Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-08-06
'CODE MESSAGES
BY WIRELESS TO
/. KA|SER'S SHIPS
Pres. Wilson Issues ProoIama-
ton Forbidding Unneutral
Messages to BeIIIgerents.

1 NEW 1ORhs A0Bs bs~-f-AtAO06A u
President Wilson has issued an order
prohibiting wireless stations in the
| United States from transmitting
messages of an unneutral nature, the
| Atlantic Communication Company's
powerful tower at Sayville, Long
island. today sent several messages
| In code to German warships lying or
| the coast
THESE messages, according to
German employe of the company,
were received from the cable offices
of the Postal Telegraph Company
and the Western Union Telegraph
Company In this city. Others were
received from a person in New York,
| 1t was said.
some of the messages were re-
| ceiyed at the Sayville station yester-
day afternoon and some during the
early evening. During the night and
early morning they were transmitted.
The manager of the company. a
member of the naval reserve Of Ger
many. said he had read in the news
papers that President Wilson had
issued an order in regard to the
transmission and receiving OF mes
sages, but he had no ofncial notin-
cation of any kind.
President Wilson issued last night
an order LAYING a strict censorship on
ali wireless messages within the juris-
diction of the United States. From
now on only such messages will be
transmitted by radio stations in this
country as are OF an entirely neutral
character.
This action has been taken by the
President as a necessary step for the
preservation of the neutrality OF this
country in the European conflict
-, - a nt fe found IN,
a recent act of Congress governing
radio communication In the United
states which authorizes the President
to adopt such a course in time of war
or national peril.
IT is feared that the strict require
ments of neutrality may be violated
by the sending of messages from
shore stations in the United States
to ships of the belligerents in the
north Atlantic.
The only way the belligerents have
of controlling the movements of their
vessels in these waters is by cable to
the United States and relaying mes
sages by radio.
II is understood that the Telefun-
ken station at Sayville, Long Island,
has for several days been engaged in
sending messages which have given
material aid to the interests Of the
German government.
This question never before had
arisen in a war and the Presidents
action establishes a precedent. The
following is the Presidents order:
Whereas. proclamation having
been issued by me declaring the
neutrality of the United States of
America in the wars now existing
between various European ma
tions; and
Whereas, it is desirable to take
precautions to insure the enforce
ment of said proclamations in so
far as the use of radio conlmuni-
tion is concerned;
It is now ordered, by virtue of
authority vested in me to estab-
lish regulations on the subject
that all radio stations within the
jurisdiction Of the United States
of America are hereby prohibited
from transmitting or receiving for
delivery messages OF an unneutral
nature and from in any way rem
dering to any one OF the bellig-
erents and unneutral service
during, the continuance of hostili-
ties.
The enforcement of this order is
hereby delegated to the secretary
of the navy, who is authorized
in the premises as to him may ap-
pear necessary.
There are over 200 or more public
and government wireless stations.
and it will be comparatively easy to
censor messages received and sent by
these stations. The difficulty how
ever will be to censor the sending
and receiving of messages by the
thousands Of amateur stations.
r. I'D
the radio act passed by Congress and
complying with the International ra-
dio telegraph convention of 1912, the
United States Is divided into nine dis
tricts. The second district comprises
the States of New York County of
New York, Staten Island. Long Is
land and counties on the Hudson
river to and including Schenectady,
Albany and Rensselaer), and New
Jersey counties of Bergen. Passalc,
Essex, Union, Middlesex, Monmouth,
Hudson and ocean,.
In these districts are located, be-
sides scores of public and naval sta
tions, 312 amateur" radio stations
which are registered with the depart
ment Of commerce. Scores of these
are equipped with powerful ap-
paratus.
The difficulty win pe to control
these amateur" stations. Depart
ment of commerce officials suspect
that many of these stations are ac-
complishing the purpose for which
they were installed, that is, furnish
ing information to either foreign ma
val vessels or merchant -cssels.
1t is believed that foreign govern
ments as part of their secret plans to
meet war situations foresaw the util-
ity of the wireless apparatus and that
many OF the stations thus established
are registered as amateur stations.
1t is believed that the inspectors In
charge of headquarters of each of
| the nine radio districts will receive
| instructions tonight or tomorrow to
put the censorship into effect.
officials are naturally reticent at
| the exact steps to be taken, but they
believe that some kind of censorship
can be maintained at least, giving
| strong evidence of the intention of
the United States to maintain its neu-
| trality in every possible way.
1t is pointed out that many of the
amateur stations about New York
are equipped to send out messages
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