Tlic Sccond \Torld Po\vcr Confcrcncc was inniigiirntccl licrc on Junc 15, wlicn tlic ltt. lion. tlic Earl of Ilcrby, K.G., linndcd ovcr tlic prcsitlciitinl insignit1 to his sncccssor, His I3sccIlcncy Dr. Oskiir sor! Xillcr, t i t :I spcciol nicct.ing in the lioichstag. Tlord 1)Crby rcfcrretl poiidly to tlic fact tliiit tlic innugaration of tlic Confcrcncc wns diic to C h i i t lhitniri, whcrc in London in 1924 Ah. D. N. lliiiilop iiiitiiitcd tlic First IVorItl Powcr Confcrcnoc, for which thc Council of tlic lhitisli 11:lcctricnl iinil Allicd JInniifiictiircrs' Associntion ivns rcsponsiblc. Il'lic Confcrcncc Iiiis bccn tlic gllCSt of scvcrnl national conimittecs during srct,ioniil xncctings : the Su-isa in 1926, thc British in loas, thc Spnnish and Jiipnncsc lnst ycnr ; iintl during tltcsc scctionnl nicct,ings vnrioits liinitetl nspccts of the poivcr problem linvc bccn tlis-CIIRSCd.
Of this sccond plcnnry niccting, orgnniscd by thc Gcrmiin committcc, rcprcscntcd by tlic higlicst minisbcrinl, finnnciiil, intlnstrinl, ant1 scientific Gcrninn cclcbritics, Lord Derby csprcsscd tlic liopc mid confident nnticipntion tliii t it would nicirk ii iirw tind most importlint stcp forwi1ril in tlic ciirccr of iiscfulncss of tlic World l'owcr Confcrcncc, mu1 ~o u l d prokc iin inspiriition to all ~vlio iirc iittcnding. His ISsccllcncy, Ilr. Jlillcr, tlic grciit pionccr in tlic clcctricnl tlcvclolmciit of his country, replied suitnbly, : \ i d licnrtily wclconicd tlic pnrt~icipi~iits to tlic Confrrcncc.
Tlic Conftwncc Iiiis tiow \vcntlctl its w:!y liiilf tliroiigli thc pcccdinga, and ii fcw rnniloni dctnils will intliciitc tlic collossnl n:iturc of this nndcrtiikiiig, iilid. incidentitliy, the cstcvit to wliicli tlic orgnniscrs clcscrvc praisr for tlic csccllciit wny in wliicli cvcrytliing lins progressed.
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