The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-10-12
no BE ALL-AMERICAN.
United States Will Control Nicara-
guam Canal.
New Treaty said TO Have Been Agreed
To ~ Great Britain - An Out
llns of Provisions of
the Pact.


as follows, under date OF October q:
..The United States and Great Britain
have reached an agreement concern
ing the isthmian canal question, and
the new treaty will be presented to
the senate for its ratification early in
the coming session. ! am now able
20 give the substance Of this treaty.
1t provides:
a. For abrogation OF the old Clayton
Bulwer treaty In toto.
''2 For a neutral isthmian canal. In case
or. be constructed by the United States,
open In time of peace 10 the SHIPS OF all
nations upon equal terms
20. This neutrality Is guaranteed by the
United States alone, and other maritime
powers are not invited to participate In
such guarantee. Great Britain Is inferen-
TALLY one Of the guarantors, because she Is
. party to this treaty.
-. IT, case Of war the United States re-
serves the right to take such steps for Its
own protection as It may deem proper"
at will be seen that the new treaty
meets the principal objections which
were offered TO the old Hay-Paunce-
fote convention and which led to it's
rejection by the senate. While the
principle of neutrality is asserted, the
United States alone guarantees that
neutrality, and no European powers
are invited to give their assent to 1T.
il was this feature more than any
other which led to the defeat OF the
former treaty. Many senator's were
willing to join with Great Britain in
. guarantee of the neutrality of the
proposed new waterway, because
England already enjoyed certain
treaty rights upon the isthmus. But
they were decidedly unwilling to in
vito other European nations to give
their assent. Those nations had no
standing in the case, and 1T was
deemed most unwise to invite them to
participate in a purely American af-
fair with which they had no direct
concern.
"By the terms of the new treaty the
United States may, in time OF war, deal
with the canal as it deems best for its
own interests. 1t may close the canal
to the ships of it's enemies, and could,
81 il were thought advisable (Which no
one believes it ever will be-, fortify
the channel or its termini. In the
DTOdu stIlst lHt "oy 10
to be 'all-American.' The United
States is to build it and to have COM
plete control Of it, unhampered by
onerous restrictions.
"The government of Great Britain
has met this question in liberal spirit.
II has assumed that it was its duty to
place no unnecessary obstacles in the
way of a work promising so much of
Importance and value to the CONNER
cial world. 1t has proceeded upon the
principle that the canal is built for
commerce, not far war, and that a
guarantee of nondiscrimination is, aft
er all, the most important desider-
alum. On this point the United States
and Great Britain were able to agree
because the United States has never
sought the right TO fix preferential
tolls in favor Of American commerce.
Not even the senators who defeated
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty contend
ed for that. They were willing the
canal should be thrown open to com
merce on equal terms, realizing that
the economic advantages must neces-
sarily accrue principally to the Unit
ed States on account of the geo.
graphic situation. The British states
men who had to deal with this prob
lem quickly perceived that any in
sistence upon an internationally guar
anteed neutrality in time of war
must surely come to nothing, as it
was concession which the people Of
the United States would never assent
TO. If England insisted upon that,
the chances were the canal would be
built without reference to her treaty
rightsin any way. BY standing out for
everything she would gain nothing
and lose all.
"Ambassad Choate will bring to
the United States draft of the new
treaty, and President Roosevelt will
soon have it in his hands. The presi-
dent will be able to discuss it in his
forthcoming message to congress. He
warmly approves of it. 1t meets al
most exactly the principles for which
he contended year ago. He never OPP
posed neutrality, providing ii did not
bind the hands OF the United States in
time of war. He never insisted upon
Notifications. He never advocated
preferential tariffs. There can be lit
tie or no doubt that the new tire atty will
be approved by the American press and
people, and that 1t will be confirmed by
the senate. During the first GO days of
the coming session all treaty obstacles
TO the passage of an isthmian canal bill
should he removed.
Great Britain has met the United
States more than half way in these ne.
gotiations without any pledge or un
derstanding whatsoever as to the Alas
kan boundary or any other dispute be
tween the two nations. The canal prob.
lem was considered and solved solely
upon its own merits.
Many Persons Hurt.
Atlapta, Ca, Oct. 1.-Two cars on the
Consolidated Street railway were In