Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-05
EE EFFORT TO BREAK UP
MEXICAN CABLE CONTROL
lSchasc of DirreE l.. :. Cable
BE-. Company Stock.
(By Associated press

yT tBy Associated Press
SS JOHNS. y. r. Dec. +.-Cable
ahoritics here see ia tho recent an
SBn cepont by the British govern
INT ofsits purchase from the share
mcrs .of the stock OF the pircc;
Mted States Gable Company an at
knpt by that government To hrcnN
tmcrican control az most OF III"
Spsatlantic cables which. IL IS
simcd. has existed for the past
Sht years.
% is, pointed out here that. al
6uEh nearly every cable under the
sioatic, Ocean Was made in Great
Itain and laid by british ships
ID British workers. United states
tcrcsts, In the past few years. have
quircd control OF the majority OF
csc lines, excepting. Of C"urs" th'
fffnan cables taken oNcr 10y IN" al
sdurinG the war aud tho French
les from Brcst 20 st Pierre ana
on York.
As showing the pr,dom!nancc %
ssIrnitcd states in Tho control of
lahtic cable lines. IT is pointed on,
re that the two main systems are
ose of the Commercial Cable Com
ny. an American concern headed hN
arencc MaCkay. of New YORK. anu
erntes not only the Western Union
bics hut leased the Anglo Am"ri :
n and Direct United states cable
Gin 1912. This arrnngem"nt II ~
Id here. has resulted ia the control
aAmcrica of the two most import :
T. transatlantic Gable systems, 1t
understood hcr" also mat IN"
tnch cables hay. a friendly rei"-
IN with the Western Union system
Seized Hun rnhi" Di,cr,"d. ~. 9
.hss the Atlantic seized by tn" al F
ls during the war was diverted $"
1T it's terminals We're at h"n@anc"'
e; and Iialif,A. \. Tn Euro
An end Of the other '"'inHh u M
IS diverted from Emdcn To hres'
Ghis left only one German cobl"
4der British coutrol and there was
A@guarantee that this ar'angcnem,
H,,iid be allowed to hr continued N
efutnrc At the big cable confer
CT. in Washington in October last:
Giich considered Tho distribution Of
rman cables seized 10y the allies;
g. principal claim 10y the United
&ateS is understood her" 10 have
sn Tint these cables should b" sur
1ilercu by Great Britain ANA France
a be !nternationaliz"d If these pow
"a should J." unwilllug To- aGr"" 10
I cir transfer 10 tho United states
NThe Direct United states CAM" CON
lSof which has been purchased 10y
9 seBrit ish government. extends from
s,ainskclliEs 10 Harbor Grace, y. +,
dr.hcnCc to ltallfaN, y. : I'll" un-
8 fstantiinc here is that This l.Ur viii
+ sraken over by the British govern
ant and worked in connection With
y e. former German Cahl" 10 Halifax.
JUS, giving the British Imperial Ser
"a two cables instead OF on" This
scond line VAS required 10y tho iSilt-
"a government as Il safeguard In
!. So OF any damage 20 the ouc-t time
irman cable At Halifax both these
tiperial cables connect with the ca
dian Pacific hallway lines across
NADIA. CahleErams transmitted from
endon are carried hN this route
+ ross 1hc Atlantic ana Canada and
ehcc 10y Pacific cable. which is also
part OF the imperial system. TO Aus
lila, New Zealand and other points
the Far East
Growth az Cable Traffic.
The growth ~ cable traffic is nm
rssood TO b. continuing, ana a,-
.rat Britain and In Australia FOR
S duplication OF the Pacific cable
I'd Some Britishcrs have advocated
e laying Of new Imperial line
ross tho Atlantic, 50 that posslbly
e scheme now hoing developed by
q British authorities may result; in
w lines across both oceans
IL is regarded here as Nv no means
iiik.ly that wireless telcEraphy may
also developed by an imperial
hcmc controlled by the British gov