The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-11
extraordinary request - that vASeA -
Just been received and which runs a. foIp

lows.
CeIoabia's Latest Proposition.
Knowing that revolution has already
iombanl says that u the government oe
he United States will land troops 10 pre.
serve Colombian soversignty, and the
transit. ~ requested BY Colombo charge
d 'anaires. this government will declare
martial law; and. by virtue OF vested con-
,idu.ionsa aaushor'sy when public order
ratification OF the canal treaty as signed:
or. II the government OF the United States
1ress-with new ana friendly members-
nent colombiani has the perfect confidence ric,
/ OF vice president, he says. and IL II became
necessary VII 20 10 the isthm or send
along above lines to the satisfaction Of
sfandpoints. Its offer OF Immediately
contrast with the positive and contempt
uous refusal OF the congress which has just
closed Its sessions 10 consider favorably
ment which made the treaty really had alb
solute 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 is,hmus from which the Colombian gov
eminent has just by its 6ction decided to
bar us by preventing the construction Of
the canal.
Important 60 Us.
The control in the interest OF the com.
merce and traffic OF the whole civilized
world, OF crd the m means Of 1nd,sturbed
has become OF transcendent Importance
to tae United States. We have repea ted
in the course Of domestic aisse nsslanen,nff
, by protecting the territory from foreign
invasion In 1853 Mr.. Everett assured the
Peruvian minister that We should not
hesitate to maintain the neutrality OF the
isthmus in the case OF war between Peru
and Colombia In 1854 Colombia. which
has always been vigilant TO avail itself
Of its privileges conferred by the treaty,
expressed its expectation that in the
event OF war between Peru and Spain
feet the guaranty OF neutrality. There
nave been few administrations OF the
state department in which this treaty
has not. either by the one side or the
other. been used as basis of more or
Tess important demands. 1t was said by
Mr.. Fish in 1871 that the department of
state had reason TO believe that an at
tack upon Colombian sovereignty on the
isthmus had. on several occasions. been
ment In lS6. when Colombia was under
the menace OF hostilities from Italy IN
the Cerruti case. Mr.. Bayard expressed
States could not but feel, that a Euro
pean power should resort to force az ainst
a sister republic OF this hemisphere. az
10 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 facts establishes
beyond question: First. that the United =.
states has for over half a century pa
tently and in good faith carried out its
obligations under the treaty OF 1876. Sec
ond. that when for the first time IL be.
came 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.
ernment peremptory and extensively re-
fused thus 10 do Its part. even though
70 90 SO would have been to its advan-
"A htxr m .Ax-.t
OF the state of Panama. at that time un.
der us jurisdiction. third, that through
out this period revolutions. riots, and
fractional 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
70 put them down or 20 make peace with
the rebels. fourth, that these disturb.
abating have tended 10 grow more
numerous and more serious in the imme.
date past; nth, that the control Of
Colombia over the lsthmus of Panama
could not be sma.ntained without the
armed intervention and assistance Of the
United states. In other words. the gov
able to maintain order on the isthmua
has nevertheless declined to ratify
treaty the conclusion of which opened
the only chance TO secure its own stabil-
ity and TO guarantee permanent peace
on. ana the construction Of Canal
across. the sthmus.
ment OF the United States would have been
guilty Of folly and weakness. amounting
ia their sum TO crime against the nation.
had II acted otherwise than II did when
the revolution OF November } last took
place In Panama This great enterprise Of
building the interoceanic canal cannot be
held up TO CRAFTY the whims, or out Of
respect to the governmental Impotence,
or 10 the even more sinister and evil poiit-
they dwell afar on yet. against the wish
OF the actual jewellers on the istEmus, as
sert an unreal supremacy over the terri
tory. The possession OF a territory fraught
with such peculiar capacities as the 18TH
mus In question carries with IL 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 1t must be built
BY the United States
Provisions Of Panama Treaty.
Every effort has been made by the gov.
ernment OF the United States TO persuade
Colombia to follow a course which was
essentially not only 10 our interests and
TO the Interests of the world. but TO the in
terests OF Colombia itself. These Efforts
have failed; and Colombia. by her persist
ence In REFUSING the advances that have
been made. has forced us. for the sake Of
well being. not merely 81 our own people,
but OF the people OF the isthmus OF Pam
anna and the people OF the civilized cour-
to bring to an end condition Of AFFAIRS
which had become intolerable- The new
republic OF Panama hmm ediately onereo u
negotiate a treaty with u.s. This treaty
herewith submit. BY II our Interests are
better safeguarded than In the treaty with
Colombia which was ratified by the SEN
Ate at Ito last session. II 10 better in its
terms than the treaties offered to US BY the
republics OF Nicaragua and Costa RlcA
At last the right to begin this great under.
taking 10 made avail Jle Panama has
done her part. All that remains Is tor the
American congress 10 do its part and forth.
with this republic will enter upon the exc
cution OF a project colossal in Its sire and
OF well-nigh incalcuable possibilities for
the good OF this country and the nations
of mankind.
BY the provisions Of the treaty the United
States guarantees and Will maintain the
Independence Of the republic of Panama
There II granted to the United States IL
perpetuity the use, occupation and control
OF . 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 cons truction 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 United
States ASSUMES their sanitation anc. In
case OF need. the maintenance OF ordeS
therein; the United States enjoys within
the grantee limits all the rights. power and
authority which IL would possess we're Il
the sovereign Of the territory TO the ex.
cluson OF the exercise Of SOVEREIGN rfghts