The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
MANY CABLES OF GREAT
BRITAIN AID N WAR
Nations Army Vastly Strengthened ~ system.
of Ocean Telesraphy.
ENGLAND HAS A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE ALL OrNrp
POWERS BECAUSE OF SPEEDY COMMUNICATION
WITH THE FIELD.

10 Tehuantepec, from VIII place M.
Is land line 10 Vera Grand Tsmrs'.'
whence cables go acre the ea,s
Mexico TO Galveston.
So IN that vast meshf tina LA.
web all North ana soutAmer,es -
their adjacent islands arela. 4
Network OF Mes.
From England towarthe Ness,.
ranean, Africa and the ort four a..
are stretched. They tol Glhrs,,s.
Malta and Egypt ana the pass A..
the Red sea 20 Aden. AZ i ! 49,.
electric nerve center an a.s,rns,,ssa
point which today IS Of musnters., =.
through the ONCE there err M ~
news England allows 70 bennx, 80
the military operations IN nth A,,s..
The African tlament throw out e.
Alden touches Zanzibar. ox.rh,.a-
Delagoa bay and cape OF Ok Hone -
the West African coast crs arn,h.s
ine-not In service tust r--tonrh-.
twelve coast towns, the la one 400
81. Louis. until Il Lands az a, css,s
Spain, Thus you see the ere Asrsss
continent. with all It's adjact islanss !,
any consequence, Is caught held ~,
in Englands electric lasso.
Three cables reach from A Ia ne,
bay and thence the meshes cad n 81
directions, to China, Japan.lr Phil,r.
pines, Australia and New ztnd. AZ
over all this vast region Rnaa has =
opposition that can be calls such .
couple OF French lines to this in,ry az
down through the West lndiey vay 4
Hayti to tho east South Arran ca..
that is all. Here and ,henre sha,,
French iines-as. for instanceom ysw
Caledonia TO Anstralia-hut csc a.,
mere little feeders to the Fish ,,ns.
ana are entirely without lsnat,ons,
consequence.
''But even this system. enoms A. l.
Is, does not satisfy Great tain.
number OF her cables land on hgn ,o,
That win not do. IN addition al mi,
earth grabbing commercial su's web
there must be an imperial welnleh w,a
reach around the globe, hung an En-.
iish land alone. That system se.usIlv
in course OF construction. Amportan,
link OF 1t is to reach from Brit r,olam.
bia to Australia still anothrnk vii
reach from Gibraltar TO the isis Of IA.
thurst. St. Helena and Assion-sa
English--to the Cape OF Gooti u
Adds to the Nations hey,
Thence another line will be to the
island OF st. Maurice which BE-
great imperial telegraphic dlbus,ns
station. with lines reaching lniis.
China and Australasia. or thsyrsem
one block is already compeicd-m The
Cape OF Good Hope to Bathurislana
The total cost of the entire impl gs.
tenn will be about ss5.eo.op and< sos.
eminent will bear all the burdcf
1T IN AN expensive Job. say Eng.
lish, IL viii cost enough 10 Il FIVE
hattleships. But when Il Is dot III
make each and every battIeship have
ave times as effective as now,
Certain laws control Enriixakss
which make them absolutely In, eps-
troll Of the government They sta sss-
sldized. as you know. and Ia rsn sss
the subsidy John Huh makes ! oss
rules. Every employe, for instan must
be- British subject and the II Gao
never he under the control Of ! fpf.
eign government. In addition that
English government dispatches hs pfs.
cedence over those or all uthetsl ali
times, even those of other goyefsnix
no matter how urgent the latter b.
In case OF war England can ssiHs The
cable Hines and operate them entirwtsA
government employees.
"In other words. John hsdl has 4 fet
himself sn empire under the aeA.h&s
he rules with undlsputee sway Wha
britannia rules over The WavSx hanf u
be determined; that she rules andshsa
Is beyond question. Other nsiio ns
getting restless under the sway AMI ,
time we were making strike roNlss
from IL. Germany has ALREADY sssa
under way for u cable sysism tthA
country AS have said. France tssf
now greatly agitated on The sjes
Surely | ncle Sam ought to ct M %
and put that wire down > Ire ,ils-
pines by way OF Guam - Few FOR -