The recent discussions at Geneva were concerned with such important
European interests that our attention was entirely focussed on the political deadlock. From the standpoint of wireless, however, last month's meeting at Geneva marked a fresh stage in the conquest of the air. A B.B.C. expert tells me that the speeches of the delegate of Brazil, Sir Austen Chamberlain and M. Briand were quite as well received from D'aventry and London as any of the ordinary studio talks. We have, therefore, reached a point where International debates can be broadcast and probably will be broadcast. The language banis, of course, a real one, but at the present rate of progress we should soon be able to listen to speakers in other parts of the English-speaking world at regular intervals. In future when Senator Borah, -or some other American statesman, wishes to say something about British policy he will be able to do so direct without newspaper intervention.
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