Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-12-11
asks for the latter new tarfr arrange

he believes that new laws are needed IN
puolic lands, and wants them ned, so lar
possible, 1or the home builder. He re-
ports s,eaoy progress being made in irrt-
30 ton in the est unoer the irrigation law,
ga does not believe new IeSlS.aIlOn a.oES
TINS line is neeoed now He urges tie con-
tinuatlon OF the work OF IoresI preselva-
ton, and the reservation OF the pup-ic
lanGs lying about the heaowaterS Oh the
streams.
He notes the increase In the number of
government emp-oyes unGer the civil serv-
ice ru4eS, ana pronOunceS the results ad-
VanIageOuS IC the government In con-
neCuon with the army he recommends the
procuring OF suitable maneuver groui.dJ n
clnerent sections CT the country, ana SINE
provision that Will enable the Cepartui 6nt
where such are deserved. For the navyshe
wants naVal DaSe established IN the Phit-
Ipplnes without unnecessary oetay, ana
general staff a.ong lines Similar to those
CT the army.
The Isthmian Canal.
More attention is given the isthmian
ca..ai and the Panama revolution than 20
any other SUBJECT. The iegIS4aiiOn ieaolEg
and reViewed He sees no Necessity Tor
reyerting to the Nlcaraguan route, and
pronounces present conditions ripe iCr the
Lui-o;ng CT the Panama canal. and in this
When the congress directed that we
should take the Panama route under treaty
Win Co1ompIa, the essence OF the condi-
ton, Of course, referred not to the govern
ment which controlled that route. but TO
the route itseI1; to the territory across
which the route lay. not to the name which
for the moment the territory bore on tee
map. The purpose of the Jaw. was to au-
thorize the president to make a treaty
with the power in actual control OF IRE
sthmus Panama. This purpose has
He SeVlews the relations of this govern
me-t with Colombia relative to the mat
ter of transit across the isthmus from the
time OF the signing of the treaty guaran-
isthmus TO the citizens of this country.
1916, down to the present time. For an in
he from the OF
government officials, including Secretary
Cas- and Secretary seward; ,6 says f s We are
canal; notes the reputation OF the canal
treaty by Colombia and says:
bia not merely repudiated the treaty, but
repudiated 1t in such manner as to make
it evident by the time the Colon an con-
gress ao iourned that not the scantiest hope
remained of ever getting satisfactory
treaty from them: The gov I'VE mn e OF
the Colombian congress was called to rat
fly 1T the vote against ratification was
government made any real effort to secure
ratification
The Panama Revolution.
He reviews the incidents of the Panama
United States was in accordance with the
terms OF the treaty guaranteeing peace,
not have been otherwise. He reviews at
considerable length the disturbances that
the eSr Of the h 70 pre-
the rights guaranteed its citizens by treaty
and says:
century has shown Colombia to be utterly
incalab]e of keeping order on the isttmus
States has enabled her to preserve SO much
as semblance of sovereignty; Had 1T
States Of the police power in her interest,
her connection with the isthmus would
ss ii be s IN sS 10 Ions ag In lsSs
States warships were forced to land in or
and property, and to see that the transit
across the isthmEs was kept open. In 1861.
government asked that the United States
government would land troops to protect
isthmus.'
Colombia's Latest Proposition.
knowing that revolution has alre ady
commenced in Panama Ian eminent CO.
the United States will land trooI.s to pre-
serve. Colombian sovereignty,. and the
d affaires. this government will declare
martial law; and. by virtue of vested con-
IS is disturbed. viii approve by decree the
ratification of the canal treaty as signed;
or. if the government of the United States
prefers, will cal extra session of the con-
gress-with new and friendly members
next May to approve the treaty. IAN emf
of vice president. he says. and if it be came
necessary will go to the isthmus or send
aidng above lines to the of
the people there"
This dispatch is noteworthy from two
guaranteeing the treaty to US is in sharp
contrast with the positive and contempt
closed its sessions to consider favorably
such treaty; it shows that the govern
solute control over the situation but did
rot choose to exercise this control. The
der and secure Colombian supremacy in
the iSthmuS from W hich the Colon bian gov
bar US by preventing the construction Of
Considering the canal question in all its
phases. and the inability. of Colombia to
maintain order on the isthmus, and its
reputation of the canal treaty which would
have guaranteed permanent peace there,
the president says:
Under such circumstances the govern
ment of the United States would have been
in their sum to crime against the nation.
t5 of aa tne
place in Panama. This great enterprise of
building the interoceanic canal cannot be
respect to the governmental impotence,
or to the even more sinister and evil polit
they dwell afar off, yet, against the wish
of the actual dwellers on the fsthmus, as
er an o 1yfp the
with such peculiar capacities as the 18TH
mus in question carries with 1t obligations
to mankind. The course of events has
shown that this canal cannot be built by
private enterprise, or by any other nation
than our own; therefore it must be built
by the United States
The New Canal Treaty.
He refers to the new canal treaty recent
ly made with Panama, which he sub mltS
With the message. and says of It:
by the provisions of the treaty the
United States guarantees and viii main
Panama. There is granted to the United
States in perpetuity the use, occupation
and control OF a strip zen miles wide and
extending three nautical miles into me
sea at either terminal with all lands lying
outside of the zone necessary for the con-
struction of the canal or Tor its auxiliary
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