The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-10

recorded, while the rest of the list i
made mp OF the numberless restrictions
on cipher kilograms, admissible Ian
guage, etc, each country having put out
u mass OF regulations as measure OF
military emergency. For example, the
first page OF the list shows the following
complete Interruptions; All communica
tions between Hungary and Russia, be-
tween Austria and Russia, between Bel
GUM and Germany, between Berlin, Pet.
rograd and Teheran, between France and
Luxembourg, between Austria and
France, between Austria and Montene
gro, between Hungary and Serbia, be-
tween Bosnia. Herzegovina and Serbia,
between Turkey and Russia. between
Constantinople and Odessa. between Con
stantinople and Tenedos, between Italy
and Austria, between Bulgaria and Ser
bia, between Rumania aud Serbia, etc..
etc
This is only one page, and each sub
sequent page gives its mass OF Interrupt
tions, complete or partial Austria has
put out great number of restrictions,
and 40 has Turkey and Hungary. But
Germany is the one country making no
restrictions, apparently seeking TO in
crease rather than restrict its communi-
cations.
War interruption OF wireless is sep
arately compiled, and makes four print
ed pages. Singularly the restrictions of
the United States form the larger part
of this, its restrictions being one-fourth
Of the whole. and greater than that OF
any OF the belligerents.
But while war has thus paralyzed the
cable and telegraph facilities, none Of
the fighting countries has withdrawn
from the International union; every one
of them paid the last regular assess
ment and the union is continuing its
work of carrying on this world inter
communication as far as possible under
the limitations imposed by censorship
and laws completely stopping communi-
cation.
Some idea of the tremendous growth /,
OF the cable and telegraph in peace times |
is given in the last list of stations pub !
lished by the international union, COM
pared with their first list in 1868. The
first list gave l0,750 as the total num-
Der OF telegraph stations throughout the
world; the last list gives the number az
10000. The union prepared the first
list OF cables in 1877, when there were
1870 government-owned cables, lao pri- i
totalling lls,700 kilometers
n length. The last cable list shows
iour.fold expansion, viz, 1902 govern
nent owned cables. 4l2 private owned, in
I'll 2.l04 cable lines having length of
,973 kilometers, or about Is times
round the world.
Just now it is the wireless which is
making the most rapid strides, and Mr..
Trey finds il difficult to keep up with
he sweep of this new medium of com
nunieation to the remotest islands Of
he seas. Each government gets up a
ist of its own stations. but the union
onsolidates the lists Of all governments,
he American section, for instance, show
ng all army navy and private wireless
tations, all boats with wireless, inelud
lg even the yachts of Vincent Astor and
theirs with wireless equipment. =
The telephone, which is also admins.
cred by the union, shows how this civil :,
ling process is being carried into UNI =
vilized regions. For example, the Ivory
past in Africa has 80 telephone sta
ons, Senegal l73, Dahomey IS, Gabou
7, Madagascar 800. And there is hardly G
people the world over so low in the t
ale of civilization as not to be in touch G.
18th the outer world in some of the &
any modern means OF quick communi- Z
ltion.
Mr.. Frey has seen cable and telegraph
ties go down as the extent of the sys-
ms has gone up. The rate from Berne
, Berlin used to be Is francs 1881 for
J words: now il is two and one half
ancs $50 centsl The rate to Petrograd
Is fallen from IS francs to eight francs
Bombav from 100 francs to so francs
ID from Berne to New York $40 francs
,l0s) for 20 words in 1855, to about 30
ancs 1851 to-day.
One Of the chief ends of the bureau is
esta blishing absolute uniformity of
BILE and telegraph service throughout
ost Of the world, with the exception OF
e telegraph in the United States, where
ivate control and differences In rates
various states has made uniformity
possible. But in most civilized eoun-
es the same identical system prevails,
that If person sends cablegram
I'm Berne or Paris or Berlin to Japan,
knows it will 60 through exactly the
me process of delivery as cablegram
I'm Japan to Europe. This gives an
surance to the public in communicat
Z to various remote points, besides the
control over the network
cable and telegraph wires stretching
,und the world. However, the control
made automatic as far as possible
r instance, when dispatch is sent
I'M Spain to Turkey it passes through
NY countries and over many lines, the
It country taking out its portion, ac-
ding to the unions schedules, and
'sing the balance to the next country;
| thus passing along, continuing until
terminal portion is finally received
Turkey.