Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-05
BUT HE SEES NO DANGER Senator Morgan on the Nicara- guan-British Complication. THE CANAL IS NOT MENACED England Will Never Be Allowed to Block the Proiect--Congress Will Draw Dead
 ine-Interestng Interview.

"There is absolutely nothing in the present trouble in Nicaragua to warrant the fear that there will be any damage done to the interests of the canal that IS projected across the isthmus."
 This was the answer given by Senator John T. Morgan, chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations of the sem ate, to the query of Star reporter this morning. The senator was at his home on AZ street, and the reporter had asked him, if the present muddle between Great Britain and Nicaragua would in any way interfere with the ultimate construction of the canal. Senator Morgan is of all men, in or out of congress, posted thor oughly on the subject of the interoceanlc canal having made most exhaustive study of every phase of the question As chairman of the committee on for eign relations he managed the bill for the issue of government bonds in aid Of the project through the successful fight of last winter, and has kept in toucn with the matter in all of its stages.
 'The Nicaragua canal" he continued, twill be, must be built. The American people are beginning to realize how much this project means to their inter- ests, their prosperity and their safety. They have now come to the point or knowing what the canal means, and of
  them They see as others have seen for decades that 1t is folly longer to con- tinue to hug the coasts, to round Cape Horn with their commerce, to practical ly bisect the country by separating the Pacific from the Atlantic coast by neg lecting to provide this natural means of communication. Without the canal the United States. so far as it's general com smerce is concerned is at the mercy of the railroads traversing the continent, and is obliged to pay the highest rates for the transmission of goods, rates that almost wholly absorb the value of the commodities themselves. The lack of canal obliges us to maintain two navieS instead of one, and thus greatly in- creases the cost of our national defense.
 Shall England Block the Canalp
 "There is no longer any argument against the value or the necessity of this canal. The question is now whether Great Britain should be allowed to block the project and prevent its final realiza- tion. In answer to that question I will say emphatically that do not think for n moment that the canal project will be endangered by the present state of things in Nicaragua or by any other com plication that may arise there. I believe that congress at it's next session will, If nothing shall be done meanwhile by the authorized powers now in authority, eff fectually and finally stop the aggressionS 
 Ter gairing a foothold at this most im- portant point on the American continent. Congress, in my opinion, will checkmate the whole game Congress is the Ameri- can people; it is backed by the sentiment of the people, and I think I know today pretty nearly what the sentiment of the American people is on the subject of for eign aggression. There are, say. 275,000 people in the city of Washington. I pre- s,ln4e 900 of those people can and do read the newspapers. They therefore IKrow all the essential phases of this pres ent case, and doub. If 5000 of those peo- nle-no, hardly 1000-do not today feel within them a burning indignation against the present situation; a strong desire to do something to drive this fn- t-uder from American shores. think +cat Washington is fair sample of other American cities in this regard.
 Iore at Stake Than the Monroe Doctrine.
 "The question now comes. why should wc resent the attitude Of Great Britain sn this case? There is a good deal of talk about the Monroe doctrine and the Clayon-Buwer treaty, but don't you