Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-05
THE PANAMA CANAL.
French Company 0ners u Good Title
to Its PFODerty.

II EGASaA company V1ACE0 u "OOU
to Its Property.
The congress has wisely provided that
We shall build at once an isthmian caEai
if possible at Panama. The attorney gen
eral reports that we can undoubtedly ac-
Canal COMPANY. Negotiations are now
pending with. Colombia to secure her assent
to our building the canal. This canal will
the twentieth century; greater engineer
ing feat than has vet been accomplished
during the history Of mankind. The work
SHOULD be carried out as continuing policy
ton: and it should be begun under circum-
stances which will make it matter of
pride for all administrations to continue
The canal will be of great benefit to Amer
lea, and Of Importance to all the world. 1t
WI be Of adyantage to y industrtaly arc
tropical Amerea t IS is ea ns eDq to be- BE-
hoped that all Of these countries will DO as
nal success, and will invite to their shores
commerce and improve their material con-
dltions by recognizing, that stability arc
development. No Independent nation in
America need have the slightest fear of
aggression from the United States. It be
it's own borders and to aischarge it's just
obligations to foreigners. When this, is
cone, they can rest assured that, be they
from outside interference. More ana n more es
the Increasing interdependence and com
plexity Of International political and eco
civilized 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,
granted by the president to a corpora
ton to lay cable from point on the
California coast to the Philippine islands
BY way OF Hawaii Hawaii A statement Of con-
poration would undertake to lay and
operate a cable was volunteered
1nasmuch as the congress was shortly
had been the subject of consideration by
the congress for several years, it seemed
to me wise to defer action upon the ap-
opportunity to act. The congress ad-
journed without taking any action. leav-
ing the matter in exactly the same con
gress convened.
mercial Pacific Gable Company had
promptly ,2in proceeded with preparations for
ton to the president for access to and
use of .soundings taken by the U. S. s.
Nero for the purpose of discovering a
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 it's own
account. Pending 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
the cable company. certain conditions
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
by the congress. This was deemed prop
er, especially as it was clear that cable
connection of some kind with China, a
foreign country. was part of the COM
panys plan. This course was, moreover
in accordance with a line Of precedents,
including President Grants action in the
case of the first French cable explained
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 coInpan nv
should construct a line from the Philip
present, as is we'll known. British line
from Manila to Hong-Kong
The representatives of the cable COM
pany kept these conditions long under
consideration continuing, in the mean
time, to prepare for laying the cable
They have, however. at length acceded
to them, and an all-American line be-
tween our Pacific coast and the Chinese
empire. by way of Honolulu and the
and is expected within a few months to
be ready for business