The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
PACIFIC CABLE
AGREEMENTS
The Document Given Out bv
the President at Oyster ~
Bay.
How the Rights of the United
States ? Have Been
Safeguarded.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 9.-President Roose-
velt to-day made a formal announcement
that he had granted the application of
to land cable on the shores Of the
United States, on the islands Of Hawaii
and Guam and in the Philippine islands
and for access to certain soundings and
profles in the possession of the navy de-
partment. AS authorized by the presi-
dent the memorandum Is substantially as
follows:
the company may lay, and operate cables
to connect San Francisco, CAL, Honolulu,
and by way Of the Midway islands, and
Guam, Luzon, Philippine islands, and
point on the coast of China not yet de-
termined
1t is conditional to the granting of con-
sent that the company was to file it's writ
ten acceptance of the terms, to-wit:
First-That the company has not received
any exclusive concession and is not COM
bined or associated with any company
having such concession as would exclude
any other company formed in the United
Sta tes from obtaining the privilege of
landing its cables on the coasts of China,
or connecting them with other cable lines
or inland lines of China, and said COM
pany will not become associated with a
concern having any such exclusive con-
cession. The company has not combined
or associated itself with any other COM
pany to regulate rates between points in
| American territory or between them and
any point in China Japan, or other orr
entail places. ...-
| Second-That the company's cable shall
touch at no other than American territory
on the way from the United States to the
| Chinese empire. The line from the Phil
ippines to China shall be constructed by
| said company and operated independent ly
| of all foreign companies.
! Third-That the rates for commercial
messages shall be reasonable and in no case
in excess of the tariff set forth in con-
gressiona1 document No. 568, Fifty-sev-
enth congress, signed by George G. Ward,
vice president of the. Commercial Pacific
Cable company, with proportionate rates
for intermediate points.
| Fourth-The government, or any de-
partment thereof, its officers, agents and
insular and territorial governments upon
the route Of such cable. shall have pri-
ority for their cablegrams or cablegrams
! to them, over all other business, at such
rates the postmaster general shall an
nually fix. '~
Fifth-That the United States shall at
all times have the right to purchase the
|
company at an appraised value to be as
certained by disinterested persons, two
to be selected by the postmaster general
two by the company, and the fifth by the
| four previously selected.
Stxth-That the government shall have
authority to assume full control Of the
said cable when at war or when war is
threatened. ~
Seventh-That all contracts entered
into by the said company with foreign
governments for the transmission Of mes.
sages shall be null and void when the
United States is engaged. in war.
Eighth-That the United States shall
have authority to sever at discretion al
branches which may be connected will
!, the main cable line aforesaid, during wal
or threatened war.
Ninth-That the operators and EN-
ployes OF said company (above the grad
of laborer) after said cable shall hav,
Z been laid, shall be exclusively American
citizens.
Tenth-That the citizens of the United
q States shall stand on an equal footing a
[ regards the transmission Of message
over said company's lines, with citizen
J or subjects of any other country.
Eleventh-That the company shall agre
!. to maintain an effective speed Of trans
. mission over the main cable route fror