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Summons to Inventor of
Wireless Telegraphy
Came from King
is AN OFFICER IN
ENGINEERING CORPS
Believes Italian Navy Will Do Fine
Work IF Called into Action Against
Hostile Fleet-Says War Might Have
Been Averted.

NEW YORK, May %. = William
Marconi, the inventor of wireless tel
egraphy, who is also an officer in the |
has been ordered to report for duty at |
the earliest possible moment, and will
sail for England on the American liner
St. Paul at noon today. Mr. Marconi |
will stay in England only long enough
to transfer across the channel into
France, and viii then proceed to Italy
to join the colors. The order to Mr.
Marconi, it is understood, came direct
from King Emmanuel in mes
sage to the Italian ambassador in
Washington, who in turn notified Mr..
Marconi in New York.
That Mr.. Marconi had been called
TO Italy for military duty became
known yesterday, the announcement
being made by Mr.. Marconi himself.
| The inventor made the announcement
| to Judge Veeder in the United States
district court in Brooklyn, where the
| trial of the suit brought by the Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph Company of
| America against the Atlantic Commu-
nieation company for alleged infringe
ment of Marconi patent rights had
been going on for three 'gweeks. The
Atlantic Communication company oper-
ates the wireless station at Sayville
L. l., which is equipped with the Tele
funken system, a German apparatus.
In civil life Mr.. Mareoni is mem
Der of the Italian senate. He has also
had much to do with the undermining
Of the communication arm of the Ital-
ian naval service, that navy being the
only one in existence that uses the
Marconi wireless telephone system. Mr..
. Marconi is a close friend of the Duke
of the Abruzzi, commander in chief of
the italian fleet in the Adriatic.
Mr.. Mareoni has been the principal
witness in the suit of his company
Iagainst the company using the Tele-
funken system and his sudden depart
ure from this country will halt the
trial Of the suit.
Mr. Marconi Believes that the italian
navy will do fine work in the event
it is called into action against O hos
tile fleet.
1.-The Italian navy he said, is
T fit and its officers and men are splen
didly trained. Since the war in Eu
rope started several new ships have
been commissioned, and among then
are number of the dreadnought type
GERS and have seen a number of the
ships myself, and | can say that every
thing that could be done has been done
to bring the fleet up to a high state
of efficiency. The commanding office
of the fleet is the Duke of the Abruzzi
> | and Americans know what q fine anC
capable type of seaman he is. Unde
his direction the fleet has been under
| going a constant training in marks
: manship and maneuvering exercises
: and never before has the fleet been S
ready as now
Mr.. Marconi also said that the eco
: nomieal situation in Italy was excel
\ lent and that the italian people wer
: ready to make great sacrifices and Civ
n all the financial support in their powe
to the government.
e Mr.. Mareoni believes that, had Ger
+ many and Austria Hungary consulte
# Italy during the crisis that precede
e the outbreak of the war the confic
might have been averted. The Italia
Il government did not approve of til
war, and as member of the triple a
lance Italy felt she should have bee
consulted. Germany's treatment o
Belgium is another matter, Mr.. MAJ
conf said, that the Italian people coul
n not condone. From the beginning h
said, German sentiment in Italy ha
been negligible.