Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27
ROLE OF WIRELESS
IN RECONSTRUCTION
World-Famcd Genius Forcsecs Mar
Vicious Possibilities for This
Means OF Communication.
MANY KINDRED INVENTIONS;
While Great Advance Has Been
Made IL Is as Nothing Compared
to Future Developments of Means
Of Sending Messages.
MANY KINDRED INVENTIONS
BS IL. VI. FORBES.

/ The subject under discussion was
wireless and rcconstruction."
/ For wireless. said the great tele-
! praphist. the war has done wonders.
] Never have so many kindred inventions
/ sprung up in 50 brief a period as have
/ sprung up in connection with the
/ wireless between the outbreak OF war
/ and that ncver-to- be forgotten morn
/ ing when the Hun delegates subscribed
I their names TO the document which.
/ within few dramatic hours put an
! end 20 the most awful tragedy which
I has ever ovcrshadowcd the world.
As is clearly Indicated by the fact
I that a message has recently been sent
/ actually half around the globe. in the
! days OF reconstruction wireless will
have tremendous role to play.
/ only those who know the tremendous
! sums expended in maintaining a line
I of telegraph across the wastes Of the
J desert through the jungle. across the
! precla.bic idea Of the saving that wire
/ less VIII! presently effect.
Ants Destroy Vast Lines.
Tornadoes. violent storms. even the
little ants. work unspeakable havoc on
system OF telegraph line and that
/ this evil will be largely surmounted
| by wireless goes without saying.
Take again the question of the dense
I tropical growths so damaging and per-
/ sisicnt an enemy Of the landiine and
/ here, too, We perceive an obstacle
which the pioneers Of wireless can sur
vcy with absolute Indifference.
greater part 10 play IN connection with
the great aerial routes with which the
various continents will speedily be
/ linked up. There are certain parts Of
! there could hardly he the slightest
doubt tina, It's crew would perish in no
time. provided they had not a friend
in wireless
In this way, the service that wire
less telegraphJSwas able to perform for
mankind during the war will continue
and increase long after the horrors of
Ihe war nave become q tradition.
VIII Display It's Powers
Wireless viii also be given an oppor
tunity OF displaying its powers in link
ing up those parts Of the country in
tersecicd by CULTS. by waterways. by
inlets OF the sea. The amount of money
spent in laying cables under water. in
connecting them with land systems. in
nciEaElns the expense OF upkecp and so
forth, 1s really amazing. Picture 10
yourself tn. amount OF ca pital which
VIII be saved up and down country BY
me setting UP in such places as those
mrs. 81, iheh,loncd Of a system Of wireless.
ono thing upon which Marconi lays
par.!cuiar stress is the part which his
hln a,taL IN Mil play in the fostering Of
is profoundly grateful to think of
what wireless achieved for the sacred
causc OF freedom during the war, just
thousand lives saved by his invention
ntrior 10 the war 10 say nothing of
during the period of hostilties; but
i is about the part II is about to plav
curing the great days-to-be that he
appears specially enthusiastic.
Shipwreck in the future win he a
perl not half so terrible as it has been
up. up IN recent Years. That apart. how
S eiSi "pinions public and private alike
about the earth in way that seems
incredible, Consultations between the
IL
progress: the mountain ranges. the
,arsianng frontier line; aye. the mighty
this way into the compass of few
f fGaFbnesi what ,h power more capable OF
tons than the invention of the great
Italian?
VIII Assist Aircraft.
the development of aircraft will be
a aiss Cd by wireless in way tina, bait
an aeroplane or an airship. once il be-
cane can o, enyetioped in fog; was more or
isss 9Ht S M,s touch with humanity: Es-
where many an able and adventurous
this van came r. to a tragic end. owing TO
mat now! Lost in Il great cloud bank
towering thousands Of feet above the
nv nHn ,gGs =, waters by wireless the aviator
inGs as II he were the skipper of some
ora. world paddle steamer plying with
estuary, some becalmed inlet sheItered
from the winds of heaven by the kind
protection of range of fire. clad
In the event of great earthquake.
wireless will he rof even greater as
sistance than ever it was on such occa-
ai iprSa n 'mf past; In combination with
OF Summoning assistance on such an
occasion %ra,:, With startling promptitude
lists could be hurried to the scene Of
me disaster, not only from adjacent
pro but also from the sea. And
regard TO railway collisions In the
DAYS gone by. a conspicuous role has
n peer, Played by the wireless summoned
IuchlcsS sufferers Infinitely shorter
c ouids 10 ,ne scene of the catastrophe
similarly summoned plane
Capable of Trapping Criminals.
Then again, in days gone bv. the
,eiesraph Eas played quite the leading
part IN bringing many criminal to
justice But an infinitely greater trap
for the cu!prit surely will be the teie
Eraphy, which. absolutely independent
OF me manageable restrictions OF n
a.restlng his flight than the telegraph
ISIS OF the past ever dreamed of
AS | shook hands with the originator
o. ms mighty invention preparatory
poets in tho future of wireless floated
across my mind. Would the day ever
q ''t' NoHucTcu, Wncn i would wake |
TO read in the morning paper that n |
message had been transmitted not half
round. as is already the case. but ac-
tually right round the equator?
And If 50. would that be accom-
pllshed before or after the establish |
ing across the Atlantic and Pacific OF |
the great sea stations we NAV reason
amy expect to see established during |
the course of the next year or two?
No Monopoly Permitted.
In the light of the great conflict,
which has so recently come to a con-
clusion. it is interesting to review the |
various phases of the international
conference assembled in Berlin in DC.
toDer, 1906, to consider and, if nos
sible, to settle such International oiIcs-
tons as might arise during the war
or at other times with regard to the
use Of wireless.
The propriety of giving any one
country monopoly, as will be remem-
Dered, was questioned in the British
Parliament. commission being an
pointed TO consider associated prob
lens. but, knowing what we now know
or Germany, we can well understand |
why she was so anxious TO know what
the other powers of Europe were doing
In regard TO this momentous affair. One
thing let us remember with eternal
during the period Of
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