The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-15
BIG TELEGRAPH
ANDCABLE WAR
| COMES TO END

BY DAvTb LAWRENCE.

\SoPyEi8nl, 1SzZ, Dy Inc Argus.D
Washington, D. c. Sept. 15.-1he
great cable and telegraphic war is
ended. And with it comes the col
lapse also Of the efforts to prevent
radio from becoming a vital coIa.
petition to the cable in trans-At-
lantic communication. Lower rates
for messages between the United
States and many foreign countries
are inevitable.
The story Of the fight, which in
volved the Wilson and Harding ad-
ministrations a well as the gov
ernments Of. South American coun-
tries. is a dramatic one embracing
at one time the use of the United
States navy to prevent the landing
Of a cable at Miami, Fla, the IN
sistent attitude of the United States
government that the All-American
cable company, an American coz
Germ, should not be injured by the
monopoly possessed by a British
cable company in Brazil and. final
ly making of an exclusive agree
ment between the Postal Telegraph
company whereby the American
Radio corporation is at last as
sured Of thousands of telegraph Of
fees throughout the United States
where messages can be collected
for radio Transmission. The es-
sentials In the war Just brought to
an end are these.
Terms Of Agreements.
First, the western Union Telc-
graph company has been granted &
permanent license for the landing
of its cable at Miami, Fla, which
connects at Barbados with the
British-owned company's cable
from Brazil. The permit was
granted as soon as the Brazilian
! government. cancelled the monop-
I oily possessed by the British com.
pany SO that now the All-American
company can land cables anywhere
along the coast of Brazil and carry
them from point to point Up tC
this time the All-American com.
pany has had to stretch a separate
cable from Argentina to two sep.
arate points In Brazil because The
landing of cables from one Bra
lillian port to another was exclu-
sively the privilege of the British
company.
! Second, the All-American cable
company renounced its monopolies
on, the west coast of South Amer.
lea so the Western Union and its
British ally In the cable business
now can encircle South America
All monoplies are given up by CIV.
erybody concerned. This actor
was the result of the influence c1
the department of state.
Direct South American Line.
! Third, the desire of the All
American Cable company for col
lecting agency has been realized
After years of negotiations during
which it seemed as if the Western
Union would make an agreemen
with the All-American Cable con-
pany to forward messages to Soutl
America originating in this coun
try through an American instead o
q British concern, the-Postal Tele
graph company has been prevailed
upon to act as the American col
lecting medium. This means tina
messages from the United States
filed at any Postal Telegraph Of
fee will go direct to South Amer
ican points without passaE'
through the hands Of any British
company.
Fourth, the addition of the hi
ami cable means improved com
munication to South America be
cause it has been all too obvious
in the last two years that the All
American Cable company could no
handle all the business. The di
rect line from Florida to the Bar
bados and Brazil will mean quicl
service to Brazil and the Western
Union is also making arrange
ments to reach points on the ives
coast Of South America though a
present the All-American has NOR
cable mileage on the west coast.
Fifth, the decision of the Posta
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