Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

Whatever actions the United States
consuls or diplomatic representatives in
taken upon behalf of the warning nations
Will be handled through the new depart
ment OF war, even though the final action
on the part of the United States need
For instance. any matter affecting the
seizure Of goods belonging to one nation
and in the territory of hostile kingdom
would come through Mr.. Phillips new de-
OF the solicitor, which course would also
be taken by any matter affecting the neu-
trality Of the United States.
One Of the most important phases of
ton Of communication. With the out
break of the present war. all normal
channels OF International communication
were severed by the withdrawal of am
tatives. and while. to a great measure.
cable communication in ordinary COM
mercial lines is yet possible. still the
strict censorship exercised In every
country now embroiled in the struggle
has impaired the efficiency Of this mode
OF communication.
To make matters worse, the volume Of
cable business Immediately Jumped to
al Inning proportions with the outbreak
of~the war, and certain local regulations
in many of the countries, for example.
the English law which insists that the full
name and address of both sender and re-
doubling its length, only complicated
matters more.
Then. too. came an obstruction to the
ordinarily direct lines of cable communi
cation with the cutting of the German
cable which lands at Emden. This
break makes necessary the transmission
OF any message to Germany through the
neutral port Of Copenhagen, and the
Austria through the neutral port Of Rome.
It was formerly the custom to use more
direct route, via London and then by the
German cable to the continent. or to Lis
bon, or Gibraltar, and thence through
the Mediterranean by cable
-.
Wireless AZ q means Of transatlantic
communication in such an emergency az
the ono now facing the world a. the re-
suit Of the war 10 in the opinion Of some
Of the government experts. AZ yet I'M
practicable. Only one message has come
direct across the Atlantic since the out
break Of the present trouble and in this
instance it became necessary to call for
a repeat and finally the Transmission
Of duplicate message by cable
OF course there are many wireless sta
tons having range OF from two to four
thousand miles, but their usefulness
aside from communicating with ships at
sea is, at least, doubtful in the present
case. Germany has high power stations
at Eilvese, in Hanover. with radius of
radius of 5000 miles. and one 2 2OO-mile
station at Norddeich.
France controls the station In the
Eiffel Tower, listed as Of 2O0O-mile ra-
been exchanged with the big United
States government station at Radio, Va.
England controls five Of the giant sta
tons. That at Ballybunion. Ireland. COM
wick. has a range of 5000 miles: that at
Poldhu, Cornwall, can send 200 miles:
that at Clifden. Ireland, 5000 miles; the
new Marconi station at Carnarvon, 5000
the big British government station at
Portsmouth. whose maximum range is
not listed.
But as far as wireless for general use,
aside from communicating orders on the
field of battle or observations from
aeroplanes Is concerned the protests al
ready made by Germany against the two
stations. alleged to be under German
control at Tuckerton. N. J., and Sayville.
L. l.. give a typical example. The ap-
pointment of United States naval off,
Ger as censor to these stations as
means Of preserving our neutrality
caused the protest. and It has now been
suggested that Germany may be per-
mitted to use these stations for code
messages provided they are uncoded for
this is adopted Germany will still be kept
examination by the censor, and yet If
from sending war messages Of any kind
from these stations.
It is not believed here that the coun-
tries of Europe will trust to any great
extent to the aeroplanes as a means Of
communication or as dispatch bearers
and, as yet there has been no obstacle
to navigation or Interpretation of mail
routes, save in the North and Baltic seas.
Each of the European nations, too.
has its own underground route of send
Ing communications and receiving mes
sages through the medium Of special
messengers intelligence agents. spies and
the hundred other corps Of secret work
ers who spring up in the wake of war
and racial difference.