CONTINUATION OF INQUIRY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12748, 27 April 1912, Page 5

CONTINUATION OF INQUIRY.

WIRELESS OPERATOR HOLDING NEWS FOR PAY. AN INTERNATIONAL QUESTION. A CHAIRMAN'S ATTITUDE. >\, (Press Assn. —By Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, April 26. In the House of Lords Lord Stanhope drew attention to the Titanic's flying the British flag, and said the American inquiry struck at the root' of the position m war time, rendering the ship's nationality doubtful. American feeling would be forcibly expressedl if the position were reversed.Lord Morley deprecated the discussion, and said' that a State may institute an inquiry into a foreign wreck? whereby the lives of. its subjects were lost. The power to detain witnesses existed m most countries, and it was obvious that it should be exercised m consideration of the necessities of other countries. SUB-COMMITTEES TO SAVE: TIME. It is rumored that there are internal dissensions m the committee owing to Senator Smith.'monopolosing the time. Hatchen, the Titanic's quartermaster, who was brought to Washington m custody, has been allowed to return to England, after a, vote had been taken overruling Senator Smith, who refused the permission. Several: of' the committee resented Senator Smith's plain of holding forty witnesses m Washington until the examination is all completed. Senator "Smith announced, to the res. of the witnesses that various members of the committee had been appointed to decide whether they were important enough to be examined, the full committee thus saving time. t WIRELESS AND DOLLARS. . Senor Marconi was sharply examined concerning his wireless message to the operator, advising him feb withhold', his narrative, and said that lie did. not l?now the telegrams . had been sent, though •he had authorised operators to sell their stories. Bride had received £100 from a newspaper. The Marconi Company Was not responsible for the delay m the publishing of the details, and left the conduct of the "Wireless messages to the Carpathia's captain. ' -'' ■ Senor Marconi advocated each Government controlling certain wave lengths, issuing licenses to use these. "When the available wave-lengths were exhausted they should refuse to license more stations.