsch will sail to-day by the
Vrnbria for New-York. with Mrs. Dolmetsch
and with lutte viol virginals. harpsichord and
clsyicbord to give a series of lectures and con-
certs in the United States and Canada he Is
almost the only musician in England capable OF
reproducing the songs and dances or the Mid-
die Ages and Shakespeares time with the
original instruments and scores One OF MS
highly treasured Venetian lutes was recently
stolen from him.
~F2ozing Night was celebrated with unwont-
ed ardor in The Metropolis. Dan Leno was
Mother Goose at the Drury Lane. where Ar
,bur Collins provided a pantomime and Varle-
,ies with q lavish hand. Herbert Campoeil
WAS a chubby boy, Madge Lesslng anu ElHei
Negrette were leading actresses ana thele va"
. rnenaparie of comic animals with goose
farm. polite lunatics: flying ballet perloriieis .
clowns and whimsical eccentrics. A noisy but
good natured auOleilce hoN - '
Dick Wilmington reappeared at the Hippo
Fro aud within the suburban circuit the
J,ahes Il, the Wood Aladdin, Red Riding Hooo.
Cinderella. Ali Baba and Alice III WonoerlaIlu i'!
were represented in pantomime- Bunaio DIii
carried the Olympia by storm in the afternoon
and in the evening the battle of San Juan nm
with the Rough Riders charge. was the most
realistic war scene ever produced IN Lo"loi
and excited great enthusiasm L ~