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Show rtwo Pacific Cabin. By a vote of ISO to 44 tha British House of Commons has adopted a resolution res-olution authorising the expenditure of 110.000.000 on tha British Pacific cable. With the amounts pledged by the colonies col-onies tbla Insures tha success of the enterprise. Meanwhile we are still discussing the question whother the American Pacific cable. If we ever got H, eall belong to the government of tha tilted States or shall be paid for by tha government and presented to a corporation. Probably we shall still be wrangling over that question when tha British get thalr cable laid, and Shall be sending our official messages over their Una while the dispute goes on. Our cable projeat waa launched long before the British one. It seemed In a fslr wsy to success at a time when we did not own a foot of territory on the route. Since then wa have acquired Hawaii and the Philippines, Philip-pines, and what was before a desirable desira-ble convenience has become a necessity. neces-sity. Yet wa have allowed Great Britain Bri-tain to go before us In providing that necessity, and our government's orders to Its own officials will ba aubject to her convenience. Fortunately there u) room In tha Pacific tor two cablet The construction of tha British Ilia will not In the lesst diminish tha necessity ne-cessity for an American one. Hawaii will atlll remain Isolated until wa lit-her lit-her to the contnent Secretary Oaai Is complaining bow that ha does no) know what to Jo with the surplui Congress can re -ve him of a little of hli embarraeam:u at Its next aessloi by making an appropriation for a government gov-ernment Pacific cable. Ban Francisco Examiner. |