Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-12-11

normal growth was largely occasioned by
the extension Of classification to the rural
Tree Tree delivery service and the appointment
revision Of the civil service rules took ef-
feet on April IS last, which has greatly
top oT their raforp Ga ion The
recognized by good citizens everywhere
lance, and the success of the merit sys-
vided for their enforcement
f Of the the as awz 9sS fn
MOI more , effective . use q the national guard
+t Great Imp, Improvement has been made in
Such schools as those erected at Fort
Leavenworth and Fort Riley and the in
sti itS Of tau york
feet Of these maneuvers upon the national
guard is marked, and ample appropria-
ton should be made to enable the guards
benefit. The government should as soon
as possible secure permanent camp sites
for sect9na tasy t%s in the vaESus
there6y not only to the r ssEvss
army. but to the national guard Of the
several states. will be 50 great as to
small expense. We should not rest salts
fed with what has been done. however.
The only people who are contented with
are those who are contented With ths
triumph Of mediocrtty over excellence.
On the other hand a system which en-
utical favoritism in promotions would be
even worse. But it would surely be easy
to devise method Of promotion from
the hieher oisce.s Of the service Upon tSs
candidates should be decisive upon the
promotion and standing Of the latter"
upon ths sudnE
the American navy He says: 1--WE can
not afford 9. let-up in this great work.
TO stand still means to 60 back There
effective units of the fighting strength Of
the fleet: Meanwhile the navy DEPART
ment and the officers Of the navy are do.
ande s% to
ment of naval base in the Philippines
q base is desirable in time Of peace; in
time Of war it would be Indispensable.
and Its lack would be rutnoqs It is
should be provided naval general aa stat stan
on lines similar to those of the general
staff created for the army: We need the
ocers' Who shall e Exercise e0a' s Sr ae
control Of the military affairs Of the
navy; and be authorized advisers of the
The pyesdent 1oss into the atbman
canal question at great length. In open
i Ing, he says: by the act of June %.
1902, the congress authorized the presi-
for the building Of the canal across the
isthmus Of Panama; it being provided
that in the event of failure to secure
able time, recourse should be had to
building canal through Nicaragua.
It has not been necessary. to consider this
the senate treaty. sn providng FOR pei the
building of the canal across the Isthmus
of Panama. This was the route which
ment Of the Congress, and we can now
acquire by treaty the right to construct
the canal over this route. The question
ean SHAFT nGt by BY T I f the the
question has been definitely and If
reevoGably decided. The question is
When the congress directed that we
should take the Panama route under
treaty with Colombia, the essence of the
government which controlled that route,
but to the route itself; to the territory
across which the route lay, not to the
bore ON the map The PURPOSE enc Of 't the law
was to authorize the president to make a
treaty with the power in actual control
Of at the Sea lgt9m9S Of This purpose
I'm the year 1886 this government en-
tered into a treaty with New Granada,
Republic Of Colombia and Of the present
Republic Of Panama, by which treaty It
was provided that the government and
citizens Of the United States should al
ways nave free and open right of way or
any modes Of communica{';1 that might
be constructed, while in - I'm our gov
eminent guaranteed the perfect neutral
ity If the above mentioned isthmus with
the view that the free transit from the
one to the other sea might not be in
vested in the United States a substantial
property right carved out Of the rights
Of sovereignty and property which New
the said territory. The name Of New
Granada has passed away and it's terri
tory has been divided. Its successor, the
by S ,h has ceased to
republic, that Of Panama, which was at
one time sovereign state, and at an
other time a mere department of the sue
Granada and Colombia, has now sue
ceeded to the rights which first one and
then the other formerly exercised over
endures the mere geographical fact Of it's
existence, and the peculiar interest there
in which is required by our position,
binds the holders of the territory to re-
spect our right to freedom of transit
across it, and binds us in return to safe
The true Interpretation of the OBLIGATION
upon which the United States entered in
this treaty Of 1916 has been given re-
peatedly in the utterances Of presidents
and secretaries of state.
For four hundred years. ever since
shortly after the discovery of this heni-
sphere, the canal across the isthmus has
been planned. For two score years it has
been worked at. When made it IS to
last for the ages. 1t is to alter the
geography of continent and the trade
routes of the world. We have shown
by every treaty we have negotiated or at
tempted to negotiate. with the peoples in
control Of the ithmus and with foreign
nations in reference thereto our con
eistent good faith in observing our obliga-
tons; on tho one hand to the peoples Of
the isthmus, and on the other hand to
the civilized world whose commercial
rights we are safeguarding and guar
our duty to others in letter and in spirit,
and we have shown the utmost forbear.
ance In exacttng our own rights.
Last spring, under the act above re-.
ferred to, q treaty concluded between the
representatives of the Republic of CO.
lombia and Of our government was rati-
ned by the senate. This treaty was en-
tered into at the urgent solicitation Of tho
people OF Colombian and after a body Of
experts appointed by our government es-
pocially to 80 into the matter Of the