The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-20
CABLES TO GERMANY
WILL BE RESTORED
Direct Commercial Cables to Be Re-
stored After Eight Years.
Especial to The JournaD

i NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-Clarence H.
Mackey, president OF the Commercial
Cables, Postal Telegraph System, an
nounced yesterday that his company
had just completed contract with the
! German Atlantic Gable Company, a
4 German corporation, under the terms
OF which direct cable communication
with Germany will be restored after
la lapse of about eight years.
This contract, which has just been
signed, calls for the laying of a new
cable between New York and Emden,
Germany, with the cable touching at
the Azores.
! 1t is to be completed in operation
by October. 1928. The arrangement
provides for the commercial cable
| company to lay a cable from New
York to the Azores (2.302 miles) and
for the German company to make the
connection between the Azores and
Emden, G,SSs miles). the two sections
will be Joined at the Azores station
and all messages will be transferred
automatically from one to the other,
! thus giving what virtually will be in
Simultaneous service between the two
countries.
I
the commercial cables-Postal Tele-
graph System shall hand to the Ger
man company all messages collected
| by it in the United States destined for
Germany, and that the German COM
pany shall reciprocate by sending all
OF it's American traffic via the Com
mercial Cables-Postal Telegraph Sys-
tenn
The laying of this new cable is the
first attempt at resumption of direct
communication between the U. S. and
Germany.
During the war there was no cable
communication between Germany and
the United States. Since the signing
of the armistice all cable messages
sent between the two companies have
had to pass through England or
France. This plan has not proven
satisfactory to American business in
terests and the new cable is being put
down in response to widespread de-
mand on the part commercial
houses banking institutions and others
interested in the trade relations of the
United States and Germany for bet
ter communication facilities.
Prior to the outbreak Of the world
war there were two cables between
the United States and Germany, and
both were operated by the Commercial
Gable Company. although owned by
the German Atlantic Gable Company.
The first of these was laid in 1900 and |
the second in 1904. They extended |
from New York to the Azores, and |
thence to Emden, Germany.
+. The sections between Emden and the |
Azores were cut in the English chan |
mel by the British admiralty within |
an hour after Great Britain declared !
war upon Germany, August s, 1914, |
and from then until March, 1917, lay |
dormant In March, 1917, they again |
were cut by the British government |
at a point more than six hundred miles /
from New York and one Of the cables, |
under agreement, between Great Brl-
tain and France, was diverted into |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Penzance'
England, and since July 1, 1917. has
been used by the British government
as a part of its Imperial Telegraph
and Cable System.
The French government did not re
move the other erstwhile French
cable from American shores, but In
November, 1917, the French cable ship
Jeramaco, arrived at New York and
cut both cables some five miles from
their landing place at the Commercial
Cable Company's station at Far Rock
away, and diverted one of them into
the French cable company's station at
Coney Island. The end diverted to the
French cable company station was put
into operation by that company, under
control of the French government, be-
tween New York and Brest, France,
via the Azores.
THE disposition of these two ex-
German cables" said Mr.. Mackey IN
mis- statement yesterday, lis now in the
hands of the. five allied powers, to J
whom the cables were coded by Ger
many under the treaty of peace ana
he Commercial Gable Company has q.
lied a very substantial claim against
hem on account of it's former contract
or the operation of these cables,
which contract was impossible OF re- J
sumption at the close Of the war be-
,ause of the seizure by the British and !
french governments. In making the !
contract for the laying Of the German )
,ables. the Commercial Cable COM {
,anv in no way coded any of its rights
" claims against the allied powers In )
connection with the former German !
ables."
The laying of the new German ca
lie is part of the Commercial cable
program Of expansion. II
ecently was announced by that com
ANY that 1t had made application TO
he state department for a license to