New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-19

Canal Indian Ocean and China Sea to Shanghai.
and thence by land to Tfen-Tsin and Picking.
This route was interrupted on last Saturday
when the land line between Shanghai and Tien-
Tsn was cut The other routes run overland
through Russia and Siberia by the lines of the
Great Northern. Near Maimachin in China, the
Great Northern divides into two branches The
first goes from Maimachin direct to Picking
through Kalgan. This line was cut near Kalgan
on last Thursday. But up to yesterday there
still uninterrupted wire to Tien-Tsin
and Picking. This the Helampo branch OF
the Great Northern. which ran through Helam-
Do. Kirin and New Chwang to Taku and thence
to Tien-Tsin and Peking This line was work
ing up to yesterday morning. when it cut
between Taku and Lutai, which is about fifty
miles north of Taku. This interruption de-
stroyed the last vestige of communication by
wire with Tien-Tsin and Picking. and as far as
direct cable dispatches go they are com
pletely cut off from the world.
Unless the foreign forces. which are reported
to have taken yesterday the forts of Taku, have
re-established cable communication between
Taku and Lutai and have kept open the line
from Taku to Tier-Tsin there is safe
line Of cable communication with Tien-Tsin and
Picking. There are two ways of communicating
with Taku, however. which is the seaport Of
Tien-Tsin and Picking. One Is by cable 10
Port Arthur which is under Russian control,
and thence across the gulf of Pe-Chi-L by
Russian warship to Taku The other is by cable
to Chee-Foo and thence by steamer to Taku.
The central cable office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company announces that a steamer
will leave Chee-Foo daily for Taku and carry
teegraphc messages to the latter place as
mail. kilograms for New-Chwang and Port
Arthur go by way Of Helampo. At the Western
Unions central cable office it was said yester-
n hot fhn hot
every day between Chee-Foo and Taku ought
to be accepted a sign that the Chinese
troubles have been exaggerated IN the reports
NOTICES FROM CABLE COMPANIES.
The central cable Office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company this morning issued the fol-
lowing notice:
TeIegraphic communication with Taku and
Tien-Tsin has been re-established via the ST.
berian and Helampo route.
The Commercial Gable Company also makes
a similar announcement.
Later the Anglo-American Telegraph Com
pany sent out a notice. saying:
kilograms from Tien-Tsin and places beyond
in China are only accepted at sender's risk
The Commercial Cable Company. at 11:3O
o'clock this morning. sent out the following
notice:
According to the latest advices. land lines be
tween Taku and Lutai "a telegraph station on
the Helampo route, contiguous to and to the
northward Of TakW are now interrupted, thus
cutting off entirely Geographic communication
with Tien-Tsin and Taku. kilograms for these
two places, with full postal address in plain
language, but not under registered addresses,
will be forwarded by post from Chee-Foo.
steamer will run daily between Chee-Foo ana
Tien-Tsin. kilograms for New-Chwang ana
Port Arthur may be sent via Helampo
The Great Northern Telegraph Company has
issued a notice to the Commercial Gable Com
pany to the effect that lines to the Far East are
now in order again.