Salaam, Martyn.

>For one thing It can't be proven Ismay actually did have that >meeting with Smith,

I'm afraid you're mistaken, since Elisabeth Lines testified at the Limitation of Liability hearings that she heard Ismay conferring with Smith about the early arrival.

> Titanic's return to the UK would of still been on the same date, >so for all there work and money all they would acheive is Titanic >sitting in new york harbour an extra day.

She would merely have spent an extra four or five hours in New York Harbor, since she would have arrived in New York shortly before midnight on Tuesday night instead of at 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning as originally scheduled.

> Plus, all those first class passenger's with there reservation's for >hotel's trains and what have you would be messed up,

As you know, White Star passengers were permitted to spend the night on board White Star ships if they arrived in port early, so the passengers would have spent Tuesday night on board the ship and then debarked at exactly the same time on Wednesday morning as they would have done if the ship had arrived exactly on schedule.

> if anything it would of just been a huge in convience for the >sake of a headline, 'TITANIC ARRIVES EARLY'.

There would have been no inconvenience at all, and White Star would have been able to boast that Titanic was even faster than her sister ship, the Olympic -- which was excellent publicity for a brand new ship.

You might wish to read one of Mark Chirnside's books about the Olympic or else read "Titanic: Safety, Speed and Sacrifice" by George Behe if you want access to all of the evidence regarding Titanic's projected early arrival in New York.

Achmet