Since departing from Paris on December 20th to succeed Vallette as the French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Valerovsky has been serving as ambassador for over three months.
During these three months, Valerovsky personally witnessed the entire process of the submarine telegraph line extending from Marseille to Constantinople.
Once the marine telegraph line reached Constantinople, the embassy, ready in advance, quickly equipped itself with professional transmission equipment to communicate with the headquarters in Paris.
Originally, it would take two days for messages to reach the embassy in Paris, but now it takes less than twenty minutes, greatly alleviating the communication delays caused by inconvenient transportation.
