Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-17
THE TREATY RATIFIED

The Senate has ratified the new canal
treaty. One Of the great obstacles 70
an Itshml0n water way Is thereby re-
moved. 1t remains to find ways and
means for the construction Of the long
lalked-of canal
Tho new treaty provides that It shall
supeisede the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
without importing the general princi-
lie Of naturalization" established \, In
thai convention. It gives the United
Suites the right to build the canal, and
the exclusive right OF It's regulation
and management II provides that the
canal shall be free and open to the
vessels Of commerce and Of war; Of all
nations observing the rules governing
the naturalization of the Sues canal
'Therc shall be no discrimination i
says in charges Of traffic The canal
shall never he blockaded, nor shall any
right Of war be exercised, nor any act
Of hostility be committed within It, The
United States, however, shall be at
liberty to maintain such military po-
llce along the canal as may be neces-
sary to protect II against lawlessness
and disorder 1T also provides that
mo change Of territorial sovereignty
or Of international relations Of the
countries trayersed by the canal shall
affect the general principle Of neutrali-
~,
The overwhelming vote by which the
treaty was ratified In the Senate, shows
sufficiently the sentiment In this coun-
try In favor Of the proposed enterprise,
An important objection to the treaty as
adopted, is raised by the New York
Sun, which points out that II Nicaragua
and Costa Rlca some time in distant
future, should become integral parts OF
the United States, this country would
still be under obligation to maintain
the canal, through It's own territory. for
the benefit Of the commerce and war
plans OF other nations-an anomalous
condition without precedent But evil
IDENTIFY the Senate did not consider this
possibility q serious objection to the
ratification. II was overwhelmingly
in favor Of the substitute for the old
Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
In Great Britain the new agreement
does not seem to be regarded with par
tcular favor The London Times
thinks 1t Is satisfactory and not likely
to be objected to- but the Chronicle
gives vent TO It's dissatisfaction in this
strain;
Ut may be objected that, IL we had
held out for q qud pro quo In the me-
gotiations we should have been acting
the part OF the dog In the manger
But apart from the fact that We made
certain sacrifices In 1850 to obtain the
concessions Of the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, which we now sign away with
out the smallest equivalent, we cannot
help thinking that II is rather a cheap
diplomacy which comes to an agree
ment by 'surrendering every disputed
point without any compensation. Lord
Lansdowne can not be made subject to
the reproach that Canning brought
against the Dutch. He does not give
too little, but all that is asked. He
does not ask too much, but Is content
with nothing, Without being deferred
by the dog~in-the-manger theory, we
are prepared to maintain that the chief
principle Of business Is to gain m
equivalent for what one does not want
oneself, but some one else does That
business cabinet signed for by Lord
ROsebery sesms more than ever need
ed"
With some the IDEAL Of canal treaty
would have been one, merely abolishlng
the Clayton-Bulwer convention, with.
out imposing any conditions whatever
upon this country, with regard TO the
proposed canal. But as the ideal evident
ly was unattainable, the next best was
accepted. The Nicaragua canal, It is
estimated, can be built in six years at
cost Of siSs,S6i,oe2. The Panama
canal would cost more and take longer
time. To select the proper route and
provide the needed capital will now
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