But this action consists in the modification of the situation of the other electron under consideration.

This conception of a charge acting at a distance is a wholly artificial one.
The conception which most fully expresses the character of nature is that of each event as modified by the ingression of each electron into nature.

The ether is the expression of this systematic modification of events throughout space and throughout time.

The best expression of the character of this modification is for physicists to find out.

My theory has nothing to do with that and is ready to accept any outcome of physical research.
The connexion of objects with space requires elucidation.