Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-10

Washington, Dec. S.-The matters
of paramount interest dealt with by
the president in his annual message
TO congress yesterday related OF
course TO the Panama revolution and
isthmian affairs. There is to be no
bark tack. Panama has done its part,
now let Gs do ours. says the president.
Nearly onethird of the entire message
is Consumed in the isthmian discus
sion, iae president saying:
BY The act of June Is, 1902, congress au.
fhofized the president 10 enter into treaty
with Colombia for the building of the
canal across the Isthmus of Panama; II
being provided that In the event Of fall.
ure 10 secure such treaty after the lapse
OF reasonable time, recourse should be
had to building canal through Nicaragua.
IL has not been necessary TO consider this
alternative, as j am enabled to lay before
the senate a treaty providing for the build
Ing OF the canal across The isthmus OF
fanama. This was the route which com
mended Itself 10 the deliberate Judgment
of the congress, ana We can now acquire
by treaty the right to construct the canal
over this route, The question now, there
fore. Is not by which route the isthmian
canal shall be built, for that question has
been definitely and irreyocnl5ly decided
The question Is simply whether or not we
shall have an isthininn canal
hnen congress directed that we should
tNke the INnhtnd route under treaty with
Colombia, the essence Of the condition. OF
course, referred not 20 the government
which controlled that route, but to the
route Itself TO the territory across which
the route lay, not to the name which for
tue moment the territory bore ON the map
The purpose Of the law was to authorize
the president to make u treaty with the
power In actual control of the isthmus of
fanaiha. THIS purpose has been fulfilled
IN the year 1886 this government entered
into treaty with New Granada, the pre-.
L. II
of Colombia and of the present republic of
Ianama, by which treaty it was provided
that the government and citizens Of the
united states should always have free md
9peu right Of way or transit across the
tSfamus 90 Panama by any modes OF com.
Ennication that might be constructed.
the perfect neutrality az the above. men.
toned isthmas with the view that the free
transit from the one to the other sea might
not ne interrupted or embarrassed The
treaty vested ia the United States sub.
stantmi property right carved ont Of The
rights OF Sovereignty and property which
NeW Gganatla thcn had and possessed over
the said territory. The name OF New
Granada has passed away aud lis terri
tory has been divided. Its successor. the
government Of Colombia, has ceased 10
own any property IN the iSthnius new
republic, that 81 Panama which was al
one time sovereign state and At another
TINE . mere department Of the successive
considerations known as New Granada ana
Colombia. has now succeeded TO - rights
which hrst one ard then the other for
merly exercised over the isfhmus Hut as
long as the lsthmus cndures the more
geographical fact o. It's existence and The
peculiar Interest therein which Is re.
uufed ny our position. prrpetnntc the sol.
emn contract which binds the holders ~
the territory 60 respect our right 10 free
uom OF transit across II, ana binds MS In
return 10 safeguard for the Istbmus ana
the world the exercise OF that Iuestl,uahle
privilege. The true Interpretation az the
"u.Ralions upon which the United States
entered In this treaty Of 1915 has bean
given repeatedly In the uttcranees OF pres.
i9entS and secretaries OF state. SECRETARY
. .t ~ 1855 officially stated the position OF
thts government ms follows
Ihe progress Of events has rendered thc
.hterocehnic route across the narrow nor.
.len OF Central America vastly Important
tho Wy Tnt,h,ihste,al world, and especially to
,ne united states. whose possessions ex.
tend along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
anu uNmand the speedicst and easiest
n,'s s,so et communlCation, While The rights
OF sovereignty OF the states occupying this
region should always be resntctrd wa
shah expect that these rights he exercised
49,, Sp,,99 renting the occasion and the
S Sanls anu circumstances that have arisen
sexerrlgnty has its duties us well ms its
rasn.s anu none ot these local govern.
ments. even " administered with marc ~"
gard 10 the just demands Of other nstlnn.
ihan they have been, would he pcrmitted
~ spirit OF eastern isolation 10 close
the gates OF intercourse on the great hivh
ways Of the world, and Justify the 49, H.,
the pretension that these avenues ~ trade
anu travel belong To them ana that they
choose TO shut them. or what Is ,imnst
equivalent, to cucumber them with s,,nh
unjust relations as would prevent their
general use" ~ NV"
dinerent communications took thr q 80
ing position; The United States bs,,
taken and VIII take no interest In any
question OF Internal revolution IN mo stat,
OF Panama. or any state az thn r,,iteS
states OF Colombia. but will maintain
perfect neutrality In connection with Srch
domestic alterations. The United States
viii, nevertheless. hold themselves readv
10 protect the transit trade across the 18TH
mus against Invasion Of either domestic ar
m Panama :. N"ltb SScT tb st t me STATE ate
the spirit Of the STIMULATION In maj artI
Gle hN which the United States engages To
preserve the neutrality ~ the lSthuus ~
fanNma, imposes an obligation on this gov
ernmcut "a comply with the reouisition fof
the president OF the United states of Co,
icmha Tor n force to protect the lsthmus
OF Fanana nom body Of Insurgents Of
that country. The purpose Of tho Stinulas
ton was te guarantee the isthmus against
only" f'"''
Attorney General sueed under date OF
November 1885. advised Secretary Se-
ward as follows; From this treaty Il can
not he supposed that New Granada Invited
the United States to become "A Marty 70
the intestine troubles Of that government
nor did the United States become honnd
10 take Sides IN the domestic hroilS ~ New
Granada Tho United States did ruaran
,ce New Granada IN the Sovereignty aud
property over thc territory. This was as
against other and foreign governments"
Fer four hundred wears. ever since
shortly after thN discovery % this hemi
sphere. the canal across the isthmnS has
been planned. For two score years Il has
been worked ~. When made II Is to last
for the ages. u Is 20 alter the geography
Of a continent and tho trade r0rtes ~ tho
world We have shown nv every treaty
we have NEGOTIATED or ATTEMPTED 10 nero-
tiate With the pecoles IN control Of the
ence thereto orr consistent rooa faith en-
observing onr obligations: on the one hand
20 the nennles % the isthmus. and on the