On Thursday astonishing evidence was given as to the messages
sent by some of the wireless operators. During the voyage of the • Carpathia ' from the scene of the wreck to New York the telegraphist refused to answer all questions about the 'Titanic' by wireless, because be had been encouraged to expect a large sum of money for his narrative on landing. Several messages among operators themselves related to the business of selling their information. Mr. Marconi admitted that he had authorized this sale. We have written about the wreck more fully elsewhere, but may add here that the Leyland liner ' Californian ' is now shown to have been within a few miles of the ' Titanic ' at the time of the disaster. The ' Californian ' was lying-to among the ice waitingfor daylight; and as her wireless apparatus was not working she know nothing of the wreck. This bears upon both the points we have insisted on elsewhere—the enormous importance of per- fecting the wireless service and the madness of taking risks for the sake of speed. The Lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of the sufferers has now reached the sum of 4147,000.
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