On the same day in the House of Commons si r
E. Sa.ssoon moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the Report of the Select Committee on the Radio-Telegraphic Cenyention, and the intention ef the CApvernment to ratify the Conventieu without giving the lIonse an opportunity of dis- cussing it. Sir E. Sassoon said that there had been points of difference in the evidence laid before the Committee, and that discussion was now necessary, lest a. national asset should be given away. The development of the Marconi Company on lines of non-intercommunication gave us considerable strategic and commercial advantages. Not only were these to be abandoned in favour of a mistaken system of compulsory intercommuni- cation, but an injustice would be done to an enterprising and efficient company. *r. Jil.idaue replied that the terms of the agreement with the Marconi Cempany left the Government quite free to tale any decision they thought right with reference to the Cenyentien. Nq injustice would be done. Thp Povern, mut, in the interests of humanity, if on no other ground?, desired the greatest pqssihip freedom of commtinicatien. They therefore were consenting to a universal system inst,pa4 of the present restrictive system. The Admiralty, the Army, the Post Office, the Committee of Imperial Defence, and Lleyds were all of one mind in favour of the change.
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