Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-12-10

extraordinary request Is ina which hal
Just been received and which runs as fol
lows:
Coronbfa,s Latest Proposition.
Knowing that revolution has already
commenced IN Pansma ian eminent Co.
lombianl says hat II the government n
the United States will land troops 70 pre-
transit. II requested by Colombian charge
d'affaires, this government Will declare
martial law; and, by virtue OF vested con
stitptlonal authority, when public order
ratification OF the canal treaty as signed
or, n the government o. the United States
prefers, Will call extra session of the con-
gress-with new and friendly Members
next May 70 approve the treaty. IAN emil
nent colombisnl has the perfect confidence
Of vice president, he says. and n II became
necessary Will 70 to the isthmus or send
representative there TO adjust matters
along above lines TO the satisfaction Of
Thfs dispatch is noteworthy from tws
s~tandpoints. Its offer OF Immediately
guaranteeing the treaty TO US Is IN sharp
noss refusal OF the congress which has Just
closed It's sessions TO consider fayorably
such q treaty; u shows that the govefn-
ment which made the treaty really had alb
solnte control over the situation, but did
not choose 10 exercise this control The
dispatch further calls on US to restore or
der and secure Colombian supremacy in
the isthmus from which the Colombian gov
eminent has just by its action decided 10
bar US By preventing thec construction Of
the canal
Important to Us.
The control, in the interest OF the COM
merce and traffic Of the whole civilized
world, Of the means Of undisturbed
transit across the isthmns % Panama
has become Of transcendent Importance
10 ina Ifaff0A 2fafaa NNa haVa rapaataA-
" exercised this control by Intervening
In the course OF domestic dissension. and
by protecting the territory from foreign
invasion. In 1858 Mr.. Everett assured the
Peruvian minister that we should not
hesitate to maintain the neutrality OF the
isthmus I'm the case OF war between Peru
and Colombia In 1864 Colombia. which
has always been %vigilant TO avail itself
Of its privileges conferred by the treaty.
expressed It's expectation that In the
event OF war between Peru and Spain
the United States would carry Into eff
feet the guaranty OF neutrality. There
have been few administrations Of the
state department in which his treaty
has not, either by the one SIC or the
other. been used as a basis of more or
less important demands. II was said by
Mr.. Fish in 1871 that the department of
state had reason to believe hat an at
tack upon Colombian sovereignty on the
isthmus had. on several occasions, been
averted by warning from this govern
IN 1900, W0cl 1OiomDid WAS bn1ef
the menace of nostilities from Italy in
the Cerruti case. Mr.. Bayard expressed
the serious concern hat the United
States could not but feel, that a Euro
pean power should resort to force against
a sister republic Of this hemisphere, as
to the sovereign and uninterrupted use Of
a part of whose territory we are guar
antors under the solemn faith of a treaty.
The above recital of fac establishes
beyond question: First. that the United
States has for over half n century ma
tientiy n In good faith carried out its
obligations under the treaty OF 1876: Sec
0nd. that when for the first time II be-
possible for Colombia to do any
thing in reQuital Of the services thus re-
peatedly rendered to IL for 81 years by
the United States. the Colombian gov
eminent peremptoyily and extensively re-
fused thus to do its part, even though
DO SO would have been to its advan-
tage and UNNECESSARILY to the advantage
OF the state of Panama. at that time I'M
der its Jurisdiction: third, that through
this period revolutions. riots, and
disturbances OF every kind have
occurred one after the other in almost
uninterrupted succession. some OF them
lasting for months and even for years,
while the central government was unable
the rebels: fourth. that these disturb
ances instead Of showing any sign OF
abating have tended TO grow more
numerous and more serious in the imme-
date past; nth, thar he control OF
over the lsthmus of Panama
could not be maintained without the
armed Intervention and assistance OF the
United States. In other words, the gov
ernment OF Colombia. though wholly un-
able to maintain order on the isthmus.
has nevertheless declined to ratify a
treaty the conclusion Of which opened
the only chance to secure Its own stahil-
lily and TO guarantee permanent peace
On. ana me construction OF a canal
Ih1 III
Under such circumstances the govern |
ment OF the United States would have been
guilty OF folly and weakness, amounting
~ thelr sun 10 a crime against the nation,
mad II acted otherwise than II did when
he revolution Of November 3 last took
In Panama This great enterprise OF
building the interoeeanic canal cannot be
leld up 70 crafty the whlms, or out Of
respect TO the governmental Impotence,
~ 10 the even more sinister and evil polit.
peeuliarities, OF people who, though
hey dwell afar on, yet. against the wish
me actual dwellers on the istrmus. as
'ert an unreal supremacy over the terri
CRY. The possession OF a territory fraught
Win such peculiar capacities as the 18th
nus In question carries with It obligations |
that this canal cannot be built by |
lriyate enterprise, or by any other nation |
nan own; therefore IL must be built
" the United States.
Provisions of Panama Treaty.
Every effort has been made by the gov
irnment Of the United States to persuade |
Colombia TO follow q course witch was
'sssnt'aIiy not only to our interests and
-erests Of Colombia itself. These efforts |
ia7e failed; and Colombia, by her persist |
nee In REFUSING the advances that have
zen made has forced US, for the a k Of
veil being. not merely Of our own people,
'ut OF the people OF the isthmus of Pan
and the people OF the civilized eour-
ries of the world, 10 take decisive steps
o bring 10 an end a condition Of affalrs
Fhlch had become intolerable, The new
of Panama Immediately offered TO
a treaty with US. This treaty /
submit. BY 1t our Interests are /
letter s~afeguarded thar in the treaty with
colombia which was ratified by the SEN
tie at its last session. 1t is better in It's
erms than the treaties offered to US by the
of Nicaragua and Costa Rica
last the right to begin his great UNDER
aking is made available. Panama has
one her part. All hat remains is for the
congress to do It's part and forth
Mn TINS republic VIII enter upon the exc
I well-nigh incaleulahle possibilities for /
goon q this country and the nations
BY the provisions OF the treaty the United
guarantees and Will mainfain ma
Of the republic OF Panama.
here - granted 10 the United States in
erpetuity the use, occupation and control
I q strip ten miles wide and extending
nautical miles into the sea at either
criminal, with all lands lying outside OF |
zone necessary for the Construction Of
canal or for It's auxiliary works and
nth the islands In the bay OF Panama
he cities Of Panama and Colon are not
In the canal zone, but the United
tates assumes their sanitation and IN
ase OF need, the maintenance Of order
herein; the United States enjoys within
he granted limits all the rights, power and {
which Il would possess were il ,
soVeTe,sn Of the territory TO the ex-
y the republic. All railway and canal !
rights belonging to Panama and {
tor the canal pass 10 the United I
tate5, Including any property Of he ~. !
companies In the cities Of PAN 4
ma and Colon; the works, property and
or the canal and ~ra1gavs are
xemped from taxation as well in ~ cit-
q OF Panama and Colon as IN the canal /
lne and It's dependencies. Free immtgra .
on OF the personnel and importati9n of
for the construction and operafton a
ne cana are granted Provision IL made :
" the use OF military force and the buiId. c
X Of Notifications by the United stafss :,
" the protection Of the transit In ofhe, Z
etalS, particularly as to the acuuIsftIon
the interests Of the New Panama Canal
'mpany and the Panama railway bv the :,
tte property for the uses on ire eaps q
e stpuiations Of the Hay-Herran freatv v
re closely followed, while the Commence o
on 70 b. given for these enlarged grants Z
mains the same, being SO. 900. 90 psyabe .
shshahse OF ratiheations: and, begin
ns nine years from that date, an annual
invention. H
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In
J" mite House, December Z fQa =