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mense, and that the possible capacity for the transoceanic radio 

 traffic of the world is nearly two hundred times as great as that 

 in service during the war ; but that is a matter "for keeping the 

 future out of the lap of idleness. 



Before the war, the transatlantic cables from America landed 

 mostly in the British Islands, a few going to France and Ger- 



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tndicttes MamLonj L.nts Built ana 

 Operated by the Signal Corps. 

 Indicates Main Long Lines 

 Operated by the SignolC 



Figure I 

 United States Army system of wires 



many. One German cable was cut by the British, at sea, in the 

 very early days of the war, and was later diverted to Canada 

 at one end and to England at the other, while another cable of 

 Germany was diverted to France ; so that all transatlantic cable 

 communication came exclusively under the operation of our 

 Allies. The Germans, thus isolated electrically under the 



