Show FACTS REGARDING ' CABLE SITUATION NEW YORK Aug 12 The s atus of the Western Lnon Te eg aph conpanys cab e s tuat on esu n0 f om the Euro pean war was dec bed by the company in deta 1 tonight and s owa that the Weste n Union had no te eg aphlc con nect on with Germanj Aust a and Hun gary wh e a the cab es lead ng to other count es in the heater of war are sub ject to r g d censorsh p Unusua requ rements regu at ng the ee d ng of such messages as the company s w ng to a cep a e been d c ated by the Br s m ary aut o es t was s ated and messages w c do not conform to the eq ements w not be passed by the m tary censo who have been p aced n a cab e stat ons w th n B t sh territory Code anguage n Cab e grams to the affected countr es is bar ed a together and undoubted v wl 1 be the company be eves unt t e war is o er Seek Modifications T roug e cry ava ab e c anne the "Wes e n Un on s endeavor ng to se cure a subs ant a n od cat on of what t descr bes as the e st ng bu densome rest ct ons w ch seem ng y have un necessa y been mposed by tl e Brit sh author t es These rest ct ons inc ude the requ rement that fu address n eluding st eet and number must be g en and a messages must be s gned w th fu names of senders Th s require ment the company dec ares serves to augment the eng h of messages and great y Increases he cost to t e pub c but is necessa y f the messages are to get through Messages are accepted at the senders sk as the censors w th ho d a Info matlon in reference to those suppressed The Western Un on stated that not wit s and ng the abnormal cond t ons abroad traff c was be ng d sposed of o er ts e ght cab es with reasonab e promptnes de ays incident to censor sh p ex epted Beyond London the serv ce s s ow bu fa r y e ab e except to he three count es for wh ch no n essages a e accepted Code and o e messages to Cuba Po o Rico Hayt San Dom ngo (v a a ab e ro e Cent a and South Amer ca excep B sh Honduras B a z and B t sh Gu ana ek d to Hono u u he PI pp nes Japan and China ex cept Hongkong and po nts reached th ough Hongkong a e accepted as usua Messages o all other p aces or coun tr es must be wr ten in pan Eng ish or French anguage except to Sw tzer and and Turkey where plain French anguage on y can be used The company sa d t at the Brit sh mi tary censors w not pass service messages making nqu ry In reference to the d spos tion or de ivery of messages nor w t ey pass serv ce messages cal ng for the repet ion of certa n words |