The San Francisco call., 1903-12-08
Uncle Sam Holds
Right to a Canal
Great Enterprise Cannot Be
Th1garted BY GratifeatiOn
of Whims or Ont of Re
spect to EVI Politics

Under such circumstances the Government
OF the United States would have been guilty
OF folly and weakness. amounting in their SUM
10 a crime against the nation. had IL acted
otherwise than II did when the revolution Of
November last took place IN Panama This
great enterprise OF building the interocean.c
canal cannot be held Up 10 crafty the Whims.
or out Of respect 70 the governmental impo-
tsuce or 70 the even more sinister and evil
political peculiarities. o. people who, though
they dwell afar on. yet. against the wish cf
the actual dwellers on the isthmus. assert an
unreal supremacy over the territory The pos
session OF territory fraught with such pecu-
liar capacities as the isthmus in question e.sI-
course OF events has shown that this canal can
not be built by private enterprise, OF BY any
other nation than our own. therefore L must
be b.-ilt BY the United states
Every effort has been made By the Govern
r1ent OF the United states 70 persuade Coloni-
onIv 70 cur interests and 10 the Interests O.
the world. but the interests Of Coiou1ot1- -
self These efforts have failed; and Colombia
nv her persistence in rspulsing the adEalcss
that have bsan made. has forced Us. for -ls
sake OF our own honor. and OF the interest S'id
walI being not merely Of our own people. Jul
of the people OF the Isthmus OF Panama ana
the people OF the civilized countries OF the
snd a Condition Of afrafrs vrhfch had bseonls
intolsrabie- The new republic OF Pansma i'm
This treaty / herewith submit. BY Il our in
terests are better s2feguarted than II the
treaty with Colombia which was ratified BY
the Senate az its last session u Is better In
its terms than the treaties offered TO rs b the
republics Of Nicaragua and Costa Rca- A.
IS made available. Panama has done her pare
All that remains IS for the American Congress
to do its part and forthwith this republic will
enter rrno1 the execution OF a project col1saal
in its size and OF weil-nigh incalcuiabls pos
sibilities for the good OF this country and the
nations OF mankind
BY the provisions of the treaty the United
States guarantees and VIII maintain the ME
pendence OF the republic cf Panama There :
granted 70 The United states IN perpetui the
use. occupa tion and control OF strip ten ME
wide and extending three nautical miles frtr
the sea at either terminal. with all lands lying
outside OF the zone necessary for the co1s-r1c-
ticn OF the canal fo- its auxiliary WORKS.
and with the islands in the BAY of .Panaina
braced IN the canal zone. but ths B1it'd
States assumes thef- sanitation and. in case
United states en1oys within the granted i'-1its
all the rights. power and authority which %
would possess were It the sovereign % Tho ter
rftory to the exclusion of ths exercise 81. Sow
canal property rights belonging 70 Panama
and needed for the canal pass to the. United
tive companies in the cities % Paaama ard
Colon. the works. property and personnel
alton as well IN the cities - Par0 ma ais-s
Colon as in the canal zone and its daoenj1n-
cies- Free immigration Ot the personnel ensi
Importation cf SUPPLIES for the corsfrllc. -,
vision Is made for the OF military fcrce
and the b,Iii5Inr ~ f0rtificatfonu nv tre. r-r,.
ed States for the protection OF the transit IN
other details. particularly TO the acquisition
Of the interests of -he View Psnama Canal
United States and the condemnation of private
property for the OF the canal. the stipuia
ticns OF the Hay-Hsrran treaty are closely fol-
these enlarged grants remains the same being
$4,000 600 payable on exchange cf ratid~ations
annual payment of s250OO0 during the ~. 81
the convention. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
White House. Dec. 7. 1904