Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

and distribution Of messages has been
made. The United States. If it wished
to construct cable system of its own
or encourage private. capital to build
an American cable> system, could not
do so.
Perhaps it is more important for
America to communicate with Great
Britain than with any other country.
but it could not lay wires to the Brit
lsh Isles without securing the consent
OF the British Government and probably
also of the British cable interests
1t could not distribute its messages in
Great Britain without using the Brit.
ish telegraph system. which is the
property of the British government
and which now operates in conjunction
with the British cable system.
The same situation exists in France
where the land wires are in the posses
sion Of the French government and
where contracts exist for the distribu-
tion of the cable messages of the exist
ing English and French systems
throughout the country. In the case
of less important countries connected
with the rest of the world by cable. lines
have only been laid because exclusive
landing rights have been guaranteed to
the existing cable companies and ex-
elusive arrangements for the distrihu-
tion of messages have been made.
Control of Wireless
But one says quite naturally: The
wireless is the coming means of com.
munication. 1t is cheaper than the
cable, 1t has not the frailties of the
cable system. one half of which has
been put out of commission by the war.
Landing rights. in the sense of old con
tracts, are not involved The road to
an American system Of communication
is the wireless.
But. as already Indicated in this
article. it is an Englishman. not an
American. who dreams of controlling
the world by controlling the wireless.
The thing is not so simple as il seems.
A wireless system is not something to-
tally independent of all existing means
of communication. Two, wireless sta
| tions on both sides of the Atlantic are
useless except for government purposes.
| For commercial uses they must be able
10 collect and distribute messages. The
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W. % NV wireless And whom rho wiroIoss
booins to annroach the land wiras II
approaches part of the existing net .
"orh Vi n'e'.,'"'," '"nersh'P ana
con,ra','S Vi ~nl." '"r c"p'e 'o'''pa'''S
WIN 'ne eNc''S''e 's''e'neh' are the
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Ano'ner eie.heh' contributing toward
monopoly IL 'he "ire'eSS Pa,eh'S. I'm :
portahI ueVices' important improve
ments are IN 'he exclusive possession
OF the exlsting cohiPaili'S' ihke inc
exclusive iahuihs 'ish'S c' tne caole
companies anu 'he exclusive u's'riDu-
ton arrangements 'heS 'eho 10 lorce
any new "ireiesS venture INTO reiatiohs
with the existihg concerns Ahd' as
already expiaineH' the rSis.ing concerns
by reason OF their heeu oi uiS'riDu'loh
over land wires' are lrreslstioiV Crawn
toward Il virtual comoination with
cable ana Telegraph companies ana
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Americas Slender Prospects
With America assuming a leading
rosit;or in internotionaI affairs which
pVs ahs ;s hound ~ do os tbe moro notentiai
member of tho Anglo. Saxon combina =.
ton which homes to keen the neace Of
tha world INV its control Of the seas and
through the power which it has in the
eaecu'iVe eouhIi' Vi .ne .; ieasue Iana M =
tiohs. means Vi sonhinuiiean antru d..
new ihPor'ance .or our 'o'n'''
'he Propiem Is uinhcu''i ,:aoso, -
Nneh tne question Oh 'le ItSpo1n, .hp pnooo o0
ne ~ n I'o n rnorts
conference the American 81 80 - to
lounu 'nat II was propoS1u GaIond nh and
VI I,piue 'hsni petMeen St. ,omId
rrance' Which meant tnas ny w.,
become part Oh 'he eAis'ins 'aO'e '''
tem'
The American experts held that as
America had no means of communicat- t.
two