The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-27
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Londen, 25.-The Times, discussing
Secretary Blaine's letter TO Minister
Lowell, with reference to the Psnsrns
Canal, and the Monroe doctrine, says;
The weighty nature of the interests OF
Am erica in the use of any inter-oeesnie
canal through the Isthmus Of Panama
pushes the point too far when he would
have the world take it for granted that
no government except his own and that
of Colombia has any claim to be con-
suited in regard to the neutrslities of the
work. The proposition is far from self
evident, and is unfortunately not sup
ported in the letter by arguments which
will make it acceptable to European
powers, and last of all to England.
The, Times. replying to Secretary
Biaine's Panama letter, while coneeding
the right of the United States to take
precautions that the canal shall not be
used ia any way hostile to them, while
admitting that as arguments for its neu-
trslity Blaine's note is unanswerable,
nevertheless fails to see why there should
be any repugnancs to allowing England
or France to join in the guarantee.
Mr.. Blaiae's assume tion that the Amer
lean possessions on tie Pacific would
supply the larger part of the traffic Of
the canal is very questionable. Indeed,
it scarcely admits Of doubt that the great
bulk ofthe vessels which for some years
to come would pass through the canal
wsuld be English. Great though the
interests Of America are on this matter,
and necessary though it is for her that
ehO.,ld E.a froa ton In.
tween her Atlantic and Pacific states,
this does not effaee the fact that England
is also at once an Atlantic and Pacific
power, and that she is bound to have
regard to the welfare of her subjects in
British Columbis and to think of secu--
ing free access to her Australian colo
MES. The neutralizing Of the canal
would be fer the benefit of all the states
of the world, and we fail to gather from
this communication any solid objection
to allowing European powers to join IN
the work. Any statement hereafter made
BY Mr.. Lowell, of the views of his gov
eminent, ia regard to the matter which
has almost ceased to be purely O mStter
of abstract politics will command atten-
ten, but he must expect to find English
men fully unprepsred to see any great
difference between the position Of Mica
ragua and that Of Panama, and at loss
to conceive Whist injury American inter
ests could suffer from general compact,
to secure q neutrality which is in the ia
terest OF the whole world, and should be
placed outside the region of warfare.
New York, 26.-The Times says of
Blaine's letter: 1t seems TO us that the
ground upon which Blaine now puts the
American position is impregnable, and
that any action of European power
seeking to substitute their political guar
antee for ours may fairly be considered
The case would be some
what analogous to our furnishing
guarantee Of neutrality to Egypt in
case It had been asked and we had had
physical force to estsbli il for the SUez
Canal, The Instincts and the good
sense Of our country have alwsys re-
strained it from intruding ia any way
uto the agreements of European powers
or the neutrality Of business highways in
he old world where their instincts are
upreme, while ours are comparatively
light. It would be but reciprocal action
or European powers, in like manner, to
ntrust TO the United States the preserva-
ion Of neutrality on any isthmus so near
Is own domains. Ali this leaves aside
he antiQuiated notion Of slum orasory
hat this country could not psrmit
European power 20 gain a new foothold
q the hemisphere on the ground that it |
) our manifest destiny to some day an
lex it ell for ourselves.