The age-herald., 1901-01-08
MORGAN'S REPORT ON THE CANAL ROUTE
It Says Each New Development of Fact Goes to Show That the Nica-
 ragua Way Is the Best.

Washington, January 7-Senator Morgan today presented part four of the"report of the Senate committee on inter-oceanic ca nals on the project of an isthmian water way. It is chiefly interesting in being a reaffirmation of the House bill now pend- ing in the Senate providing for the con- struction of the Nicaragua canal, which furnishes the true, safe and honorable method of dealing with the rights, powers and duties of the isthmian canal"
 The report says:
 Each new development of facts, each apparent change of diplomatic situations, each lapse of concessions made to our citi- zens by Nicaragua during a half century, each suggestion overture for joint con- trol of the canal by other governments in connection with the United States each effort to lodge the ownership and control of this canal in corporate bodies instead or the United States, each obstruction that was presented, whether openly or secretly by competitive lines of transportation or by speculative enterprise, chartered by States for the purpose of preventing the United States from executing it's settled policy Of the exclusive ownership and control of canal thrdough the sthmus of Darien has the more firmly convinced your committee that the provisions of house bill 253S are the just, safe, true and honorable methods of providing this maritime highway for all the nations of the world.
 - Tt is needless that any government, cor poration or combination of individuals should attempt to divert the United States from its fixed policy as to the ownership
 a1 nd hot al ment of discussion is dropped. Neither is 1t necessary to consider any route for canal beside those of Panama and Nica- ragua, the search for any other route being demonstrated that only these routes are practicable"
 The report then treats the Nicaragua route as the one "selected finally" stating that the decisive vote in the house-2@ to 25-determines the location, "so that 1t re- mains only to vindicate that decision against the pretensions of the Panama route."
 Advantages of Nicaragua Route.
 The report then argues in detail on the advantages of the Nicaragua route over all others. It sets forth what it stated to be '.conclusive proof of the fatal defeat of the Panama route, lne cOmpHcdlioHS III the way of the United States to take up the Panama route, etc. After referring to evidence given by Panama canal officials the report says:
 These hearings and reports show the letters written by Mir. Cromwell lead to the unavoidable conclusion that the new Pan anna Canal Company is still endeavoring to defeat a canal through Costa Rica and Nicaragua as it was in 1S93.''
 MT. Morgan sets forth seven headings In the plan to secure delay" including the Compilations on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty" He says:
 "If the House bill is passed in the Sen ate and becomes law it is safe to expect that an agreement can be made with Great Britain as favorable at least to the Untted States as that contained in the Hay Pauncefote treaty because the canal, whep built will be of incalculable value to all Great Britains North and Central Ameri- can connections, and she can never realize these advantages without the consent and assistance of the United States Neither can Great Britain nor any other combina- tion of powers construct and maintain canal at Panama without our consent"