Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-06
MESSAGE HERALOEO
THROUGHOUT WORLD
Presidents Address Reaches All
Civilized Portions of Planet
in Day.

New York, Dec. 4.-President Wilson's
address to Congress to-day was heralded
throughout the world by the United States
government. The achievement IL regard
ed as probably the greatest publicity feat
ever undertaken.
Distribution Of the l..essage abroad was
personally directed from this city by
George Creel, chairman of the committee
on public information.
Nearly every known means Of commune
cation-express. train. telephone. tele-
graph, wireless and subr- rine cable-was
utilized in transmitting the address. While
an operator in New York was clicking of
its text on a transcontinental wire direct
to San Francisco, where It was immedi-
ately relayed to the Orient, another at his
side was sending Spanish translation
to Colon, Panama Canal Zone, from where
it radiated throughout Central and South
ern American capitals
Wireless operators picked the Presi-
dents words out of the air and relayed
them to Caribbean sea points. Doubtless
many ships in these waters knew what
was being said in Washington at almost
the same time the address was being dis
tributed over telegraphic systems In this
country.
1t is estimated approximately 5000 miles
of telegraph and cable wires were called
into use in transmitting the message.
Chairman Creel received a copy of the
address in this city by special courier
=, from Washington early to-day. A corps
of typists was put at work In locked
room to make duplicate copies. Meanwhile
in an adjoining room. 1t was being trans
lated into French and Spanish. These
rooms we're guarded az precauton
against contents Of the message becoming
public prematurely.
| Upon receiving word from Washington
that President Wilson had begun deliver
| ing the address shortly after noon, a corps
of telegraph and cable operators. at Mr..
Creel's direction, Immediately began their
task of wiring the message broadcast
across the United States to San Francisco.
there to be relayed to Shanghai and
thence to Toxic and Picking; across the
Atlantic to London where 1t was picked
up and resent to the continent: and down
| the eastern coast to Panama for re-trans-
mission to central and South American
points.
At London and Paris the message
was placed in the hands Of the estab-
lished commercial and governmental
news agencies. From London French
| translation was forwarded to Paris.
London also served as a relay point to
Stockholm. Copenhagen. Christiania and
The Hague. From Stockholm a copy
of the message was sent to the Ameri-
can embassy at Petrograd. London
also filed to Algiers and other northern
African points.
From Paris were served Lisbon. Mad
rid Rome and Berne.
New York sent the address to South
America, the most southern point he
ing Rio De Janeiro. This cable runs
by way of Colon to Chile. Colon re-
layed to Gogota. Valparaiso. Quito and
Lima. Lima In turn forwarding to La
Pas and Valparaiso to Santiago and
BuenOs Aires.
Colon was the point from which the
message radiated throughout Central
America.
In the absence of perfected news
agencies with extensive connections In
Central and South America, copies OF
; the message were placed directly in thu
hands of American ministers in these
countries for immediate release te
newspapers and distributing organixa
. tiOnS in their Jurisdictions