Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-16
W. U. Intends to
 Connect New Cable
Plan to Use Existing Gables to Cuba Regardless of Op- position of President Wilson and State Department.

Washington, Dec. 15.-By The A. P.) Notice was given the American government today by Newcomb' F. Carlton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, that his company intends to connect it's new cable from Barbadoes with its lines in the United
 States by means of existing cables to Cuba regardless of the opposition of President Wilson and the state depart
 ment er
 MT. Carleton'ss statement was made in testimony before a senate interstate commerce commission subcommittee which has before it an administration measure giving tie executive depart ment absolute control over the landing | of cable lines on American soil. He was one of four witnesses examined at
 the opening of an inquiry into the whole subject of. cable communications and
 from whose testic'ony the committee
 developed among other things tha. the
 All-American Cables Inc. an American l concern, is engaged with the support of the state department, in fight against the Western Telegraph Company, of Great Britain, and the Western Union, in an effort to break the cable monopoly 1 enjoyed by the British company iI Bra gil. There also was testimony that the l All-Ainerica company enjoys cable monopolies in Several comngInications conference here has reached tentative agreement that no censorship shall be imposed upon cable messages merely
 passin gthrough relay points that there
 is no cable communications between the
 United States and Germany except oyel
 British controlled lines that some for T elgn governments are subsidizing new,
 agencies disseminating reports ill otle
 countries, and that the Western Uniol : plans further independent connections : through American cable lines 10 Italy Holland and Scandinavia
 The committee will continue it's in } quiry tomorrow and again next week
 and it plans to inquire particularly int the matter of the dissemina ion o !, American news abroad and the handlin of cable messages Of American firm
 seeking foreign business These sub jects were touched upon generally toda ; anu the committee received suggestion iron. MT. Carlton that independent ca ble IIrles be established between tn \ United States and Japan and the Unite States and China for the exchange c : news between these countries.
 n Reading a prepared statement to tn = committee, Mr. Carlton discussed 8 length the refusal of the American gov
 iernment to permi. the landing at Miam
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 Barbadoes, which is to connect with th S British line there to Brazil and charge
 that by It's action the government wa seeking to preserve "a United State! # South American monopoly in favor e another company e Acting Secretary Davis of tke stat j. department tcstifyirg as to the contr, n versy tetween the sgovernment and u T Western Union. said the president ha j. refused to permit the landing of u n Barbadoes cable because it would col
 I meet with tho British which enjoyed IS monopoly in Brazil and that this actie Il was in conformity with America > precedent and tradition"
 ofl Walter s. Rogers, of Washingto h one of the American commissioners Id the communications conference, told u l. committee about he Iagreement not IS censor cable messages at relay poin | and also stressed the importance of ge ting American news to foreign coul Tt tries.