Deseret Evening News | 1904-02-25 | Page 8 | Japanese Cable

JAPANESE CADLE CABLE One May flay Possibly be Landed Lunde on Guam Washington Feb Fob have been addressed to the tho government by representatives of ot the tho Commercial Ca Cable CAbit Cable ble bit company as ns to whether permission slon could be secured to land hand on the Island of or Guam an tin ocean cable connecting with Japan The rho request Is based on apprehension hension that the existing Japanese ca en cables bles both of ot which run to Shanghai crossing the mouth of ot the Yellow sea sell seamay sellma seama may ma from Crom rota the exposed positions be cut by b the Russians and anti Japan bo be left lert completely Isolated from rom the tho world At Guam the projected cable of ot course would bo connected with the ex cx existing American cable east and ont west Iest Careful examination has hns been beon made Into the tho question as nil to whether or not assent on the part of ot tho the United States to this tItle request would Involve a breach of ot neutrality The Tho decision reached was VIII In the negative on tho the ground that n a cable cible Is a II commercial Instrument like a mall mail ship