The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-22
If the United States Builds the
Nicaragua Canal.
A LONDON PAPER INDIGNANT.
The Destiny of This Country. as Pro-
tector of Republics. Foreseen.
Great Britain May Not Re Able TO
Keep the stars and stripes or the
spanish Main, But She Ought to
Try. the st. James Gazette Saws.

London. Aug 2i-The ST. James Gazette
this afternoon asks how Great Britain
stands with the United States govern
ment in the matter of the Nicaragua
canal, and says il viii he well II Right
Hon. George y. Curzon. under secretary
of state for foreign affairs, is asked 10
give some information on the subject in
the house OF commons.
The Gazette remarks: LAS far as can ne
seen. We are heading straight for a crisis.
and there will be either a diplomats dead
lock between the two countries or The
English wfll surrender important treaty
rights The deadlock can be avoided ny
discreet handling of the facts by the for
eign office. and surrender need never oC-
cur. Should situation he brought about
III which the United States finds II can
ignore the United States of Central Amer
lea. then goodhy to any hope of retaining.
much less extending. our commercial hold
on the republics OF the Spanish Main. a
market in which We already suffer from
uncommonly sharp competition from the
Americans and Germans"
The Gazette then proceeds to rehearse
the history OF the Nicaragua canal. claim
ing that the accession of the United states
government to the request of the canal
company TO guarantee further capital for
il would be an infraction of the Bulwer-
Clayton treaty.
Cleveland's reference 70 the canal in his
message Of 1924, and SAYS: These care
fully weighed words were designed to ere
ate a minimum of distrust in the foreign
office. and when read in relation 10 the
consistent moral support given by the
United States to the company's enterprise
and the insistent demand 81 the United
States people that their government shall
guarantee the whole capital. come what
may. il Is plain that the ultimate object
is not so much the cutting the canal as
the firm and final establishment OF United
States authority in Central America. With
the canal completed wholly by the Unit
ed States, the independence of the repub-
lies would be merely nominal. II Is true
that English financial assistance was
sought by the American syndicate. lest
the United States government falter in
giving the guarantee. but these negotia-
tons have collapsed, because II IS not pro-
posed to allow the English capitalists
their due share of control. which is SUI
ficient indication of the exclusive
power the Americans mean 10 eN-
ercise on the isthmus. The car
dinal point of the whole matter
is does the government mean TO enforce
the Bulwer-C Clayton treaty? If so. viii
she enioin the United States guarantee
of the capitai2 II not. what steps have
been taken 10 secure the neutrality OF Tie
canal and the equality of rights ard op-
portunities of English subjects. II Is not
inconceivable that events may so shape
themselves in the near future that the
United States will be master of Centr III
America. but. before we consent. IN ahro-
cation of the Bulwer-Clayton treaty must
be made by ourselves"