Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-14
rux x,eAnacrA CANAL
WHAT % Meaas aad sew % is sfe~ea
In wsshissfsa CITY.

fn Washisstsn city
A washington correspondent Of THIS
ioarnsi wrote as foIl0ws on Dec. I'd;
The eousp tent Of the present. sdmlsE
s.4rssi,,n nae been the IieaFaRuan treaty.
d subisct for long time has erelts1
sncb inteye,,t amsng politicians and ON.
asaIs A. washington. At tue Cspft0i,
shrouoh che lol5blas and sbout the PC
tsIs ons hears little else nos but tais
Nisaracuan queatiou- As tbe nafser
aornas 10 be fully comptehended, u
s,r1ne mo possibilities that are starr
il,.e. IL not only means liberal cos
sfructlon Of the theory Of our Gofsrn-
ment relating &c foreign cccupaslon OF
torYtt0rv ON thiH continent, A. enunciat-
"A by Preaidsnt Monroe, bus the seqni.
alton Of territory more tean Thousand
n,iIea from our soughsrn bsFdef and thi,
raintsnancs Of free ship canal, aud
AZ oonstruefiou Of poveFfni forts and
their occupation by gsrrisons sufhcIentli
strong 10 hold tho territory arqniresi
and 10 enforce our canal regulations
asaii,st eny foreign power. The seneEf''
~ All the essential attributes Of Mr..
Elatpe's plan Of ia imperial republic,
II ~. ~
hsusdary of which would be under tins
squAtor--the most audacions a. " ~A.l
the most dazzling scheme OF tns present.
time.
with a view Of finding inst bow shisI
raatssr appeared 70 others. aud IN par
tioular 30 The army. navy. ana the BEST
rolitscal thinkers, intervisSed persons
Who Hre rsprssentatlse men OF the oissses
nzsnflonsd.
-II Wi. be . great thing for both the
army and navy ssid an otfecr OF niRc
rank, q member OF the swsim court
martial nov sitting In washington, "sac
f0f the following reason Two strong
forts will be required, one At each cod
Of the canal, and peFhspa third mid,
way between the two, These will neec
20 DO Of the best modern type kn0Tr
20 military engineering science, other
VIE they would te perfectly useless
and special garrison Of not lsss thar
three Thousand men, perhaps more, gil
Be needed 20 pfsperiy man them. YoI
see, this aston of she President anc
hie Secretary Of State Ia q pretty auda
ei0as Piece Of tusiness. We have no
tifed all the World thai we intend Il
ocntrol she intss-o,,eanic canal route
build is ourselves. and regulate thu
passage Of commerce and var Ship
through IL, GO We nifty see proper. Thu
means q great deal, when you come q
think about ID. To England It Is {
notice that this GovetnBent will oper
and keep under ifs own control = lin.
OF communication ten thousand miles
nearer 10 the British colonies In th'
Pacific than any existing route. BuI
don't misunderstood me. ] am foT ths
canal. We need something TO sits "
the military spirit OF the nation. which
The ell pervading anxiety among OH
people 10 got money has somewhat
stopped, and this would do 70. We are
very rich, and very weak. The Preai-
dsut has done q wise thing, and We can
not no back on him now
After this Interview | hunted M a
naval oficer, who VISA prominen. par
ticipant in one Of the most famous en-
gAeements OF our late var, and 10 him
J put very much the same questions a.
we're proponnded 20 the military con-
mandsr.
sNothine since the vireinius affair
has created such q lively sensation in
orr service a. has this NicaraRuan
treaty" said he, land | don't see how
Congress can disregard Il. The Presi-
dent has pat ne into deep water before
no knew Il. II We fail 30 ratify this
treaty, all Europe will understand that
~ we're simply afraid TO do IL; and o
pleasant position thai would bel II We
iiatify 10, then We must GET ready to
maintain our pretensAoas in the Carib.
bean sea by soroething more than
talk"
~ think this Nicaraeuan treaty win
lsA ratified by she benAte,n shid q Deem
ioratic Senator with whom next talked.
y We have salked II over somewhat, and
the general opinion ~ that We will do
yell for the country. aud our party, too,
20 stand BY the PfesideAt. Unless this
iiation Il weaker aud nieafssr than am
willing 70 believe 10 u. Congress viii
fRtify that treaty.