Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
Neutrality at All
 Wireless Stations
SEC'Y DANIELS TO SEE THAT IT
 IS ENFORCED
MARcoNI CO. TO SUE
Declaration of Intention Brought Out
 by Protest from the Marconi Com
 pany-Attorney General Gregory Says President Has Right to Censor

Washington. Sept. 22-Secretary Daniels of the navy department made it clear tonight that he does not pro pose to allow litigation in the courts to interfere with the enforcement by the United States government of neu- trality at all wireless stations.
 Robert Ford, local representative of the Marconi company, called on MT. opinion by Attorney General Gregory setting forth that the president had absolute right to censor messages or close stations whenever he deemed it necessary for the preservation of the country's neutrality. MT. Daniels had before him a telegram from the Mar conf company, asking that action on the alleged violation by the Siascon sett station in receiving a message from the British cruiser Suffolk be postponed until the rights of the gov ernment could be determined in a suit being prepared for the federal courts. Mioht Involve United States in War.
 The secretary said he would for mally reply tomorrow to the telegram | from the Marconi company, after he had conferred with officials of the de- partment of state and justice.
 TO callers, Mir Daniels explained, however, that the attorney general had se.lu rnat the president, as command er-in-chief of the army and navy, had virtually unlimited power 'in time of public peril.'' The present is held to be such case as failure to enforce strict neutrality might easily involve the United States in war
 The American government, it was pointed out, has furthermore nego- tiated the entire question of cable, wireless and telegraph communication with the belligerent governments and under the terms of an agreement reached with Great Britain and Ger many the only form of communica- tion which it was agreed would be censored was wireless. The handling of the cable or telegraph messages is lnot held by the administration here to be in the same class as wireless because cable telegraph messages gc luninterruptedly from the United
 States to neutral or belligerent terri tory while wireless messages in pass ing from the United States to another country may be. picked up by ships at sea and actually threaten commerce thus making the shores of the United states the basis of hostile operations Administration Officials Confident. Administration officials are confident of their rights in the matter and vii lforcibly close the Siasconsett station cred menace to the American gov lernment's position of neutrality. Sec.
 retary Daniels is unwilling to let tht matter be threshed out in the court: because of it's immediate importance
 To wait for the filing of a suit, it. trial and possible appeal, he believes might delay an adjustment indefinite
 ly during which period he believes vio
 lations of neutrality might cause se lrious embarrassment with foreig1 lcountries.
 Rumors that the navy departmen
 contemplated taking over the wireless
 station at Saville, L. l., pending tn,
 repair of the Tuckerton station : brought Paul c. Schnitzler and H. o Boehme. representing the Atlanti, } Communication company, on a hurried , lvisit to Washington today. After
 conference with the state and nav. ] department officials, they said the.
 had been informed that no such nov Twas contemplated.
 The possibility of using the Say vile station for transmission of stat and diplomatic code messages durin. the disability of the Tuckerton plan ) was discussed with MT. Schnitz1er b.
 Secretary Daniels and Counsellor Ian
 sing of the state department. but n decision was reached.