The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-10
10 Be READY
N SIX YEARS
Limit for the Construction of
Panama Canal.
C0LOMBIA'S GOOD LUCK
She Gets a Cash Annuity Be-
sides Great Benefits.
C0LOMBIA'S GOOD LUCK

After nearly q half century Of contro-
versy, manipulation ard fnanciering. The
dreams Of Ferdinand de eLsseps, French
engineer and promoter. and James 6.
Blaine, American statesman and diploma
list, are 10 be realized IN completion OF
the Panama Canal through the activity
or Theodore Roosevelt De Lesseps and
Blaine sought and failed TO accomplish
b. working along different lines that
which President Roosevelt viii undoubted-
l. be credited with accomplishing. And
out OF the wreck and ruin Of the fortunes
OF De ysseps and several thousand French
men who sunk s25o. ooo 90 on the venture.
and ne hopeless failure Of Blaine, viii
rise one Of the greatest achievements II
the history Of the world. says the New
York World.
special messenger, whose identity is
unknown. sailed from New York on July
&c, with a draft OF q treaty agreed upon
b. Secretary OF state Hay and Senior
Concha. the minister from the United
States Of Columbia, which the Columbian
Congress viii be asked 10 ratify. II viii
convene IN october for the special pur-
pose OF passing on the treaty.
It is not expected that there viii be
any objection 70 the ratification Of the
material features Of this document. While
the Columbians are considering the mat
ter Attorney General Knox. representing
the United States. and Nj William Mel
son Cromwell. representing the French
stockholders Of the present Panama Co,
viii be engaged in Paris in adjusting the
legal features of the Tease Of the canal
T. the United States in perpetuity. 50 that
the American Congress convenes the
treaty cediag the great waterway TO this
country VIII be ready for consideration
and the exact terms Of the lease Of the
property definitely settled.
II Is within the view of the representa-
tives OF the United States and the Co
lombian Government possible for the in
suguration Of the work OF completing
the canal under the direct supervision
and control Of the United States 10 be-
gin within the next year.
Under the terms of the treaty nego-
fiated by the Secretary OF State Hay and
Minister Concha provision is made for
these specific acts on the part Of the
Government of the United states. the
Government OF Colombia and the Pana-
ma Canal Company
J. The payment OF S40.0ooGo0 in cash 20
the French canal company for the COM
plete surrender or al claims on the
canal. all contracts. machinery and a
railway traversing the entire course OF
the waterway between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.
? The payment OF 100000 in cash and /
an annuity of $4,000 TO the Government {
Of Colombia for the surrender absolutely !.
property on either side Of the canal for 4
its entire length and authorstively over 1
five leagues of the sea ar either entrance. /
g. The immediate expenditure Of at least /
si5.g9olo 10y the United States Govern /
ment for the installation Of the proper (
machinery and appliances for equippins /
the canal and the employment OF an +
Increased force OF American Iaborers 10 I
do the work
3 The opening up OF the empire Of
South American coal. gold. copper and /
other mineral deposits and the expan-
sion OF South African trade in all the
branches Of industry.
8 The adequate fortifcation OF the ca
nal by the United States.
& The completion Of the canal within
q period OF six years
T. The reconstruction OF a greater part
Of the work already undertaken by the
French engineers. so that the waterway
wiz be Il miles in length, have a draught
Of % feet. with a width of $50 feet at
the bottom. instead Of so foot draught
and % foot wide bottom. as provided by
the French plans.
There apparently remain but a few OBJ
stacIes and these mainly of a legal char
acter. standing in the way Of the con
summation OF the canal which De Les
sens projected. and for the control Of
which France. England and the United
States have wrangled for twenty-five
years T. Is mainly due to the efforts
OF Lawyer Cromwell that the French
stockholders Of the successive hnancier-
Ing projects 70 build the canal were in
duccd 70 sien an agreement 10 sell their
stock 20 the United States Government
but it was not until after ten years of
the most persistent EFFORT on the part
az the French promoters OF the under
taklng 20 oprwlt the American dIPio-
niatists end secure the control Of It fo,
their own Government that the French
men surrendered.
The chief obstruction came from The
e-s's--At-t-- t-N -a-AlrA-L ff--sa-r AFA--t--A-
througaout the canal tTaverses The
Colombians realised that they had a
very vaiuable asset. and il vas the be-
lief % some ~ the wise men q that
country that they would eam heir 70 the
canal through the pickering Of the four
nations most actively engaged in dis /.
puliug the right Of control and because
The right OF control ard because Of the
failure OF the French efforts Of nnascier-
ms.
Drafts Of twenty treaties. dating from ;
the days Of Blaine's remarkable efforts
81 empire opening IN South America. were
submitted 20 the Colombians. but always
rejected It was not un5a a vear ago.
when il became q certainty that The ].
United States would under no considera-
ton permit The control OF the canal 70
PASS into the hands 81 either The French. =
German or English Government that the
Colomhians awoke q the logic OF the
situation and agreed % treat. They IN G
sly authorized their Minister To make z
terms with the United States that would
realize an Immediate cash consideration n
and an annuity that would 80 toward o
defrsyfng the expenses Of their govern "