Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-18
WILL BE ATTENDED TO NOW
u,.,,, Has Five Lines Of Communication
With the Outside.
THREE OF THESE YET IN OPERATION
,..s states Government at Last Decide'
Tint Blanco's Communication WIN
spain Shall be Interrupted

washington, May 1s.-The complete
,.ol,tion of General Blanco from the
.,a,ao world is now looked upon by
leading military and naval authorizes
- an essential move to be expected Ut
,ha earliest possible moment. Inc
,rasaing need of this has become more
s,,dent within the last few days,sihce
general Blanco is known to have been
constantly in communication with 'he
admiral of the Spanish squadron ana
A., with Madrid. He has thus been
an intermediary between the govern
nan, and the admiral. informing them
=, his own condition and advising them
on matters Of policy
The authorities here feel the need OIL
hr,nrng this communication to an ehu'
and official inquiry has developed that
,h.re will be little difficulty in isolating
cantatn General Blanco II the neces-
.ary steps are Immediately and ener-
stically taken.
uavana's communication with the
outside world is carried on by means
a, Eve distinct cable lines. Two OF
these run to the United States ana are
d, course closed against General Blan-
CO. The remaining three cable exists
from Havana are by way of Santiago
On the south coast of Cuba. Havana
Is connected by two land lines with
Santiago and also by one shore cable
with Santiago.
The actual departure of the cables
hun Cuba occurs at Santiago, two OF
he lines running thence to Jamaica
eld one to Hayu.
When u message has once left Cupa
W one OF the three lines still open II
has no less than six different routes 1t
can adopt afteH leaving Jamaica or
HaytI. From Jamaica one route goes
to Colon, Cape Verde islands, and
thence to SPAN; u second route goes
to Bermuda, Halifax, and thence to
Spain; a third route goes to Venezu-
Ella, Pernambuco, Cape Verde a nd
thence to Spain; fourth route goes to
the Windward islands, Dutch Guiana.
Pernambuoo, Cape Verde and Spain.
From Hayti there are two routes, one
10 Venezuela, Pernambuco, Cape Verde
and Spain, and second by way of the
Windward Islands to British Guiana.
The authorities here have with much
labor figured out all of these various
means by which General Blanco can
keep up his communications They
are satisfied that the three cables run
ming to Santiago are the routes from
which all these various branches
spring, and If this triple route is cut
the entire system Of Cuba and the out
side world Will he at an end
Santiago is not n strongly fortified
town, and 1t is believed there would
be little danger attending the cutting
OF the three cables at that point.
Hight TO cut these cables is not
doubted by the authorities here, al
tn9ush most of them are British
cables General Greeley first advanced
We principle that in tipe OF war the
.lsAt existed to destroy property found
" an enemy's territory, and in the
vase OF cables that the right existed to
destroy. them within the three marine
gagues constituting Spain's jurisdic-
uoN The principle has now been ac-
opted and is the policy on which the
sV1erhment is acting.
when the cables at Santiago will h.
w Us not disclosed, but there is strong
Esssure toward having the work done
,H1hiiheulately, for until 1t is done Gen.
Msheo maintains his communication
shu is thus enabled to embarrass the
.rces. anu naval