Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-12-07

u y h VE my seven years by the Uni,.s
States, the Colombian government W.
emptorily and extensively refusea 30 YET
to do its part, ever though to A. us
would have been to It's ADVANTAGE
immeasurably to the ADVANTAGE ~ a
state of Panama, at that time ~
it's jurisdiction; third that throuohos''
this period revolutions, riots. and ~
tional disturbances of every kind ~.
occurred one after the other in aI,,.''
uninterrupted succession, some of IL
lasting for months and even for "
while the central government was 49,
able to put them down or to mai.
peace with the rebels; fourth ~.
these disturbances instead of shout
any sign of abating have tended -
grow more numerous and more serio,,.
in the immediate past; fifth, that tba
control Of Colombia over the Isthmnu
of Panama could not be maintainoy
without the armed intervention and ..
sistance of the United States 7.
other words, the government of Colon
bia. though wholly unable to maintoi.
order on the isthmus, has nevertha,orr
declined to ratify a treaty the concIr
sion of which opened the only chanoo
to secure it's own stability and to guar
antee permanent peace on, and the con-
struction of a canal across the isthmu,
Under such circumstances the eov-
eminent of the United States woua
have been guilty of folly and weakness
amounting in their sum to crime
against the nation, had it acted other
wise than it did when the revolution NJ
November 8, last, took place in Pan.
ANA. This great enterprise of build.
ing the interoceanic canal can not hs
held up to crafty the whims, or out of
respect to the governmental impotence.
or to the even more sinister and evil
political peculiarities, of people who.
though they dwell afar on, yet, against
the wish of the actual dwellers on the
isthmus, assert an unreal supremacy
over the territory. The possession Of
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 can not be built by private
enterprise, or by any other nation than
our own; therefore it must be built BY
the United States.
Submission of Treaty With New Re.
public Of Panama
Every effort has been made by the
government Of the United States to
persnade Colombia to follow a course
which was essentially not only to our
interests and to the interests of the
world, but to the interests of Colombia
itself. These efforts have failed; and
Colombia, by her persistence in re-
pulsing 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 decisive
steps to bring to an end condition Of
affairs which had become intolerable.
The new republic of Panama immedi-
ately offered to negotiate a treaty with
US. This treaty herewith submit By
it our interests are better safeguarded
than in the treaty with Colombia which
was ratified by the senate at its last
the treaties offered to US by the repub-
lies Of Nicaragua and Costa Rica At
last the right to begin this great under
taking 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 project
colossal in it's size and of well-nigh
incalculable possibilities for the good
of this country and the nations of man
kind.
Provisions Of Treaty
BY the provisions of the treaty the
United States guarantees and Will
maintain the independence Of the re-
public of Panama. There is granted 10
the United States in 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 construc-
ton Of the canal or for its auxiliary
works, and with the islands in the bay
of Panama. The cities of Panama anu
Colon are not embraced in the canai
zone, but the United States assumes
their sanitation and IN case OF neeo'
the maintenance of order therein; te
United States enjoys within inc
granted limits all the tights, power
and authority which it would possess
were it the sovereign of the territory
to the exclusion of the exercise OF SOW
ereign of the territory to the exclusion
of the exercise of sovereign rights py
the republic. All railway and cahai
property rights belonging to Panama
and needed for the canal pass to tne
United States including any properly
of the respective companies in inc
cities of Panama and Colon; the WORKS
property, and personnel Of the caha'
and railways are exempted from taxa,
ton as well in the cities OF Panaih"
and Colon as in the canal zone ana Ito