Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-09

uer VI lie Atacaina desert to the Mot- Dot-
ian STRAITS nearly third of the 1Itasei' Ieslal
Oh tne south American continent sh
| sumed an acute stage in the cit as
of the year and afforded this COY part
occasion to express the hone a.. lihent
| sort to arbitration, already conaee.th n%e the re.
| by existing conventions between ~ niplaIed
ties, might prevail, despite the graz we par par
culties arising in its application uilt-
happy TO say that arrangements 90 am
end have been perfected, the oues+io ths
lact upon winch the respective comn,,o VI
sloners were unable to agree beina
course of reference to her Britannins IN
jesty for determination. A resid,i ma
ference, touching the northern bo,aa, ulf'
line across the Atacama desert fon fouruary
existing treaties provided no aden,o wnlch
| 1ustment, bids fair to be settIod ~ au'
manner by joint commission uno, - IKE
the United States minister at an p" wulch
Ayres has been invited to serve .. nNeloS
pire in the last resort. 20 un'
International Cable Arroor
nave found occasion to approach ..
Argentine government with a view 70 .ne
moving uliterences of rate charges ,n
poseu upon the cables of an American
corporation in the transmission hotnUoh hoah
Buenos Ayres and the cities Of rTrrun rTT~'meen
and Brazil of through messages nos1y
from and to the United States, Aitbo'nss
the matter is complicated NV oxoi'OCsh
! concessions by Uruguay and RroaH ''Ve W
| Foreign companies, there Is n stroro t
that good understanding will he reo"Sp nSpe
and that the important channels Of ueu oaN
mercial communication between th.
United States and the Atlantic citios % as
South America may be freed from On " VI
most prohibitory discrimination.
Foreign Exhibitions
Despite the brief time allotted for rro.
aratlon. the exhibits of this countrv -.
tne UNIVERSAL exposition at Brussels IN
1881 enjoyed the singular distinction of
iHrter proDoruon OF awards, having re.
gard to the number and classes of arf,oo,
entered than those of other countrias ''Tes Tss
worth Of such a result in making Know nms
our national capacity to supply the world.
markets is obvious.
The Nicaragua Canal.
The Nicaragua canal commission ,,ra.-
Rear-Admiral John G. Walker. apnointoS
July "a, 1897, under the AUTHORITY of -
provision in the sundry civil act of Jpno
of that year, has nearly completed q.
labors, and the results Of Its exhaustive
inquiry into the proper route, the feasbi.
ity and the cost of construction of an IN.
teroceanic canal by the Nicaragua route
will be laid before you. In the perform
|
all possible courtesy and assistance from
the governments of Nicaragua and Costa
' Rica, which thus testified their apprecia.
\ ton OF the Importance of giving a speedy
and practical outcome of the project that
has for so many years engrossed the at.
tention of the respective countries.
AS the scope of recent inquiry embraced
the whole subject with the aim of making
plans and surveys for canal by the most
convenient route, 1t necessarily included
a review of the results of previous sur.
veys and plans, and in particular those
adopted by the Maritime Canal Company
under its existing concessions from Mica.
ragua and Costa Rica, so that to this ex.
tent these grants necessarily held an es.
sential part in the deliberations and con.
clusions of the canal commission as they
have held and must needs hold in the dis
cussion of the matter by congress- Un-
| der these circumstances, and in view Of
overtures made to the governments Of
| Nicaragua and Costa Rica by other par
ties for a new canal concession predicated
on the assumed approaching lapse of the
contracts of the Maritime Canal Company
with those states have not hestated to
express my convictions that considerations
of expediency and international policy, as
between the several governments inter.
| ested in the construction and control Of
an interoceanic canal by this route re-
quire the maintenance of the status quo
until the canal commission shall have re-
ported and the United States congress
shall have had the opportunity to pass
finally upon the whole matter during the
present session without prejudice by rea-
son of any change in the existing condl-
tions.
Nevertheless, 1t appears that the gov
ernment of Nicaragua, as one Of its last
sovereign acts before merging its pow.
ers in those of the newly formed United
States of Central America, has granted an
optional concession to another association
to become effective on the expiration OF
the present grant. 1t does not appear
that surveys have been made or Wha
route is proposed under this CONCESSION
so that an examination Of the feaslDhiV
of its plans is necessarily not embraced
| in the report of the canal commission
All these circumstances suggest the Ut
gency of some definite action by congress
at this session If the labors of the past
are to be utilized and the linking OF tne
Atlantic and Pacific oceans by pracuca
waterway is to be realized. That ue
construction of such maritime HIGHWAY
Is now more than ever indispensable "
that intimate and ready intercommum'
cation between our eastern and weston
SeaDoards demanded by the anHeAauV
of the Hawaiian islands and the prospe
tive expansion of our influence and com,
merce to the Pacific and that our natloha
policy now more imperatlvely than eY.
calls for its control by this government
are propositions which l doubt not cou
gress will duly appreciate and wisely d"
| upon.
Trade Relations with France anu
Germany.
The commercial arrangements mass
with France on May 2S, 1898, under wv
provisions of section 3, of the tarln @'
of 1897, went into effect on June foloS,
ing. 1t has relieved a portion OF our "a
port trade from serious embarrassm,e,nn,r, ,,nr
Further negotiations are now pehulPs
under section of the same act, WIN
view to the increase of trade pet"e,I
the two countries to their mutual az
vantage. Negotiations with other goVe.1,
| mentS in mart intarr1lOted n by the Np'