The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-09
Russia, France. Japan, Hawaii and
the United states Interested in
the Proposed Enterprise.
ENGLAND To- BE LEFT OUT
WORK OF ORGANIZING THE CoM-
PANY NEARING COMPLETION.
To BE Incorporated Under State Laws
admiral Irwin One Of the Chief
Promoters of the scheme.

WASHINGTON March S.-When Con-
gress failed to provide for building the Ha-
waiian cable it by no means ended the
question. On the contrary, it has brought
forward a project of international impor-
tance, by which Russia, France, Ja-
pan and Hawaii will join in an
American enterprise for laying ca
BILE from the United States to
Hawaii and thence to japan, with branch
cables to the French islands and extensive
naval stations in the Southern Pacific. The
negotiations with these governments have
proceeded quietly, but with such satisfac-
tory results that they are well along towards
completion. A number of conferences have
been held with the officials of the Japanese
legation here, and several phases of the
subject are now under negotiation between
Toxic and Washington. Minister Kurino is
much interested IN the project. 1t is prob
able that live or six of the most influential
and wealthy Japanese merchants will be
named among the ineorpoFators.
France has also been interested, and, in
the course of negotiations. she has made
significant suggestion to Hawaii to the ef-
feet that French interests will be better
subserved by having the cable go via the
United States, instead of the Vancouver
route, which would be controlled by Great
Britain. The chief interest of France is in
securing cable connections with Tahiti and
her other Pacific possessions, and with her
naval rendezvous. which is now cut off
from communication.
Russias interests in the project are re-
garded even more important than those
of Japan or France. Russia's cable comrnu-
nication with the Western hemisphere is
now westward, through London or Paris.
and this altering of all her news and off,
cial messages, through London in particu-
lar, has long been source of irritation.
The Russian imperial family already has a
cable from Vladivostok, the easterly point
of Siberia, to Japan, so that the new line
would give Russia through cable comInuni-
cation eastward, instead of through Lon
don Paris The military and strategic
Importance of this is very great, for should
Russia be arrayed against the Triple Alli-
ance she could not communicate westward
70 the outer world but could always main
tain communication westward to the United
States and France.
Hawaii is also interested in the enter
prise, as she regards it as a practical re-
aiization of her efforts to communicate with
gress failed to act, and it also declined to
vacate the treaty in order to let Great Brit
an ain build IT. the cable; Under these eircum-
France and Japan joining, has commended
itself to Minister Thurston, the Hawaiian
minister, and to other leading men of Ha-
waii.
The foregoing gives the international
sro srope Pc, OF the enterprise. ,, The american
miral John Irwin. Z. S. n. whoswrote the
aota aotabie report hs when in commsnd of our
Stone are principally interested in
the enterprise in Washington, with
the Bank of California. and the vice presi-
dent OF the bank; also the president and vice
president of the San Francisco Chamber
Claus Spreckels; Herman Oelrichs, son-in-
law law Of the late Senator Fair. and other mil
viii be several wealthy japanese capitalisfs lisre
heretofore mentioned. Negotiations are also
in progress which cannot now be made pub
lie, by which financial house known the
world over will be among the projectors.
The principal work of organization is be-
ing conSummated here in Washington The
only question al present is whether the in
corporation shall be under the State laws
Of New York. New Jersey, MARYLAND, yir-
being compared. and the corporation will be
under the State laws most favorable An
effort was made a few days before Congress
expired to secure national Incorporation
but it denied as 1t threatened at that
time to be harmful to the government cable
was not made known at that time that
France, Russia, Japan and Hawaii were
TO secure a national charter has in no way
checked the enterprise. The organization
will be under one of the State laws. here
tofore stated. and the arrangements are so
far along that the filing of the articles of
Incorporation will be during the present
month.
The consummation of these plans which
are now made known for the first time
cannot fail to arouse keen interest in Great
Britain and throughout Europe. The Brit
ish project of cable starting from Van
of the Senate to so modify our treaty with
Hawaii as to let the British cable land on
their island. The only recourse for Great
Britain would be to induce Hawaii to break
this treaty obligation with the United
states, but it is known positively. that this
will not be done. Instead therefore, of a
British cable across the Pacific. as has long
seemed imminent, France, Russia, Japan
and Hawaii are now uniting with American
enterprise to execute this work of vast
commercial and military Importance.
Put s5o.ooo i'm "a saited Mine.
ZACATECAS, Mexico. March s.--Louis f.