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with treaty 10 protect it, His remarks this subject,
compared with the quotation which he has made from the
Instructions will convict without any exposure from me
will quote the whole passage he has cited from my M
stsucons, 10 show the Injustice OF his remarks lhe l
structions cay
'see thai 1.-THE contract grant is not assgnable to
others lmeanas TO Others ha1 me Amer
eges granted to nation that wl not agree 70 ie
treaty stpnlaons with Ncafagua that The tolls TO
be demanded by the not unreasonable OF OPP
pessve that power be reserved to THE rhorksIoks o
unjusty to obsnet enbarass The hioaf ~ PAS
This will require all your vigilance ana sk' =,
do agree passage on reasonable and
popfe refuse protection and our couhehahce 70
procure the contract from Nicaragua
" II CHARTER GRANT THE RIGHT OF WAY shali nave
been iueauousy nconsiteratey made before your ar
rival IN that county, SICK TO have II properly moaihed 70
answer the ends we have IN view"
The senator's Ignorance OF this plain language Is unae
countabe- He had conounled me grani Of Me right o.
oay charter the company OF Americans who asked
Tor II, with the treaty between Nicaragua and this gov
ernmen
| interrupted him, and explained il TO him and the
more clearly II was made 20 appear that be was wrong.
knew well enough that the word "us referred TO our
Icountrymen The instructions say, iii they The com
panyl do not agree 10 grant us Amereansl passage on
reasonable and proper TERMS refuse protection, NC.
He knew we'll enough what this meant yet he put TO
me the question, "Was he one OF The company, and
therefore authorized To the word us, when speaking
Of the rights and privileges TO be acquired OF foreign
ton through his agency Secretary OF State - He
surely aid not mean, by putting such question TO me,
to insinu that was OF the company OF "capia
ISIS, propretos, and specuatos who might become The
owners Of the charter" Ii he did. will charge him
here with ialsehood, but, with all possible poeness,
will prove him 10 he gully OF il.
Mr.. President, do all object TO any statement
of the fact tina, utterly dsapproved Of the Hse treaty
only complained OF his misrepesenauons IN regard 10 II
HIS statement that the clause guaranying the ndepend
enCe OF NlCaragu not OF The which IN
duced TO withhold the Hse treaty from the Senate
palpahy Incorrect TO susaiu himself in his assertion,
he refers TO my letter 10 Mr. Lawrence OF the goth Octo
Der, 1919. The very passage he has cited shows that m
our effort to place. by our own arrangement with the
British government, interests upon just and satlsac
tory foundation, should aborve (hat is, upon the
foundation OF equal privileges IN the reaty,) then the
President will hesitate TO submit this other
treaty" Chat is, the treaty OF Hise or the treaty of
Squier; the one for exclusive privileges. or the other
for equal privileges to all Daons) (which may be
cuded by the present charge daalres TO Guatemala TO
the Senate of the United States for their advice 1t
threat, II you please, that u The British government
continued to occupy Central America they bad done
and should refuse yield the right OF passage through
the isthmus equal terms with them, then would
submit, when could obtain no justice from Great
Britain, treaty 10 The Senate which would grant
the night OF way on the most favorable terms. without re-
gard 10 the interests OF Great Britain We should have
been perfectly justified endeavong to exclude her,
evidently that she intended 10 exclude us; and
we desired her fairly 10 understand that. The very
quotation from the instructions TO Mr.. Lawrence which
he has made, proves that he himself well knew that my
reference 10 the Hse treaty was nothing more than
threat that il we could not obtain equal privileges with
Great Britain with her own consent, we would have
statements this subject, quote from the despatch to
Mr.. Lawrence the very passage on which he Pfeends
10 Iey
"If however, the British government shall reject these
part, and shall refuse cooperate with
In the generous and phanhropc scheme Of rendering
the ineroceanc communication, by the way OF the pou
aud river San Juan, free all nations upon the
terms, sha deem ourselves justified In protecting our
independently Of her aid and despite her oppo
ton hostility. With this alternative, have
treay with the Safe OF Nicaragua. copy of which has
you, and spuaiions OF which you should
I unr dly m
hm, however, that this treaty concluded without
power or in.truction om this that the Pre
dent had knowledge OF It's existence, OF the Intention
to form IT, until u was presented u him by Mr. Htse, our
charpe dasres to GuatemBa, about the let OF Sep
Der last and that consequently, bound
ratify IT, and will take step Tor that purpose, II we cau
by with the British place
upon and satisfactory foundation But IL our
eou for this end should be abortiye, the President will
hesitate submit this some other treaty which may be
conc uded by the charge daacs Guae nala
OF the United States for their advice and
sent, with view to It's ratihcston and II that engh
ened body should pppove H. he also will give II his hearty
SANCTION and will exert all his constitutional power
its provisions In good aith Determination IN which
he confidently count upon the good viii Of the people
Of the United States"
IL is impossible TO reason with one who says he does
understand the object Tor which this passage in the
despatch was written
But he has quoted another passage from the de-
spaich. could not wish expose him eHectually
than by quoting II myself. II IS as follows:
"You may suggest for Instance that the United States
and Great Britain should enter INTO treaty guatanyng the
Independence Of Nicaragua, Honduas and Costa Kca,
privileges acquired ia by treaties between
Great Britain aud Spain, provided thst the limits Of those
States the east be acknowledged 10 be the Caribbean
sea +"
After citing this, he ersvely asks me, What has be-
OF my objection 10 the guarantee OF the ndspend
enoe OF Nfcaraguap HIS question scarcely deserves
answer Grea Bnsia in possession OF The country
in virtue Of The proccorate, aud not and the
proposition made to her that she should not only
abandon it, bat also guaranty the independence OF The
Central American States adjoining The proposed canal.
The senator incapable OF perceving The difference be-
treaty OF the Upited States and Nicaragua guar.
snying the independence OF Nicaragua and treaty OF
the United States and Great Britain Jointly the
part and Nicaragua the other, for the same purpose
II Great Britain had Joined IN such treaty, we should
have teady reached our whole object She refused 10
accede TO this proposition; and u was palpaby
uon to ascertain her views The separate guarantee OF
Independence by alone indeed objection TO the
which made the whole insurmouHtable Our separate
guarantee guarantee against Great Britain the party
IN possession Joint guarantee with her liable
such exception, and could not possibly eatangle
The senator is guilty of many other misstaements
that 1t is difficult matter 10 correct them all He says
that voted for the Mexican treaty OF peace-tbe treaty
OF Guadalupe Hdago- according to his recollection His
at fault The record shows that did not upon the
treaty.
His statement that the Hse treaty was evidence OF the
fact that Nicaragua willing and anxious TO grant to
the United States forever The exclusive right and control
over ship canal between the is contradced
by the letter oil Carcsche, the Ncsaguan minister who
declares she rejected after il had been signed by Senior
Selva, the commissioner on her part The treaty was ev
dence oil extreme folly, and of little else beside.
he senator recurs again 10 bis objection that the
yenon will not permit 10 Central America, aud
points with triumph to passage IN the letter OF my DIS
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