Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-12-10
nent Of Alaska, especially in regard to the
land laws,
InsuloF POssesslons.

IN connection with our 1nSular p0SDeD.
SONS he recommends an appropriation Tor
the building OF Lighthouses in Hawaii and
the payment for those already built Dy
the island goxernment. He asks that the
charge officials appointed by him without
submitting the matter to the legislature.
Ae reports steady progress being made
asks for the latter new tarid arrange
ments. =.
He believes that new laws are needed in
public lands. and wants them held, 80 far
as possible. for the homo builder. He re-
ports steady progress being made in irri-
and does not believe new legislation along
this line Is needed now. He urges tho con-
tinuation Of the work OF forest preserva-
lands lying about the headwaters Of the
western streams.
He notes the Increase in tho number Of
Ice rules, and pronounces the results ad-
vantageous to the government In con-
nect1on with tho army he recommends the
different sections Of the country. and ] some aa
provision that will enable tho department
to recognize merit in making promotions
wants a naval base established in the Phil
1ppines without unnecessary delay, and
recommends the establishment of a naval
general STAN along lines similar to those
Of the army
The Isthmian Canal.
More attention is given the tsthm1an
canal and the Panama revolution than to
any other subject; The legislation leading
and reviewed. He sees no necessity for
reverting to the Nicaraguan route. and
pronounces present conditions ripe for the
connection says:
when the congress directed that we
SHOULD take the Panama route under treaty
If IN ho
ment which controlled that route, but to
the route itself; to the territory across
which the route lay. not to the name which
map: The purpose of the law was to au-
thorize the president to make a treaty,
with the power in act%al control Of the
been fulfilled" -.
He reviews the relations of this govern
ment with Colombia relative to the mat
ter Of transit across the isthnus from the
time of the signing Of the treaty guaran-
teeing right Of way Of transit across the
isthmus to the citizens Of this country.
depreciation of the meaning Of the treaty
he quotes from the state papers of previous
government officials, including Secretary
a 70 word Sud
canal; notes the reputation Of the canal
treaty by Colombia and says: s.s:,.-.~. :;
nts NeyertassSs lev the Of Colon
repudiated it in such manner as to make
it evident by the time the Colombian CON
gress adjourned that not the scantiest hope
remained of ever getting satisfactory
treaty from them. The government of
Colombia made the treaty, and yet when
the Colombian congress was called to rat
unanimous. It does not appear that the
governne MT made any real effort to secure
ratifcation." " y.
The Panama Revolution.
He reviews the incidents of the Panama
United States was in accordance with the
terms of the treaty guaranteeing peace
able transit across the isthmus, and could
Heen engb Sa gy at
have occurred in Panama since 1S47, and
the efforts of the United States to preserve
the rights guaranteed its citizens by treaty
and says:
I'm short, the experience of over half a
century has shown Colombia to be utterly
incapable of keeping order on the isthmus.
States has enabled her to preserve so much
as a semblance of sovereignty. Had it
not been for the exercise by the United
her connection with the isthmus would
have been sundered long ago. In 1856, in
1889, in 1S73 in 1885. in 1901, and again in
sars and marnes from United
and roperty, and to see that the transit
acrSss ;Sss the isthmus was Kept open In 1861
government asked that the United States
government would land troops to protect
its interests and maintain order on the
isthmus."
Considering the canal question in all it's
phases, and the inability of Colombia to
maintain order on the isthmus, and it's
have guaranteed permanent peace there.
the president says:
Under such circumstances the govern
ment of the United States would have been
guilty Of folly and weakness. amounting
in their sum to crime against the nation
had it acted otherwise than it did when
place in Panama This great enterprise a see1 OK
building the interoceanic canal cannot be
held up to crafty the whims, or out Of
e eY eo
ical peculiarities, Of people who, though
they dwell afar on, yet, against the wish
of the actual dwellers on the isthmus, 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 it obligations
shown that this canal cannot be built by
than our own; therefore it must be built
by the United States"
The New Canal Treaty.
He refers to the new canal treaty recent
y maze With which he submits
by the provisions of the treaty the
United States guarantees and will main
tain the independence Of the republic Of
Panama. There is granted to 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 con-
struction 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
and, in case OF need, the maintenance Of
order therein; the United States enjoys
within the granted limits all the rights,
power and authority which it would pos
sess were it the sovereign of the territory
eign rights by the republic. Ali railway
and canal property rights belonging to
Panama and needed for the canal pass to
the United States, including any property
of the respective companies in the cities
Of Panama and Colon; the works, property
and personnel of the canal and railways
are exempted from taxation as well in the
cities of Panama and Colon as in the canal
zone and its dependencie Free immigra-
ton of the personnel and importation Of
supplies for the construction and operation
of the canal are granted. Provision is
building of Notifications by the United
States for the protection of the transit.
In other details, particularly as to the ac-
Quisition of the interests of the New Pan