Don't Accept Tesla's Theory

Marconi and Prof. Fleming Doubt That Any Signals Come From Mars.

Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN.

London, Jan. 5. — The Sun’s interview with Nikola Tesla in regard to his experiments in Colorado and the possibility of communicating with inhabitants of the planets has aroused widespread interest in England.

Two expert criticisms have appeared so far. Signor Marconi declares that he often received mysterious signals until he had perfected his apparatus. He attributes these signals to atmospheric electricity. He considers Nikola Tesla’s signals due to local atmospheric disturbances, which are especially prevalent at a high altitude. This criticism is obviously open to criticism itself, ignoring as it does the intelligent and constant nature of the signals recorded by Nikola Tesla’s instrument, which removes them from the category of irregular, “apparently from nowhere,” signals. Moreover, in regard to Marconi, a touch of professional rivalry cannot but be suspected in the implication that Marconi’s apparatus is perfect while Nikola Tesla’s is not.

Prof. Fleming of University College shows the skepticism of the old conservative school. While admitting the difficulty of saying anything beyond that communication with the planets is within the ultimate reach of science, he declares that he only works in the realm of fact, and fears that Nikola Tesla has been led away by his own imaginations.