The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-10

tTeaCy WIN CoIomola tor the ouudlhC OF
the canal across the isthmUs ot Panama.
it being provided thst in the event %
failure 70 secure such treaty after the
lapse ot s reasonable time recourse
should Ne had 70 building a canal through
Nicaragua. IL has not been necessary TO
consider this alternative. as ! am enabled
10 lay before the senate = treaty provid-
ms fo- the huildinS Of the canal across
the isthnus Of Panama. This was the
route which commended itself - ths de-
lieerato Judgment OF the congress. and
ws can nov acquire hv treaty tho riGht
TO construct the canal over this route.
The question nov therefore is not by
which route the isthmus canal shall be
built; for that question has been def
nitrly and ir-evocahly decided. tn
question is simply whether or not We
shall have hn isthmus canal.
When the congress directed that we
should take the Panama route under
treaty with Columbia the essence Of the
condition OF course referred not to the
government which controlled that route,
but 10 the route itself 10 the territory
across which the route lay not 20 the
name which for the moment the territory
bore or the map. The purpose OF the
Law was 10 authorize the presiden; TO
make a treaty with the power IN actual
control o. the isthmus q! Panama. This
purpose has been fulfilled
Reputation OF Treaty Sy Colombia.
Las; spring q treaty concluded he
tween the representatives o. the re-
public ot Colombia and of ou- Eove-umen;
was ratified by the senate This treaty
was entered into a. the urgent snlici;a-
tior OF the people of Colombia and after
? BODY OF experts appointed by our gov
eruneu; especially to 70 into the ma-ra-
aZ..
uoCnCec unanimously IL favor o. the
PANAMA route II drawing NJ TINS
treaty evs-y concession was mad. 70 ~.
people anC 10 The Eove-rmen; %. Colon
biz We wer. more -rlr 1us' ~ dealing
witt then. [ru- Esusrosi'v vus surt as
q MAKE I: { serious question vhe,n"- W.
mad no. gone too IA II Irsl- interest -
tns expense o. our OWL fO- ~ r.- -.-y-
puious des,rs tC uav III uosvtr.. a..r ru'
merely 10 the real hu; ever 90 90. f#ur..t
rights o. our weake- ueirrro- 40, ..-
reauy owed 80 uucr -u .-- g-..-.'..-
uuc fc-Dsa-an~s ". WELDED Dr. -rres.-
5i. wavE 70 rs- oaS,--, o. d-.r-.r. .-
the treaty. N@ve-tnei..ss the rur.-. '-lDr.'
o. COICulDIL not rnsr.. -ar-4. r.-. the
treaty Du, repudiaiec % % . -.r.,r--
H 70 max. = -vld-n. uy 50. r-- 's.
CoiOm piar congress ADJOURNED ,ua, uo,
the scantIes, nops remained o. ever get
Revolution In Panama
-ne people o. Panama mad IUnC Deer
ciscOntentec with the republic o. Coiurn-
plG anc they had Oeer Kept quiet only
by the pruspec, o. the conclusion uf the
cana! treaty winch was tC them q matter
e. vita concern. When n became svl-
osnt tnst the treaty wat nopeiessiy iUs
the people o. Panama rose literally at one
mar. No, shot was freo by 4 single
A.. -. -
Coion oiaH government Not life vas
ios, IN the accomplishment % the revo-
luton The Colombian troops stationed
or the istnmus VINO nac iOng been IN
paic. maoe common cause with toe peo-
Pie o. Panama anc with astonishing
unanimity the new republic was started
The DUTY % the United states IT, the
premises waS clear IN strict accordance
with the principles iaic down BY secte-
Lar.es Cas- anc Seward the United States
CAV. nOtiCa that u wOulo permit the Iand-
Ing " 10 eNpediuOnary force the Arrival
o. which wOUIc mean chaos and GsstrUC-
tor a4Ong tne LHe o tEe railroad and "
the proposed CLna. anc al interruption
o. Transit "a al Inevitable COnseQUenc
Tls o. factC government Of Panama war
recognized
Cncer S1Ci circumstances the govern
meu' " Ia, United States would nave
aISOLut4lg 81 their sun 10 crime
Egalusf The nation laC b. acted other wise
tLal ~ olc whef The revolution " No
YeInOsr .Gs' ,OOs place IT. Panama. This
gTeat sutsryr4s, " yJ!Id4lE tLe inter
oCeauIO canal cannot y, Aeib up 70 graf
~ tie Hhlms VI or u respect 70 the
governmental impotence Or 60 the even
more sinister aGc eyII political peculiar
ties " people who though tGey dwell
af4r Jr yet agalus' the wlHh Of the
actual owel!ers On the isthmuE assert
an ulreaJ supremacy over the Territory
The DDsssssiCE " a territory frauyht
with such peculiar capacities "a tie 18th
mus IN question carries With II obiigs-
tons 20 mankind. The course " events
has shown that this canal cannot be
built BY private enlsrpriSe or by any
other nation thar our own therefore f.
must be built BY the United states.
ne. Treaty With Panama.
EssrT erer has besn made ty the
government Or the Unitst Gtstss 70 per
susSe Colombia 70 follow a couise wflich
was essentially ngt only V sur intsrssss
d. iasssssS = fSssRsL isssE TA.s.
sksst hsss ess.se lss1 c.lsnSiL ), her
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