26 JULY 1913, Page 3

In a letter to Friday's Times Mr. Samuel, the Postmaster-

General, in reply to Mr. Atnery's letter, gives " a denial to some statements of facts which it contains." It is not the case, he says, as Mr. Amery asserts, that Sir Alexander King before the Select Committee "scouted as almost discreditable" the suggestion that the Government, instead of coming to an agreement with the Marconi Company, should use their patents on payment of royalty under the provisions of the Patents Act. "Sir Alexander King assures me that he did nothing of the kind, and I can find no such expressions in his evidence." We regret to be obliged to describe this statement as a quibble.