The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-12-05
THE PANAMA CANAL.
French Company Offers a Good Title
. to Its Property.


French Company Offers a Good Title
). to Its Property.
The congress has wisely provided that
we shall build at once an isthmian canal.
II possible at Panama. The attorney gen.
euire i good good title from the French Panama
Canal company. Negotiations are now
pending with Colombia to secure her assent
% our building the canal THIS asr canal aa wiz
the twentieth century; a greater engineer.
ing feat than. has yet been accomplished
se q a pcex
without regard to change OF administra-
tion; and 1t should be begun under circum-
stances which will make II a matter of
pride for all administrations to continue
The canal will be of great benefit to Amer
sh % be Of q 70 Us @ and
also as improving our military position. It
Will be Of advantage to the countries Of
hoped that ali Of these countries viii do az
nal success. and will invite to their shores
tons Ss aS mRTGys ssr .ay
SfSef Ne naton IN
nsS make tSe Ttsd sss.
hooves each one to maintain order within
its, own borders and to discharge fits just
ons they ress sssuse Sa
strong or weak, they have nothing to dread
from outside interference. More and more
plexty Of potics aa and oS eso
nomic relations render It incumbent on all
civilized and orderly powers to insist on
the proper policing of the world.
The Pacific Gable. -.
During the fall Of 1901 communication
was addressed to the secretary of state,
asking whether permission would be
granted by the president to corpora
California oeasio S the o Phiiippins po STANDS Hn Gs
by way OF Hawaii. A statement OF con-
ditions or terms upon which such cor
poration would undertake to lay and
1nasmuch as the congress was shortly
to convene, and Pacific cable legislation
had been the subject of consideration by
the congress for several years. II seemed
to me wise to defer action upon the ap-
plication until the congress had first an
opportunity, to act. The congress 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 IT'S cable. It also made applica-
use of .soundings taken by the w. s. s.
Nero. for the purpose of discovering
practicable route for trans-Pacif1c
cess to these soundinss it could complete
Its cable much sooner than II II were
required to take soundings upon its own
subject. 1t appeared Important and de-
sirable to attach certain conditions to
the permission to examine and use the
soundings, II It should be granted.
In consequence of this solicitation OF
the cable company. certain conditions
were formulated, upon which the presl-
dent was willing to allow access to these
and laying OF the cable, subject to any
alterations or additions thereto imposed
by the congress. This was deemed prop
connection Of some kind with China. 4
pany's plan. This course was. moreover,
PresiSent GRANTS " action seeHshi n ~.
case OF the first French cable, explained
to the congress In his annual message Of
ring in 1879 Of the second French cable
to Cape Cod.
These conditions prescribed. among
mercial messages and that the company
tn should construct g line from the Philip.
prsser; pine ISLANDS to ,I ,GIhlns there being at
from Manila to Hong-Kong.
The representatives OF the cable COM
pany kept these conditions long under
continuing. In the mean-
time. to prepare for laying the cable.
they have. however. at length acceded
10 esn them and PSo,n an iiAmsrican line be-
empire. by way of Honolulu and the
Philippine islands. Is thus provided for.
and Is expected within few months to
be ready for business.
Among the conditions Is one reserving
the power OF the congress to modify or
repeal any or all of them. A copy OF the
conditions Is herewith transmitted
OF Porto Rico 1t Is only necessary to
say that the prosperity of the island and
the wisdom with which II has been gov-
erned have been such as to make Il serve
as an example Of all that Is best in in
sular administration.