Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-12-11
THE PANAMA CANAL.
French Company Offers n Good Title
to Its PrOperty.

The congress has wisely provided that
we shall build at once an isthmian canal,
If possible at Panama. The attorney gen
eral reports that We can undoubtedly ac-
quire good title from the French Panama
Canal company. Negotiations are now
pending with Colombia to secure her assent
to our building the canal This canal Will
be one of the greatest engineering ieats of
the twentieth century; a greater engineer
ing feat than has yet been accomplished
during the history of mankind. The work
should be carried out as continuing policy
without regard to change of administra-
ton; and It should be begun under cirCum-
stances which will make it matter of
pride for all administr strations to continue
The canal will be of great benefit to Amer
lea, and OF Importance to all the world 1t
will be OF advantage to us industrialIy and
also as improving our military position. 1t
will be OF advantage to the countries OF
tropical America. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that all of these countries Will 60 a 5
some of them have already done with sig
nal success. and will invite to their shores
commerce and improve their material con-
d!tions by recognizing that stability and
order are the prerequisites OF successful
development No Independent nation in
America need have the slightest fear of
aggression from the United States. 1t be
hooves each one to maintain order within
its own borders and to discharge its just
obligations to foreigners. When this is
done, they can rest assured that be they
strong or weak, they have nothing to dread
from OutSlCe Interference. More and more
the Increasing intcrdependence and com
pLe%ity of international political and eco
nomic relations render 1t incumbent on all
civilized and orderly powers to insist on
the proper policing of the world.
The Pacific Gable.
During the fall of 1901 a communication
was addressed to the secretary of state
asking whether permission would be
granted by the president to a corpora
ton to lay cable from a point on the
California coast to the Philippine islands
by way of Hawaii. a statement of con-
ditions or terms upon which such cor
poration would undertake to lay and
operate a cable was volunteered
Inasmuch as the congress was shortly
to convene, and Pacific cable legislation
had been the subject of consideration by
the congress for several years, it seemed
to me wise to defer action upon the APP
plication until the congress had first an
opportunity to act The congress ad-
journed without taking any action. leav-
ing the matter in exactly the same con-
dition in which it stood when the con-
grcSS convened.
Meanwhile it appears that the Com
mercial Pacific Gable company had
promptly proceeded with preparation for
laying its cable 1t also made applca-
tion to the president for access to and
use of soundings taken by the T.. S. 9.
Nero, for the purpose of discovering a
practicable route for a SPaCifiC
cable, the company urging that with ,ac-
cess to these soundings it could complete
its cable much sooner than If it were
required to take sOundingS upon its own
account. Pending consideration of this
subject it appeared important and de-
sirable to attach certain conditions to
the permission to examine and use the
SoundingS If it should be granted.
In consequence of this solicitation of
the cable company, certain conditions
were formulated, upon which the pres-
dent was willing to allow access to these
SOundingS and to consent to the landing
and laying of the cable, subject to any
alterations or additions thereto imposed
by the congress. This was deemed prop-
eonneT t don Or : sune y nrd with China,