Show SEEK TO PREVENT CABLE MONOPOLY conference AT washington PLANNED TO SAFEGUARD AMERICAN INTERESTS estimated that great britain exercises control over more than miles of cable and united states but miles washington Ainer american lenn commissioners to 0 o the international communications bonfe conference 1 enec to be held leold in washington next nest mouth month held their first meeting wednesday nt at the state department part ment they began a study of 0 the entire cable situation with a view to preventing a threatened monopoly of calls cables by other nation officials said that the monopoly exercised by the british on the east coast of 0 south bouth america made it imperative pera tive that the american representatives devise measures not only to reach an equitable solution of that question but also of similar adverse conditions confronting the united states stales elsewhere it was to await the out outcome colne of the conference that the state department recently held up action which would grant the western union telegraph company permission to land a cable at I 1 miami fla connecting with the british cable from south america to the barbadoes the state department officials desired to determine whether the proposed line would strengthen the british monopoly on the east cow coat t of south america in the preliminary study of the cable situation made by the united states it Is estimated that great britain exe alses control over more than miles ot of cables in the world or more than the combined total of all other nations the united states has control over only slightly more than miles of greater significance cance however according to officials Is that the united states obtains direct information free from censorship or the control exercised by other nations over cables passing through foreign eig n territory from only the west coast of south america and to a limited extent from the far east the great proportion of cable dispatcher reaching the united states it Is estimated in the government survey must pass through the control of british french or japanese cable lines practically all cablegrams cable grams grains from europe pass through paris or london it Is to remedy this situation and to arrive it if possible at arrangements whereby cable messages in times of peace may be as free from control and censorship as mall mail matter under the conventions of the international postal union officials said that american representatives to the conference are arc directing their heir efforts |