The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-25

one cable. which was cut by order of
Spain after the Manila fight, the pre-
carious condition of Admiral Dewey
may be imagined The Spanish gov
eminent had a system OF telegraph in
Luzon. but the Bolinao-Hong Kong ca
BILE is the only connection between the
Philippine group and the rest of the
world. The only cities having communi-
cation within 1000 miles of Manila are
Labuan on the north coast of Borneo.
Cape ST. James and Hal Nan. situated
near the south coast of China. =
So much for the Philippine islands.
On the other hand. the naval heater
in the West Indies Is a network of ca
bles. connecting with the United
States. Mexico. South America and Eu-
rope. Even the little island Of st.
Thomas. a valuable coaling station.
which belongs to Denmark. n which
IL was thought the United States would
purchase. has three cables, one con-
Meeting with a Juan, Porto Rico:
one with St. Croix and the third with
st. kits, one Of the Windward islands
to the southeast of st. Thomas. Con-
tinuing south of st. Kits island to-
ward Trinidad, which lies of the coast
of Venezuela, there are cable Offices on
h Guadeloupe. Marie Galante, Do
minica, Martinique. st. Lucia, st. Vim
cent, Barbados and Grenada islands.
This series of cable offices is practi-
cally proof against any attempt hat
may be mad by Spain to cut off COM
munication from the south to Trini-
Lao and British Guiana. Again. there
is a cable from Ponce. Porto Rico, to
Kingston. which lies southwest of
Hayti, and thence almost directly
south to Colon. near Panama. olo
and Panama have fairly direct connec-
ton with Galveston. Tex. via San Juan
del Sur. in Costa Rica, and Vera Cruz,
Mexico. There Is also a cable from the
little island of Martinique to st. Croix
and Ponce, which ave connection with
Kingston. Two cables run from Kings
ton to Santiago de Cuba. and three ca
bles from Santiago to Cienfuegos.
There are two cables from Havana to
Key West and two cables from Key
West to Punta Rosa, on the southwest
coast of Florida. Another cable con-
Meeting the West Indies with South
America runs from San Domingo to
Goro, Venezuela. Two cables also run
from Pernambuco, Brazil, to Lisbon.
Spain.
Nc group of islands in the world is
so well furnished with cable service as
the West Indies, and any attempt that
Spain may make to suppress news
from Cuban waters will be futile. When
a cable is cut the point of rupture can
Ndsis ot ny ItSlStdI1tt IIltd-
from the nearest station, as
was done in Luzon after Dewey's vic
tory over the Spanish line, in which
case the cable was spliced with little
difficulty n the circuit r~e-established.
1t is a somewhat singular fact that
there is not a single transoceanic ca
BILE on the west coasts of North or
South America. The British govern
ment has made numerous attempts to
lay a cable between Australia and Can
ada, via Honolulu. but the project has
never been carried out.
Attention mas been frequently called
to the fact. il fact 1t be. that most of
the great battles of history have been
fought on Sunday, and Admiral Dew
ey's victory has cen added to the list
of great Sunday battles. From calcu-
lations made by Lieutenant Wilson of
the local photographic Office, however,
it appears that although the Spanish
squadron was destroyed between S and
s o'clock Sunday morning off Manila,
it was between 2 and 3 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon in Chicago, and between
! and 2 o'clock in Admiral Dewey's old
home in Vermont.-Chicago Chronicle.