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Show 5F9RiIAHILA! Direct Cable Ccmmunlca-' Ccmmunlca-' tioa by Hcxt Fcurtli cf July. " WASHINGTON, D. C, May 1. By July 4th there will be direct cable communication com-munication between the United States and the Philippines islands. This promise prom-ise has been made by Vice-President Ward of the Postal Cable company during dur-ing . an extended conference with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The present plan is to time things so it will be possible to make the Fourth of July, 1903, In Manila memorable by the . establishment of communication with the home Government through an American direct cable. |