The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04

Warner Miller Exposes . Plan to
influence Liquidation.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Ex- Senator War
ner Miller. Who was at The head of the Mica
ragua Canal Company. in a public state
ment today. touching the facs that represen-
tatives of the Panama Canal Company are
reported 10 have gone TO Washington. sup
posediy 10 oppose the build ng Of the Mica
ragua canal. said he looked upon il as Ian
astounding piece Of effrontery on their
part" Mr.. Miller calls attention TO a mes
sage sent to congress by President Hayes
on March s. 1880. in which he said
The policy Of tbs country is a canal IN
der American control The United States
cannot consent 10 the surrender of this COM
troll 10 any European power. or 20 any COM
bination of European powers. Our com
msrcial interest In i is greater than al
power and prosperity as d nation. to our
means OF defense, our unity, peace AID
safety, are matters Of paramount concern
TO the people or the United States"
Mr.. Miller then says:
The American people will have no canal
under any auspices save their own, that CT
their OWE government. and II the Panama
canal Is ever TO be built il must be surren-
dered 10 the control of the United States.
1T Will be remembered that In 1887 a
congress met In Paris, called by Count de
Lesseps. to consider the question OF an
tsthmiaD canal. At that congress Count de
Lesseps gave Ii as his opinion, and it was
the judgment of the entire assembly that
only sea level canal could be constructed
at Panama, that if q canal with locks was
TO be built. the proper place to build IL was
In Nicaragua The congress decided In fa-
vor of sea level canal. and Of course
chose the Panama route
Mr.. Miller reviews the organization OF the
old Panama company and Its work in the
United States 10 block the Nicaraguaa
scheme. the failure of the old company.
and the formation OF a new Panama Canal
Company for the purpose OF keeping alive
the concessions from Colombia. alr. Miller
says:
Now when there SENS to be a great prob
ability OF the United States government
aiding the Nicaragua enterprise, the new
Panama company appears on the scene
TO procure IT prevent legislation not with
a large amount of MONEY but By the sim
ing TO fool the American people with the
proposition that Panama is the proper
place 10 build high level canal with y
lock, which De LeSsepS and the c0neTrss
in Paris declared not feasible in Panama
but feasible in Nicaragua. President Hut
In claims 10 bave solved the heretofore
unsoiVaaie problem in connection with the
Panama roti ., The Culebra pass has been
found, according to his statement perfectly
easy of execution. But a committee Of
French engineers. sent out by the. French
goNernm ut soon after the failure of the
other company, made a most volumlnous
report which / have recently examined. and
/ DO not fnd anywhere I'm il that The
committee has eyer said that the route
II feasible, They all say that If certain
possible contingencies did not happen the
canal might oe constructed for sonnet thin 2
like si.tsaeaant This may Ice whitfield
down 500 Goose
NJ. Miller then enters into an ANALYSIS
from an engineers point of view as TO the
difficulties to be overcome as 10 the con-
struciion Of the Panama canal and con-
cludes by stating that in support OF the
claims % Mfr Hgtin and his assistants we
have only ihair statements. He adds
They admif openly that they come here
20 persuade th!S government or congress
10 DO nothing IN favor Of the Nicaragua
canal fer they know very well that the
moment K Is decided by the America
people, through it's government thai he
NicararUan canal shall he bu,lt they cam
not longer procure money from the connd-
ting people of France 10 re wasted in an
impTac tlCa0is scheme"