The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-03
TELEGRAPHIC NEWsI
PANAMA CANAL.
Ben Butler Expresses Decided
Views as to this Countryss
Rights in the Premises.

New York, BEN Butler told 3
Herald interviewer yesterday: I am OPP
posed in every dictate ofjudgment and
every sentiment Of patriotism in the
Panama Canal scheme, either In peace
or war, | do not put it up on silly ground
that the building of it is an infringement
of the Monroe doctrine, England, has
seized upon the whole commerce Of the
eastern shore of the American continent.
We still control some commerce on the
western shores. Open that canal and
she seizes upon that. II body INDUCES
the not too wise idea that when British
vessels carrying British goods get through
the canal they will take their freight up
to San Francisco to be distributed up
and down the state from thence. Such q
person simply INDUCES in dream.
British ships will distribute freight them
selves in their own way to the exclusion
of American merchants. England can
lay goods at the end of the Panama
Canal from Liverpool as eheaply as she
can 10 New 70 K. As the matter stands
now England could not blockade San
francisco, because no blockade would be
sufficient which was not by steam vessels,
and she has no war vessels which can
carry more than enough coal to make
the run from the Sandwich Islands to
San Francisco and return, but open the
Panama Canal and you might 80 we'll
anchor Gibralter off the Golden Gates
because then she could put her iron-clad.
around our Pacific port and maintain
them there until we could bald q
navy which could cope with them. The
whole western coast of our continent
would be open to the ravages Of her
navy until we bad navy on that coast
that could meet hers But it is said that
the powers promise guarantee Of neu-
trality ia the canal. History teaches
what that means. The powers guaran-
teed the neutrality of Denmark, but that
did Lot count for much when the feet of
Nelson was at Copenhagen. Whatever
paper guarantees might be, the strongest
naval nation, in case Of war, would take
. session of the Panama Canal. Hope
the administration, sustained by Con-
gress with unanimity, SIS it will
be no party question, will SIM
ply give notice to every body
that in its judgment it is neither for the
necessity, convenience nor interest of the
United States to have q canal at Pan
ANA, and whoever builds it after such
notice. must do so with full and dis
tinct understanding that when it be-
comes IN our Judgment for the interest OF
the United Ststes to take possession of
such, we shall do so, irrespective Of any
rights of private property which may be
claimed for the money put iuto il. After
having served them with these notices if
anybody builds the canal upon those
conditions so be it.
The Commercial Bulletin: The COM
pletion of the Panama Canal will be eff
fected through physical force or mir
scle, and it would be prudent for states
men to see the gfiracl3 accomplished be-
fore they get up quarrel about the pol
itical auspices Of the work.
Panama, Oct. 24.-La-ge quantities of
material for the canal company are ar
irving by nearly every steamer which
reaches the Isthmus, both on the Allan
tic and the Pacific. The Orient brought
900 tons, consisting of steel rails, ma
chinery and iren works of various kinds.
The City of Rio de Janesro, just in from
San Francisco. brings over 200 tons of
freight, mainly lumber and supplies.