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Show CHEAT WIRELESS LUES PROPOSED Will Cost Britain and Her Far-Fluncj Far-Fluncj Dominions About Six Millions Bj MllM BRONX KR. I .111 iiprnii Manager I . UJWUON, Oct 1.1. For strategic use by her navy in case of war, and lor commercial use by her mercantile marine and her greatest business houses in times of peare, the Mritish goviM-nmriit is seriously rori.-id. 1 :ng the construction of an all-British go -erhrhentiowned and controlled wireless wire-less chain ail around the world The initial cost is estimated at something like $t,ooo,oto. of which about $1,000,000 would be borne by the imperial government and the balance bal-ance b) the gov ernments of the dominions domin-ions of India, Australia and South Africa. Af-rica. It is also estimated that the annual loss on the system would be about $500,000, of which $300,000 would be sustained by tin- imperial government and the balance by tbe dominions. one of the grtat features of the plan outlined by the committee, named by the government to investigate its feasibility fea-sibility and cost, is that none of the distances between stations would be nearly as great as would appear necessary neces-sary in such a globe-girding proress For Oxford, England, would be lull ed up a wireless station at Cairo, Egypt 2L'3H miles distant, Also with BathurSt, in West Africa. L'7 7'.i miles uwav . Cairo would be linked ii)i with Bagdad, 753 miles away, with Nairobi, In Central Africa, 2190 mles away, and the latter lat-ter With Wlndhllk, In South Africa. 1923 miles uvvay "alro would be also connected up with Poona, In India, 1793 miles away. Poona, with Singapore Sing-apore in the Malay straits. 13-H miles away, Singapore, China. 1611 miles, with Perth, in Australia 2480 mila away. Australia is already connected with New Zealand, oxford also may soon be connected with Montreal 32H miles away. The British Marconi company has proposed to the government the construction con-struction of 26 main trunk stations, 50 main feeder stations, and 2Uu small local lo-cal stations. This Would necessitate over 17,000 employes who would be mobilized in time of war. The government's committer has recommended that the proposition be rejected, stating it would be better for Britain .ami hei dominions and colonies colon-ies to undertake the scheme them-! sel ves |