Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05
RESIDENT DIRECTS
|ARSH|PS TO HALT
MIAMI OPERATIONS
cstern Union Is Pre-
ented From Completing
Brazilian Connection.
fITIsH CABLE SHIP NOW ON
WAY TO COMPLETE WORK
Pvernment Action Said to
Fave Been Taken to Prevent
Cable Monopoly.
RMfNiL PERMIT WITHHELD
isliinSton Demands Facts OF Wire
Concerns Contract With
British Company.
fRMiNAL PERMIT WITHHELD
|ishinSton Demands Facts OF Wire
Concerns Contract With
British Company.
fny Associated rre.,,

li'J HfSotl1 1teI frc.lS.
FASHlNGTON. August i-Five
troyers are patrollnG the entrance
The Miami. Florida. harbor under
fers from President wilson. TO pre-
IL by force II necessary the land
or cable the Western Union
egraph Company IL having laid
m Baroadoes. "A British possession
the Wcs, Indies.
British cable ship. the Co!onin.
been chartered by the Western
ION COMPANY 10 and the American
of the cable which would connect
Ia a British cable line from the
rbadocs 10 South America. At the
ate Department IL was stated to-
that the British embassy had
IN asked 10 Inform the master o.
ship that such a landing would
III violation Of American law. On-
is explained that there was no
n!acAnco IN the fact that the ves-
Was British. that she probably was
only cable craft available TO the
ncrican company when she was
srtcrcd
Permit Has Not Ne~n Given.
does was begun last summer. Some
,c ago the Western Union Company
8p!ied 10 the State Department for
executive permit; TO land the wire
Miami. but officials said action on
had been delayed pending the hold
* Of The international communica-
MS congress called 10 meet IN Wash
Etou, September ls.
E-itish cable COMPANY, II was
planned. now has monopoly OF
BILE rights in Brazilian waters. An
-uci - direct cable line from the
i!ted states tc Brazil and IL was
.Rted that the American government
sired TO know before issuing the
rmi. to the Western Union Com
ny, whether the arrangement en-
red Into by that company with the
5-i::sh concern. the Western Gable
|,mpany. controlling the line from
|,rbadoes 10 Brazil, would add TO this
|onopoiy.
Policy Change Is Forecast.
In this connection 1t was asserted
at at the Forthcoming international
cory ot international communica-
|ons was TO be examined lin a very
|nercnt temperament" from that ex-
|ting in the past.
There were reports today that after
G Western Union Company filed it's
Dpiicat!on for permit the State
department. requested that q copy of
he contract with the British Cable
also be fled and that the
mpany had refused TO comply No
formation as to this was obtainabic
the department..
While there is direct cable line
etwccn the United States and the
acific Coast OF South America, cable
I'D Brazil is possible now only by
ay of London unless the MESA ges
ere sent TO the West Coast and re-
,yed overland. y direct cable line
Brazil. officials said, Is much TO
9 preferred as il would afford "a
,eans of faster and probably cheaper
Sny Snch LAW Exists.
Some officials expressed doubt to-
ay whether there was a law reuuir-
lg permits for the landing OF cables
/ the United States. but when ques-
oned as to this, State Department
niclals declared emphatically that
lere was such q law.
The orders from the President,
hich resulted in the destroyers be-
lg assigned 10 patrol the three mile
NIT on Miami were issued, it was
lid, after reports had reached the
overnment that the company
tanned to complete construction OF
10 line Immediately. Secretary
anicls was advised of the orders
pom his return from Alaska. In an
ouncing today that the destroyers
ad been assigned TO the patrol duty,
e said that the Instructions from
lie President were TO use any means
eccssary to prevent the landing Of
10 cable.
Rear admiral Decker. commando Mt
Key West. is in command OF the
nstroyer force, but Secretary
aniels said he would be replaced
Y his senior. Rear-Admiral Ander-
IN, commandant Mt Charleston, 8. c..
Ship On Way From Newport News.
MIAMI. FLA, August Awhile
nfted States destroyers lay of this
,rt today undor orders to prevent
le Britiah cable layer Colonia from
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