Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-04
CONGRESS TO-DAY.
Bill Against Anarchists Presen-
 ted By Senator Boroughs.
ANARCHISTS CANNOT LAND.

Bill Calls for Committee of Twelve 10
 Make Investigations When Neccs-
 sary-President Sent Hay-Paunce- rote Treaty to the Senate-Isthmiaa
 Canal Commissions Report Also
 Presented.
 Washington. Dec 4.-The senate was the only branch in session to-day and only formal business was transacteu-
 The president sent to the senate inc Hay-PauncefoIe treaty for the canal and number of recent appointments.
 Senator Burroughs introduced bill IO provide for the exclusion of ana the deportation of alien anarchists. Section l is as follows: No alien anarchist shall hereafter be allowed to land III the United States or be admitted into the States. Section . directs that q special board of inquiry be authorized To make diligent investigation concern ing the antecedents of aliens seeking admission or suspected of being am archistS. Provision is made for the dp- poinJmenI of twelve agents to alaiie investigation in forcing countries con- corning intended emigrants.
 The report of the isthmian canal commission was sent to congress to- day. The commission, as anticipated several weeks ago, fayors the Near agua route and makes an estimate of S1S9, ,S64. .062 as the total cost of con Struetion Of the canal through Near agua The estimated cost of the Pana- ma route is S144 2::;::s;; .::33:S, but, the re port says, il would cost S109. Al 900 to obtain the Panama concession. The commission value the work done at S40,OG0,000. The report says the Pana- ma route is feasible as q sea level canal, while the Nicaragua route must be by locks, but Lake Nicaragua Will furnish an ineXhaustible supply Of water for the canal. The Nicaragua route has no natural harbors at either end. but satisfactory harbors may be constructed Harbors already exist af each end Of the Panama route, but con- siderable work must be done at the en- trance of the harbor on the Atlantic side. With adequate force and ;liant fhe commission estimate that the Near agua canal can be completed in six years, exclusive of two years for. preparation. Ten years isestimated to complete the Panama canal. The tGtai length of the Nicaragua route is 183.jG miles and the Panama route 49.G9 miles.
 
 maintaining the Nicaragua canal an- nUally is S1.3j0,000 greater than that Of the Panama canal. The estimated time for deep draught vessel to pass through the Panama canal is twelve. hours and through the Nicaragua canal thirty three hours. The Nicaragua route, the report says, Is more adyan-9 tageous for commerce save that orig. mating on the west coast of South America. For the gulf ports the ad- vantage is two days. and for most O. the ports on the Atlantic and Pacin one day. The Nicaragua route is said 10 be better for sailing vessels on ac- count of favoring winds. HygiUnic conditions also favor Nicaragua. The commission says the United .ytates should acquire control of q strip of territory ten miles wide from sea to sea through which to build the canal. Tke consent of Nicaragua and Costa Rica must be obtained to construct rhe canal, but the report says this iaai1 easily be secured. The concessions granted by the Colombian government to the Panama Canal Co have many years to run and new concession can- not be granted the United States.
 The report concludes as follows:
 After considering all the facts de- veloped by the investigations made by the commission, the actual situation as il now stands, and having in view tie terms offered by the new Panama Canal Co. this commission is of the oDinion that the most practicable and feasible route for an iSthmian canal, to be under the control. management and ownership of the United States, is that known as the Nicaragua route.''
 { yelt's message to congress holds the first place in the afternoon newspa- pers here to-day. The comment on it, however. differs little from that of the morning papers Strong, general ap- proval Of the pronounement, which, ss the St James Gazette says. strikes notes of conscious strength and assur- ed success" is the prevailing tone of the editorials.
 ..The spirited declaration for Mon- roeism will cause a hutter in Flu rope.' says the Westminster Gazette. which continues:
 If the kaiser is really of the opin- ion. as alleged, that the American peril is the question of the future for r.urope. he will find confirmation in the message He will envy Secretary Cages surplus of fifteen million hounds available for building iron
 
 ican doctrine backed by the American surplus means that many European ambitions in South America are fore doomed 10 failure. We do not doubt that it Is the policy of this country if called upon to make a choice. to stand by the United States in defense of tine doctrine. We are also an American power and 1t was we who first sug- gested the idea.''
 After noting that South America, the only outlet for the surplus popula- ton of Europe, is largely in the pos session of the corrupt Spanish over whom the United States throws it's aegis without guaranteeing good gov ernment, the Westminster Gazette con- cludes:
 ssIt Is not easy to affirm this in the interests of mankind, and when the United States, after warning Europe not to enter Americas proceeds itself to step out from the American conti- nent, even theoretical defense is diff ficult- The situation has the germs of an immense controversy in the fu- ture."
 Vienna. Dec 4.-Discussing President .Rooseyelts message to congress, the