Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-12-14

in the immediate past; fifth, that the
control OF Columbia over the isthmus
OF Panama could not be maintained
without the armed intervention and
assistance of the United States. In
other words, the government of Column
bia, though wholly unable TO maintain
order on the isthmus, has nevertheless
/ declined TO ratify a treaty the conclu-
sion of which opened the only chance
to secure its own stability and TO guar
antee permanent peace on, and the
construction of a canal across, the
isthmus.
Under such circumstances the gov
eminent of the United States would
have been guilty OF folly and weakness,
amounting in their sum TO crime
against the nation, had it acted other
wise than IL did when the revolution of
November Sd last took place in Pana-
ma. This great enterprise of building
/ the interoceanic canal cannot be held
up to crafty the whims, or out of re-
! spect 10 the governmental impotency,
or to the even more sinister and evil
| political peculiarities. of people who,
/ though they dwell afar off. yet, against
the wish of the actual jewellers on the
isthmus. assert an unreal supremacy
over the territory The possession of
I a territory fraught with such peculiar
/ capacities as the isthmus in question
carries with it obligations to mankind.
The course Of events has shown
that this canal cannot be built by priv
ate enterprise, or by any other nation
than our own; therefore it must be
/ built by the United States.
Every effort has been made by the
! government of the United States to
! persuade Columbia to follow a course
which was essentially not TO our inter
ests and to the interests of the world,
/ but to the interests OF Columbia itself.
These efforts have failed; and Column
bia. by her persistence in repulsing
the advances that have been made.
/ has forced us, for the sake of our own
honor. and of the interest and we'll
being. not merely of our own people,
but of the people of the isthmus of
Panama and the people of the civilized
countries Of the world, TO take decis-
i've steps 10 bring to an end condi-
! ton OF affairs which had become intol-
cradle. The new republic of Panama
/ Immediately offered to negotiate a
treaty with us. This treaty here
with submit BY it our inerests are
better safeguarded than in the treaty
with Columbia which was ratified by
the senate az its last session. It is
better in its terms than the treaties
offered TO us By the republics Of Mica
/ ragua and Costa Rica. At last the
right TO begin this great undertaking
. is made available. Panama has done
her part. All that remains is for the
American congress to do its part and
! forthwith this republic will enter upon
the execution of a project colossal in
its size and of well-nigh incalculable
possibilities for the good of this coun-
try and the nations of mankind.
by the provisions of the treaty the
/ United States guarantees and viii
maintain the independence of the re-
public OF Panama. There is granted
10 the United States in perpetuity the
use. occupation, and control of a strip
ten miles wide and extending three
nautical miles into the sea at either
! terminal. with all lands lying outside
: Of the zone necessary for the construc-
ton of the canal or for its auxiliary
works. and with the islands in the bay
OF Panama. The cities of Panama and
Colon are not embraced in the canal
zone. but the Uniaed States assumes
their sanitation and, in case of need,
the maintenance of order therein; the
United States enjoys within the grant
ed limits all the rights, power, and
authority which ii would possess were
It the sovereign of the territory to the
exclusion of the exercise of sovereign
! rights by the republic. All railway and
canal property rights belonging to
/ Panama AMI needed for the canal pass
/ to the United States, including any
property Of the respective companies
/ in the cities OF Panama and Colon;
F, the works, property. and personnel of
I the canal and railways are exempted
| from taxation as well in the cities OF
Panama ami Colon as in the canal
zone and its dependencies. Free i'm
migration OF the personnel and impor-
tation OF supplies for the construction
: and operation of the canal are granted.
! Provision is made for the use Of mill
tary force and the building Of fortifl-
cation by the United States for he
protection Of the transit. In other
details. particularly as to the acquisi-
ton of the interests of the New Pan
ana Canal company and the Panama
railway by the United States and the
condemnation of private property for
the uses Of the canal, the stipulation
Of the Hay-Herran treaty, are closely
followed. while the compensation to be
| given for these enlarged graT:s re-
mains the same, being ten millions of
dollars payable on exchange of ratifi-
cations; and. beginning nine years
from that date, an annual payment OF
. So