The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-12-06

ationaftffbutalS which sits atcThect4aKus
lst an event OF good omen from which
great onseQuences for the welfare OF all
mankind may flow. It Is farNsttcr, where
81 S". !. si;ss s;,,nsss s sbs 4 81 s15is4'stsslss
A.. - .lncerssS conlgratulation
Mexico should have been the sfEst to. use
the good Offices of The Hague court. This
was done last summer with most salts
i issa : Ret results gsaa IN the case, Of a claim e
It is earnestly to be hoped that this first
case viii serve as q precedent for others.
IN which not only the United States but
foreign nations may take advantage Of
Hague.
y commend to the favorable considera-
claims. which were the subject Of careful
Investigation during the last session.
Eanama Canal anu Pactfc Gable.
We shall build at once an isthmian canal,
II possible at Panama. The attorney gem
eral reports that we can undoubtedly ac-
Sans, good t1sls from Se The s5sash a rsna aa%
pending with Colombia to secure her as
sent to u building the canal. This canal
VIII be Of the greatest ensineering
enginserinF feat thar has yet been ac-
kind: The work should be carried out e
change Of administrations; and 1t should
be begun under circumstances which will
make 1t q matter Of pride for all admin
The canal viii be Of great benefit to
world. It will be, Of advantage to us
military position. It viii II be 81 advantage
to the countries of tropical America. 1t
is earnestly to be hoped that ali Of these
already done with Signal success &C. and viii
invite to their shores commerce n i'm
prove their material conditions by recog-
n nrsnss,; thas stability aa aicss. and order Gsys, are the
No independent nation in America need
ave II the ghts fear Of aggression sion
ders n to discharge its just OBLIGATIONS
can rest assured that. be they strong or
outside interference. More and more the
~interdependence and complex
ty, Of international political and economic
ilized and orderly powers to insist on the
proper policing of the world.
During the fall Of 1901 communication
asking ask aa's Whethe - PEI Permission aIsdesa'S would be-
to lay a cable ! from q 8 point on the e., Cali Y,
1 Wag' 81 e MaWa IT, 4 lne sta naalleptn Of i eonditio ns
or terms upon which such corporation
would undertake today n operate a Ca
BILE WAS volunteered
1nasmuch as the congress was shortly
to convene, and Pacific-cable legislation
had been the subject of consideration by
the congress for several years., 1t seemed
cation until the congress had first an OPP.
portunity to act. h congress adjourned
without taking any action, leaving h
matter in exactly the same condition In
uyhi0h ~ of0n1 uhon tho RnnOrQGu 0nn-
vened.
Meanwhile it appears that the CONNER
cial Pacific Gable company had promptly
cable. It also made application to h
for access to and use of sound
ings taken by the United States steamer
Nero, for the purpose Of dige9 3 a
the company urging that with access to
these soundings It could complete its cable
much sooner than IL It were required to
Pending consideration Of this subject. 1t
appeared important and desirable to at
tach certain conditions to the permission
t. tSo Examine pl ana use the s%ounaings. If it
In consequence Of this solicitation Of the
cable company. certain conditions were
formulated. upon which the president. was
and to consent to the landing and laying
Of the cable. subject to any allegations
Or additions thereto imposed by h &C n
eTess: q. This y ga we e1ea Ssfs pat & Paper csS9e coe egpe-
ton of some kind with China. a foreign
country; was q part sof the comppany's
plan. This course was. moreover. in ac-
President Grants action In the
case Of the first French cable, explained
to the In his annual message
in 1870 Of the second French ca
BILE from Brest to st. Pierre. with q
branch at Cape Cod. ".
These conditions prescribed. among 9th:
n that the company should
a line from the Philippine ISL
ands to China. there being at present. as
is we'll known. a British line from Manila
The Representatives Of the cable COM
kept these conditions long under
consideration. continuing. in the mean
They have. however. at length acceded to
them. n an all-American line between
our Pacific coast and the Chinese empire.
is thus provided for. n Is expect
within a few months to be reads for
the power Of the congress- to modify or
repeal n or all Of them. A copy OF the
conditions is herewith transmitted.
OF Porto Rico 1t Is only necessary to
the wisdom with which 1t has been
governed have been such as to make 1t
serve as an example. Of all that IL best in
insular administration. - a.
eac n ~taappiness I'm Philippines.
On July 4 last. on the one hundred and
anniversary Of the rdeclara-
ton OF Independence. peace and amnesty
Some trouble. has since from time
to time threatened with the Aoham-
lnedan Moros. but with the late insurrec-
Ftiipinos the war has entirely
Civil government has now been intro