The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-29
1HE NICARAGUA CANAL
i, Crisis In Relation to the En-
terprise.
cry GREAT BRITAIN OPPOSES IT.

,r.mperance People-ih"s'"
Sew York and It's Cost-Weli-
mans Gossip
,verox Jan 90 Especial. -
,he important foreign matters
~ President Mckinley VIII prooaoiy
wnV" o,tend 10 is the negotiation OF
nav oatv between this country and Mica
.sgua and Costa RIGA with view 20 'ne
ss,rncton of the Nicaragua canal ihere
' .,red IN Washington few weeks ago
arr Rodriguez, representing the new
Mia nGreater Republic of Contra!
10 - composed OF Nicaragua, Hon
and Salvador He was recognized
VI, rresident and has already distin'
w "a himself in the field of diplomacy
~ sent letter TO the state department
Da ,hrouch Secretary Olney to the senate
' .s ,he country. in which he hit the Mica
10 canal schemeas it is now pending In
'srross n very hard blow. He pointed out
.De .he concession of the present canal
..~ronv had virtually lapscd through fall
ure 10 comply with the requirements OF the
saU,ract made with the government OF Nc
aragua u,a
The country is therefore brought 10
..,s,o IN its relations to the Nicaragua ca
nal enterprise The people OF Nicaragua
ars anparently dissatisfied with the present
oomnany. They have waited u long time
Cor fuIalment of the promises and oolga-
lions of that company and for the canal
,rSich was 10 be built so quickly, and their
ratience Is exhausted. They now propose
10 stand upon their rights. They are tired
~ dealing with the ineffective company
and thew want TO treat directly with the
limited States government. They want the
Soral constructed, above all things, and
thew think it can be done only by the
limited States directly, without the inter
vention of company. In this their opin-
ion comedies with that of many prominent
public men in this country.
There can be no doubt that popular SEN
tlment in the United States Is In favor oil
construction of the Nicaragua canal But
there Is a widespread feeling that the gov
ornment should build the canal directly
through its own officers and not through
comnany. The people do not want another
Pacific railway job on their hands. They
want no more Credit Mobilier scandals.
While the present company appears to be
composed of honorable men, there are
many senator's and representatives who
think the principle bad one. They object
10 lending the credit of the United States
to what is primarily private enterprise
If the thing is worth doing at all, they
say, it is worth doing directly by the ma
ton. For these reasons the probabilities
are that an effort will be made under the
Mckinley administration to secure treatie:
with Nicaragua and Costa RIGA, through
which the United States can go ahead ano
build the canal Senator Morgan and 9th
ers think the general arbitration treat.
with Great Britain may prejudice our In
terests in the canal, but state department
officials tell me there Is no danger of this.
Great Britain's Position.
Great Britain is not much in favor o
thecanal The reason IL obvious. 1t woult
add more to the commercial activity of tn
United States in the western hemispher
and increase the naval advantages of thi
country. While the canal would have &
be perfectly neutral, though we were &
build 1t with our own money, we coul
never hope to gain the consent of the ma
tons to placing Notifications upon it. Will
We should not have the right TO do as w
liked with our own and charge higher rate
Of tolls TO the ships Of foreign countrie
Than were paid by our own vessels, Grea
Britain fears the commercial effects of tn
opening up of this great highway. TIL
ruth about it appears to be. the BIRTHS
are Indifferent. The officials of our stat
department deny that Great Britain
Nheming to gain any advantage in Nicf
ragua through the arbitration treaty or otf
erwise.
Cablegrams from London tell us that I'll
mouse OF commons Ia having great des
Vi excitement over the discovery that liz
uor Is sold in Westminster 1t is contrar
Wmw, and there is great ado about
among the temperance people. But as I'll
memDers OF the house of commons do n,
propose TO give up their toddy, there is Il
way out OF 1t save to license the bars
when they get their drinks. 1t is awl
warn 70 call public attention to the pre-
.nce Oh drinking saloons in the Hobbies
sie houses OF parliament, but any one WI
nnowst the bibulous habits of English pu
Nv men may easily imagine they are N
eong 10 reform themselves with any su
prisng suddenness.
from the Sublime to the Ridiculous.
=, hev. Wilbur F. Crafts, who has promot.
,eenorts recently made to suppress drin
lug ns 10 the house Of representatives he
auu IN the senate, tells me the temperan
svple are making a concerted effort
s s.O the rum traffic in every national al
~ ".e legislature In the world. They ha
Gar lar succeeded In New Zealand and
fo, sSua' They are making a desperate
a. v IT. London and in Washington, as we
St.ta ~ many state capitals In the Unit
SonSs AS wrote you some time ago, 4
forh Se oi representatives here passed b
,ar, uu'ng the sale of liquor in the resta
has ~ underneath the house, but the sena
law agree before the bill can become
ber. ., a. was rather cowardly In the mel
w vers OF the house to do this unless Oh
the ,s sa "a earnest, for they must have know
rass senate would not agree. The senate
uor y nas a rule forbidding the sale of II
altv 70, us restaurant, but there is no pc
sss sy aor violation of the rule, and no O
ms. willing to enforce It.
tim Illustrated journalism Is the fad OF I
Are v ~. Most of the readers of this dispat
METRO, prooaoly aware of the extent to whi
to smpsnIan daily papers now use pictul
~"hutlllSh their no -. az