The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-11
extraordinary request II that which has
1 just been received and which runs a. toi-

just been received and Wntcn runs - ASN
lows:
CSlombfa,s Latest Propositions.
..Knowing that revolution has already
commenced in Panama ian eminent co.
lombian] says that If the government OF
serve Colombian sovereignty, and the
transit. if requested by COLOMBIAN SnSage
martial law; and by virtue of vested con-
stitutional authority. when public order
Is disturbed, will approve by decree the
or If the government of the United States
prefers, Will call extra session OF the con-
gress1with new and friendly me eaS,-
nent Colombianl has the perfect confidence
of vice president. he says. and if 1t became
representative there to adjust matters
along above lines to the SATISFACTION OF
the people there
This dispatch is noteworthy from two
standpoints. Its ofrer of Immediately
guarant eeing the treaty to us is in sharp
nous refusal of the congress which has just
closed its sessions to consider favorably
m nSsh Which made the treaty really had alb.
solute control over the situation. but did
not choose to exercise this control. The
der and secure Colombian supremacy in
the isthmus from which the Colombian gov
eminent has just by its action decided to
bar US by preventing the construction OF
the canal
Important to Us.
The control in the interest of the com
merce and traffic of the whole civilized
transit across the isthmus of Panama
has become of tranScendent Importance
to the United States. We have repeated
~ exercised this control by Intervening
in the course of domestic dissension. and
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
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
the United States would carry into eff
feet the guaranty of neutrality. There
have been few administrations of the
has not, either by the one side or the
other, been used as a basis of more or
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
averted by warning from this govern
ment. In 1856. when Colombia was under
the menace of hostilities from Italy in
the serious concern that the United
States could not but feel that a Euro
a sister republic of this hemisphere. as
to the sovereign and uninterrupted use OF
part of whose territory we are guar
The above recital OF facts establishes
beyond question: First, that the United
States has tor over half a century pa
tiently and in good faith carried out its
obligations under the treaty of 1876; Sec
ond, that when for the first time 1t be-
came possible for Colombia to do any.
ting in reQuital of the services thus re-
peatedly rendered to it Tor 81 years by
the United States. the Colombian gov
eminent perempt orily and extensively Ie-
fused thus to do Its part, even though
to do SO would have been to its advan-
tage and inmeasurably to the advantage
der its. jurisdiction: third, that through
out this period revolutions, riots, and
factional disturbances OF every kind have
occurred ole after the other in aiInast
uninterrupted successor. some of them
lasting Tor months and even for years,
while the central government was una ple
to put them down or to make peace with
the rebels: fourth, that these disturb
ances instead OF showing any sign Of
numerous and more serious In the imme-
date past; fifth, that the control OF
Colombia over the lsthmus OF Panama
could not be maintained without the
armed intervention and assistance OF the
/ United States In other words, the gov
eminent of Colombia, though wholly un-
has nevertheless declined to ratAy a
/. treaty the conclusion of which opened
i the only chance to secure its own Stabl-
ity and to guarantee permanent peace
on, and the construction OF a canal
across. the isthmus.
Under such circumstances the govern
ment OF the United States would have been
guilty OF folly and weakness, amounting
in their sum 10 crime against the nation,
had it acted otherwise than 1t did when
the revolution of November 8 last took
place In Panama. THIS great enterprise "
| held up to crafty the whlms, or out OF
respect to the governmental impotence,
or TO the even more sinister AND evil polit.
ical peculiarities. of peop.e who, though
they dwell afar off. yet, against the wish
oil the actual dwe.Iers on the istEmus. as
sert an unreal supremacy over the terri
with such peculiar capacities as the 18TH
mus in question carries with II obiiga tons
shown that this canal cannot be built by
private enterprise or by any other nation
than our own; therefore it must be built
Provisions of Panama Treaty.
Every effort has been made by the gov.
Colombia to follow a course which was
essentially not only to our interests and
terests of Colombia Itself. These efforts
have failed; ard Colombia, by her persist
ence in REFUSING the advances that have
our own honor, and of the interest and
well being, not merely Of our own people.
ANA and the people of the civilized coun-
tries of the world, to take decisive steps
to bring to an end condition OF affairs
which lad become intoierable. The new
republic of Panama Immediately offered to
. negotiate a treaty with us. This treaty ]
herewith submit. BY II our interests are
. better safeguarded than in the treaty with
/ Colombia which was ratified by the gen.
ate at its last session. II is better in its
terms than the treaties offered to us by tie
repu blics OF Nicaragua and CCsta r ca
At last the right to begin this great under
taking is MADE avaia bic. banana has
done her part. All that remains IS for the
American congress to do its part ard forth
with this republic Will enter upon the exc
cu;ion OF a project colossal in its size and
Of wel-nigh incalculab.e 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
There is granted 10 tie United States in
perpetuity the use, occupation and control
of a strip ten miles VIDE ard extending
three nautical mics into the ssa at ether
terminal, with all lanes lying outside Of
the zone necessary TOR the ccn=trUc; ion of
the canal or for its auxiliary works, and
with the Islands il the bay Of Panama.