The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-20
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IA 81 I'M LID
There Is more Or less Truth ~ US
statement made By Baron Hskssgea, u
my country. the other day that our gov
eminent has been requested ~ 4 gelga.-
boring power 70 iortify her coasts agaiast
a possible attack from EsgisB4," ssss
). IL van der 0rancbt u TEs Hague
Holland, who was seen at tbs Kew MI
lard
'Hollanders are al aware that Should
it ever coins % var bstVssn Germany
and England that the coast o the Ksla,
eriands would be the scene II ghs CT
niet. II Germany nae made . 6smsas
on Holland ~ strengthen her eOasl O.
lenses. IL Was done not only - 1fosseg
herself from possible English sstGrk
from that side, but aise ~ safeguard fhs
integrity OF Holland. HOLLAND L Dfaetl-
cally an outpost Or Germany, snc. argue
as one may. our country H. clOssF sIlss
~ Germany than 10 any 0faeF ~ ilss n
blood and race aftiliaGOB. snOufd Hoilsnd
ever get into difiicElflee ana zGoals Eee5
"
Germany that We would turn. and n0t 70
England, nor u France. nor % Rgssis.
Germany IS our natural protector. arc t1e
sooner Holland q embodied ~ tie Gerulaa
Empire the better for my county.
Not long ago Emperor Willisza gaze
an evidence q good slil arc loyaltv
toward the Netherlands. which shoale *
FAR 70 diminish the fear and pre5aalce sH
Holland against Germany. One n fas
principal state secrets q our goysTnmsns
IS the wonderfully elaborate enc inEsatozs
plan Of tie crown Tor Instantly inanaat.
Ing the entire country against forsig1
Invasion. Not long ago sg eaTnaer or
Ger o. the Dutch srmy vac arrested e.
Amsterdam On the charge q consgiflng q
betray this very secret u C4rmaHy Ts~
German Emperor or6ersS thai ths trsz.
tors name AID object BE- eoumunics,ee ~
Queen Wlhelmina's government YHss a.
tltude Of the German gmDeror rsss.vs1
the WarTnest COMMUNICATION ca eEery sios
IN Holland"
Lee De Forest. q New YORK re usrs-
less telegraph and telephone wizard 4
az the ShOTehsm. Mr. lie Forest "a re-s
IA connection with tbs estabushmert .s
this city o. q station q ths Rzzs5-TeEe-
phone Company. which + egtsflir1i-z
branches IN every important CITY q a.
section Of the country for tEs reeeszt az
transmission OF wireless te!egrsub srs
telephone messages. Ar. 70 Forest sz.a
the rates Cor these messages vo1l6 -
considerably lower than the regzls- tee
graph rates.
Our company IL nov erecting o. tEs
Evans Building 4 tower ~ fset liz
This tower, unlike the Cd wooden el4-
yatiOns. IS q steel tube ard ELL carr
messages anywhere. OR couuauy Las
been organized % take care q conne--
cial business principally. Ez1 ve -.
prepared 20 handle everything Il or
line at a low rate and wiz TIE u1nos-
pTomDtneSs"
Speaking OF TIE BIN nov before Cor
gress 20 restrict the operations c. rrs
amateur wireless operator and geus1s
Mr. De Forest said he iB cecldse- b De-
favor Of IL
The science % wireless telegrapsv Is
now almost perfect" SAID he. "gns X -
hardly likely that amateurs car Go arE-
thing 10 suggest improvements. TBe
amateurs OF to-day with few erection
are proving themselves & nu.sznoe- TIE
send and intercept or receive uessaree
not intended for them. and on g runhs-
Of occasions have sent ont fslse G G y
calls. sending government vessels az
futile searches for those Who were su--
posed to call for assistants.
There Is one other feature sho,.t the
operations Of the private wireless teIe-
graph and telephone operator. Z ia
been shown these amateur stations sr
times OF danger 20 the country o. va
could 90 lot q mischief By rece.v.rr
code messages and sending o1t 6ispztches
which may cause trouble. u Is ncc lr-
tended 70 suppress budding ge1us. b-t
what Is really needed Is G p-ope- legal
supervision OF the wireless Business =
would suggest that every apparatus d
properly licensed afr~v having given sz--
isfactoFy account of themselves and -Eef-
effectiveness and cspablity. Nc oh7ec-
tons can Re raised 10 tbs proposltia-.
Automobiles have 70 pay & license arE
their traffic is regulated by law Tns-s
is no reason why the same should rot hs
done with the wireless telegraph ana
telephone industry
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