The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
CANAL IS A CERTAINTY
LORD PAUNcEFoTE PREPARED
 TO CLOSE UP NEW TREATY.
American Demands Met; Monroe Doc Urine Will Be Greatly Strengthen ed by Terms of the New
 Convention.
Walter wellman's Washington Special
 to Chicago Record Herald.

Walter wellmans Washington Special
 to Chicago cord-Herald.
 While after dinner enthusiasm in Ger many is leadIIg to more or les scoherent denunciation of the Monroe doctrine as applied to lower South America ,the United States is taking steps greatly to strengthen its position with reference to that famous principle. especially as ap- piled to the isthmus and the Caribbean Sea.
 |, There Is today the most satisfactory and important news from Europe. The entire British cabinet have agreed to the new Hay-Pauncefete treaty. At the time The Record-Herald exclusively announc- ed the substance of the new treaty, about three weeks ago, Lord Lansdowne, the minister for foreign affairs, had assented to it. But subsehQently. as a matter of form, the Lord Chancellor had to be consulted, and after him the Marquis of | Salisbury and the cabinet as a whole. This has been done and as every one had supposed would be the case. the assent of | the government was promptly given. | Therefore. Lord Pauncefote, who is now en voyage to this country, comes pre- pared to conclude the treaty with Secre- 1 tary Hay.
 ! The provisions of the new treaty are precisely as outlined in The Record | Herald three weeks ago. Subsequent at tempts in other papers to give the treaty slightly different aspect were based on transformation. The treaty does not in terms give the United States the right to fortify the canal, but it does give the United States full power to take such steps as it may deem proper for the pro- lection of the canal and protection of the interests of the United States in time of war Of the ratification of the new treaty there is now no doubt whatever. It will have the support of Senators of both parties almost without exception. By President Roosevelt and by Secre- tary Hay the new convention is regarded as a strengthening of the Monroe doc trine There is good ground. further, for the statement that the British cabinet | also regards 1t as pledging the support of | Great Britain to the Monroe doctrine so | far as the Isthmus of Panama Is con- cerned If this shall turn out to be the indirect effort of the treay, it will, of | course. be a matter Of prime importance | because up to this time no European
 power has given assent to the Monroe 1 doctrine All European nations have | respected 1t, but none has given direct | or even tactic consent to it in any posi- | tive form.
 The old Clayton Bulwer. treaty, in ef- feet, formed a copartnership between the United States and Great Britain in the isthmian canal enterprise. The two
 governments had pledged one another | to support the principle of neutrality
 in any canal that might be constructed
 by them Now England withdraws from | the partnership and leaves the United | States free to go ahead on her own ac-
 count with full control of the situation.
 The United States is to build the canal
 and do as 1t likes with 1t. the only restric- | ton being as to preservation or the
 neutrality or nondiserin1ination principle
 in times of peace. One of the strongest
 instruments the United States has at it's | disposal in protecting the canal and the | interests and responsibilities which 1t is
 to acquire in that enterprise Is the | Monroe doctrine. If the indirect effect 1 of the new treaty be to secure British
 recognition of that doctrine, in so far as
 it applies to the isthmus as is believed
 by members of the American Govern
 ment. Secretary Hay has performed for
 his country a lasting and brilliant ser | vice.
 | There is in Washington strong belief | that American interests in preservation
 of the Monroe doctrine was never before
 so strong as at this moment. Continental
 railings against it will have no other
 effect in this country than to add to the | determination to maintain it at any cost. | In the last few years the United States
 has acquired a great special interest in
 the West Indies, and that interest is
 pretty sure to increase as time wears on, | through purchase of the Danish islands
 and perhaps still other acquisitions.
 As to the digging of the isthmian canal | there is now no doubt whatever. Probably
 at the coming session. of Congress bill
 will be passed providing for Nicaraguan
 or other canal. to be dug by the United States Government. In this enterprise the | United States will not only Invest a
 great sum of money, but 1t acquires
 great and peculiar responsibilities before
 the world. Through this channel is to
 run the great east and west line of world
 communication in the near future, Thus
 the United States acquires an interest
 in the isthmus so much superior to that
 which any other power can possibly ac-
 quire, that the United States is fully
 justified in applying the Monroe doctrine
 to all this region-to the West Indies, the | Caribbean Sea and the American isth-
 mus-with all it's power and forcefulness.
 As to the countries lying far south, in
 the mainland of South America, they are
 of much smaller importance.
 A REPUBLICAN, VIEW.