The sun., 1895-01-20
MEANS BRITISH CONTROL.
,,r YECEER ISLAND GRAD AND
" IHE PACIFIC CABLE.
r,,.s. Mr.. .n,,sis.d M M"y ,: Not Es': =, nee.
Aware Of When ne Proposed 90 Let
s..,.,d Get = Foothoid In Hawaii

s'.,..d aet = Foothoid In Hawaii.
o-.,w1 Ont, Jan. 1p.--Thc scheme for lay
..bie betweon Canada and Australia via
.'..or Island originated with Mr.. Sanford
r...,ln0 formerly chief engineer OF Govern
", rsIlvays in Canada. In 1880 an overland
pp,..,.pb line to British Columbia was COM
1,.,,d and Mr. Fleming officially suggested
~, cable should be laid in connection with IL
..v...o or Hong Kong via the Aleutian Islands.
s.,h NJ those points has teleRraphic connection
| IN singapore whence a cable runs to Austria
y. .nd New Zealand. During the war in Egypt
i. !. isso the telegraphc service through Egypt
IN India, China, and Australia was inter-
,o,.d for a time, and Lord wolscley reported
~ ali was over that II would be unwise for
e,,.t Britain to continue TO depend upon that
s.,,s as means OF communication with
i ,r,rolis and her possessions In the East.
n, Fleming thereupon issued pam
.h,,. in advocacy Of establishing a service
som British Columbia. He stated that the
,,nItsd States had given permission TO land n
.bs on one Of the Aleutian Islands, and there
,,,e good grounds for expecting that the Gov
,nmeut Of the United States will offer q small
rhIdy for this service" which would benefit
n. United States by supplying telegraphic con-
,ecton with Alaska"
IN 1885 Mr.. Fleming began 10 advocate the
,yInc OF cable from British Columbia to Aus
t,,lla direct via Necker, but nothing came of
hs project till early In 1903, when subsidized
Csnadian steamship ,,ne wes pu. on Gaining Ut
Honolulu ana rlJi' or n"oAe"Aie po"eii, now
Premier OF the Do"'hion' NJ once etar'eu ior
Australia 10 COME. WIN 'he "oVerhneh's ol
The Australian colonies III respect US the
cneial record runs Oh cioScr traue connection
md the laying oi aclho oaoie entrey uhoer
British control hr' no"eh . Fisit leu aS nuch
ssnything else 10 tne hoiuins Oh tho inter
nonial conference aV o''a"a III 'une anu 'uiy'
1871
Inc caoie senene was 'norouHn,y uisou'seu'
Lord Jersey represehteu ING Dri1ish "overn
nent Inc hee''nss "ero oo're'' ou1 III o'hciai
rport OF the proceeoinss mas sihco oeeh issued
The matter was lhtrouuceuo oY Mr. eutter' VINO
aid II ma oeeh 'a,Aeu o'er .. 'he ,n'erco'oniai
Coaference IN Lonaon' IN 1867 "itnout results
Four routes were reconiInohoeu' route was
VIA fannlng isishu anu iJi' iens.n ',ifo knots.
cost .i,o.oooo; route via NecSer isiana
and FIJI I'l,o KNOTS, cost fi'oeo'ooo; route D,
via Necker isiaho 10 oonoopoa OF some isiano OF
the Gilbert group thence with branches TO New
haland ana Australa' tne new Heaiand oranch
touching Fill s'2o4 KNOTS cost sl'S22.ooo;
route 4. via Necker ana the dhpert ana SOLO
I,'n ~, aoo ono Nh. ,or.,rin. ..ai,,,,s,
.1',.s. .rhat l., tha on,,'i,, - .s,. -
10y .,,.,o s,.,s I'D ~ sa-,a.
~ .o,.,,,,,,o.,,o,, H., sh,a ..ap -
,s.aan ,roi ta, ...n ,ba no,,,n,.n C.an ,o
VA sn.,raI,o !" ,rha .root 80. 80 ~. ~.
,,.d unon
NJ, Th.o n nav,s =, tIoro,r,,, ,.oa,,
~ Cus.n ~. n,rtv ,yas i,trodu,sa 90 ths oon-
,-src. and ia ,br. r.nor,.d.
~. ..,a ,bo I.to r. o,,.rnr,ar, ro, u.u,,,,h,a
,-omi,ed . srhsIdr ~ soo ooo = va.r ,o q No
,orcbino AZ tbo i.Iands hn, ,hinos ~ tha i.,.nd.
vers now IN sucb a chaotic condition ,b., no,b-
mo dssn,,. On that ,,oint conId ha sa;d How
lain wa. m r,I,es from s.n Er,nci.co. Va
,onver eoo mi,ss ,urth.r ,w,y N.cLer Is,and
S,d hs,oneed % Hawai-, s,nc. >I,voz 7, ,uas
Iso III. tro,,, u.,..,, u.,rai,., ..., 80
,bI.av With tho ITnited states There w.so
,.cinroc,,y ,rsotv ,v,th tb.t corn,r, vow, ,.ot,
n both nar,jea Tho great aim of Tho commer.
,,I and ali otbsr interests on the Islands yyos IN
Mt the cabl, nroiectors N land within tho ua-
v.an oroun, The recent ann.,atjon NJ Necker
sand was undertaken. he believed N tndpce
,nding within the chain q, heino tb. ,rnnrea-
ON apparently Of the Hawaiian Government
mt II wa, pronosed IN carry the coble mast