A Great Newspaper Feat.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7992, 1 December 1905, Page 2

A Great Newspaper Feat.

VOXUEIIS OF WJRELESS TELEC! It A 1 'll Y a Dr. KniiJe J. Dillon's''interview with !\l. Wit to, the .Russian peace convoy, sent by wireless telegraphy from the deck) of Hie Kaiser Wilhclm del* Urostje, at sea, to the London L'aily Telegraph, anil then cabled to every part of the world, was one of tlie sensations el' the voyagv of Russia's representative to AimjrSTa. • It was a great newspaper feat in itself, ami the translation of nearly a thousand words by such means, and under such conditions, startingly suggests the future possibilities of the wireless telegraph. Dr. Dillon is described as "a small man, with a j large forehead and milk grey eyes." j He is the St. IVtersburg convspondint. of the Daily Telegraph, a scholar learned in Slavonic literature, a friend of Count Tolstoi, a war correspondent, aii author of Russian books, a Biblical .student.- and a walking eneyclopa*dia on Russia and the Russians. " J wrote the interview out very carefully," said Dr. Dillon, "J'or there is great liability |oi) error in wireless transmission. Then 1 'divided it into parts, each containing about one hundred words, and each part ending with the words 'more 'to cotne.' The reason for dividing the message into sections is that on a moving ship it is quite likely that one hundred words would be the limit possible to send to one receiving station before we passed out of range." The wireless apparalus on .shipboard does not, it svems, transmit nearly so far -as is generally supposed. Two or three huivdixnl miles is the absolute limit, -ami so it was necessary to send this particular message? from ship to ship, as I hey were the ocean. Bofore starting the message, the number and probable position of the ships was ascertained. Fleet ricivl connection was established with one ship on -a Friday, and a portion of the. nvessogv was transmitted at'once to that vessel. Then as the ships increased the distance betw..-n each other they passed out of range of the electrical transmission. It was then necessary to wait until another steamship camv within the ratlins of the transmitting power of the instruments on the Kaiser WilhehnThe last, connect km was nvade o'\ the following Sunday, and the whole of the long interview reached London that night, in'proper order, and without in mistake of any conse juence.