Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-12-04
THE PANAMA CANAL.
French Company Offers a Good Title
to It's PrODerty.

The congress has wisely provided that
we shall build at once an isthmian canal
If possible at Panama. The attorney gen
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 feats Of
the twentieth century; a greater engineer
ing feat than has vet been accomplished
during the history Of mankind The work
should be carried out as a 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 administrations to continue
the policy.
The canal will be of great benefit to Amer
will be of advantage to US industrially and
also as improving our military position It
will be Of advantage to the countries Of
hoped that all of these countries will DO as
some of them have already done with sig
nal success, and will invite to their shores
commerce cor and improve their material con-
ditions 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-
nc moves each one to maintain order within
ITS eWn borders and to Discharge its Just
done, they can rest assured that, be they
strong or weak, they have nothing to dread
from outside interference. More and more
plexity Of International political and eco
nomic relations render it incumbent on all
c el and orderly powers, to insist on
the proper policing Of the world.
The Pacific Cable.
During the fall Of 1901 communication
was addressed to the secretary of state,
asking whether permission would be
granted by the president to 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
operate a cable was volunteered
Inasmuch as the congress was shortly
to convene, and Pacific cable legislation
the congress for several years, it seemed
pleatlon until The e q had 6ns a9
9arnfa Mb to f sfnr Th s1g ad
Ing the matter in exactly the same con-
dition in which it stood when the con-
gress convened.
mercial Pacific Gable company had
promptly proceeded with preparations for
laying its cable. 1t also made applica-
Nero. for the purpose Of discovering a
practicable route for trans-Pacific
these uggh w1h
its cable much sooner than if it were
required to take soundings upon its own
account. tending consideration of this
subject, 1t 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
were formulated, upon which the presi-
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
er, especially as it was clear that a cable
connection Of some kind with China,
foreign country. was part of the COM
in accordance with a line of precedents
including President Grants action in the
to the congress in his annual message of
December. 1875, and the instance occur
ring in 1879 of the second French cable
from Brest to st. Pierre, with a branch
to Cape Cod.
These conditions prescribed, among
other things, maximum rate for COM
mercial messages and that the company
should construct line from the Philip
pine islands to China, there being at
present, as is well known, a British line
from Manila to Hong-Kong.
The representatives of the cable COM
pany. kept these conditions long under
time, to prepare for laying the cable
to them, and an all-American line be-
tween our Pacific coast and the Chinese
empire, by way of Honolulu and the
Philippine islands, is thus provided for
and is expected within a few months to
be ready for business.