The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-19

considerable value. or have been obtain
ed for specu' ativo purposes. However this
may be- io should be the purpose of the
government to deal directly with tho gov
ornments OF Nicaragua and Costa Rica
] Those governments can adjust am opes-
{ ons growing out OF these concess ons
much more easily than the United ates.
| II IS not believed that any one OF these
real or alleged concessions have any
| rights or interests that they can convey
to the United states. And II Is not deemed
" ~ to have any join interest or inter-
ests OF o-partnership or any interest
growing out OF corporate relations with
any Of these persons. II Sc our opinion
that the people Of the United States want
a government canal. one tha; vii be com
pletely under the control Of the Tn ted
States"
After alludlng 20 the possible nternat-
ional objections TO the building and con-
troll Of the canal by this nation a'one. ow-
ing TO the advantages that would acrue
to the United states navy, the report
says;
we want TO increase our power upon
'N' NihAA Nt.i"f 'fhA tNN.fif Nlf i'fiN uIr
on hav ng their fun share of the com
merce OF the world Tn s. canal is an ad
in that direction. It. IS true that it win
disturb the conditions OF equal ~ that
now exist but every effort that the sue
cessful merchant makes Is an EFFORT TO
d sturb his equality and to secure adj
vantoEes for h mseit Steamships instead
Of sail vessels, the huge vessel OF today
instead Of the smaller one of nrty years
ago improvements Ia machinery. all Of
these are efforts to disturb the equarty
Of conditions that exist between mer-
chants our government would have pre-
cisely the same right to take oferse at
the use of the suez canal by British mer
chants as would the English government
az our using the Nicaragua canal.
"At an events we want our share Of the
worlds commerce and to secure il we
must have on Of the utilities that are
possible. Nor can we expect 20 get our
share without fierce struggles There Is
now the most intense valry for this
commerce on the part Of commercial
nations. And our rivals viii use all politi-
cal, commerc al Influences and diplomacy
to drive us out Of the field
There are persons who say that we
are bound by treaty stipulatlous with the
government OF Great Britain to regain
from carrying out this great enterpr se.
Tn 3 statement we DO not believe. We rec
ognize the tact that nifty years ago the
United state sand Great Britain entered
into an alliance 20 secure the building OF
the n caraguan canal Any person who
dispassionatcly studies carefully that
treaty must come 10 the concus on that
the primary stipulatlons in the Clayton
Bulwer convent on looked 10 mmed ate
build ng Of canal under the Influences
that might be exercised by the two gov
ernments, rather than to a prob btion Of
either to bud IT.
After quoting the treaty the report
goes on:
NO one can read that article " thout
concluding that the Nicaraguan cana
contemplated ,gas an undertaking easily
&C. be completed through the kirby ad
Of the two governments Great Britain
has allowed ffty years TO oapse with
out any movement on her part 10 carry
been a dead letter from the day Tho
treaty was signed 10 the pre-snt mo-
ment. And the provisions Of the FIRST ar-
ticlc were agreed go necessarily In con.
ncction with the seventh that neither
government shall have exclusive control
over sad ship canal. being the ship canll
that was provided for In the seventh ar
tcle. and which the two nations were tc
use their friendly offices In Immediately
securing. But suppose IN Is not true ana
that we are bound AS was Great Britain
bound, not to secure the Nicaragua canal
/ This Nicaragua canal can properly De
described ia other words by calling u
the short route 20 the east" And then
partly paraphrasing the sentence. Great
/ Brlta and the United States bounl
/ themselves not 10 secure as against the
other short route 20 the east. Tn 1870
the Nicaragua route was the only 'shj Il
route 10 the east that any man had In
| his thoughts and the spirit ot the agree
ment was that Great Britain would not
secure The short route 10 the east without
/ the consent and cooperation Of the United
States But in violation of the *nirlt Of
/ the contract Great Britain has through
/ her control over the suez canal secured
/ for herself "a short route Go the cast one
+ that is on her territory as completely for
an practical purposes as though 10 was
ON the sol NJ Ireland. one that is COM
pletely under the control OF her gums at
/ Gibraltar and the islands 600 the Med
/ tcrrauean and the Red sea and get we
4ra told thaf untvr' fhatand' ne thr failure