Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-10
Pacific Gable Co.
 Seeks Injunction
To Restrain Postmaster Gen
 eral Burleson From Fur ther Control of Its Cables.

New York, Dec. 9.-The Commercial racine Cable company, allied with the commercial Gable company, asked for an injunction in the federal court to- day restraining Postmaster General Burleson from further control of it's 10000 miles of cable between San Francisco to China, Japan and the Philippine Islands
 Violation of international law by Burleson is charged in the complaint, which asserts that the United States had not obtained consent to the seizure from the nations upon whose territory the cables land It is further alleged such consent would be unconstitution al without a formal treaty approved by the senate.
 This contention is upheld, the com pany declares, by information from it's I London office that department of the | British government has instructed the 1 Commercial Gable company represent = atives there to make no changes at the | direction of the American postmaster 1 general without first submitting them | to that department for approval !, The bill of complaint filed for the Commercial Pacific by Charles E.
 Hughes and William w. Cook, as coun- 1 sei declares:
 That the United States government, | in seizing the cables, has not secured the consent of the foreign nations on | whose territories the cables land ac- cording to the company's information and belief
 | That this constitutes a violation of 1 the principles of international law
 providing that one nation shall not en-
 croaeh on or seize any part of the ter
 r.tory of another nation
 That all nations 'are very properly
 jealous" of landings on their soil ot
 cables controlled or owned by other
 nations and forbid it because it is lia-
 ble to lead to international complica-
 tions
 That, even if consent of the other
 nations to the seizure of the cables
 and landings upon conditions. satis.
 factory to them was secured, "suci terms and conditions pertaining a. 1 they would to the occupation by tht
 government of foreign territory, would
 constitute the substance of a treat,
 which, under the constitution of tn,
 United States, can be made only b,
 and with the consent of the senate which advice and consent has not beer obtained, and that this is a violation
 of the constitution of the United
 States
 That the cables are private propert.
 and have been taken by the defendan not for public use' and that no pro vision has been made for any .judic:a inquiry as to the necessity for sucl seizure That the seizure is "arbitrary, il
 violation of the United States consti tuition guaranteeing due process 0
 law"
 Commercial Pacific official stated to night that they expected MT. Burleso ! to make voluntary answer to the cast
 If he does not, they declared, the 2 will serve him by publication, as in tn case of the Commercial Cable com ( pary. 2 No orders had been received fror ! the postmaster general, they. stated and the company was continuing an . planning to continue it's business. a 2 though it's lies had not been seized George Greet. chairman of the com lnittee on public information. who i
 to attend the peace conference i
 Paris. will receive the same treatmer
 accorded any newspaper or press as sociat.on spondent, officers of tn A Commercial company stated.