Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-10-03
TO TAKE UP NICARAGUA
:anaI Experts Say II Is All Over WITH
Panama Route.

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Washington, Sept. 2S.-It is the opinion
of Senator John II. Morgan of Alabama
and Senator John H.. Mitchell OF oregon,
the one q democrat and chairman OF the
on interoceanic canal, the 9TH
er an important republican member, that
President Roosevelt, IL he follows the ex-
pressed will Of congress-, has no choice now
In the matter of building an American
waterway from the Atlantic to the Pa
ci1lc.
The requirements of the canal act make
IL mandatory on him to turn to the Mica
ragua route and following the protocols
arranged by President Mckinley, negoti-
ate treaties with Nicaragua and Costa
Rica and submit them to the United States
senate as soon as 1t assemblies.
The law carrying the canal ~appropria-
ton is still In force. and Il only requires
the action of the senate and ratification
In the two countries named TO begin OPP
erations under the Roosevelt administra-
ton.
In the opinion Of both senator's the lit
tie Irritation with the Panama proposition,
always of doubtful character, has cost
two years OF time, with no little humilia-
ton dealt out by a sister pubic
Senator Morgsn's View.
1T is Il very simple thing" said Sena
tor Morgan in a statement today. The
pItElutItl > uuly ~ pam lllANNN' ~ hoS
only to follow the will of congress, in 9TH
or words, the law of the land-and the
Nicaragua canal, always the popular
route for the American people, Will be be-
gun under his administration.
Protocols provided by the wisdom and
foresight of President Mckinley are al
ready in force by the terms of which
Nicaragua and Costa Rica are bound to
deal. From my knowledge of the situa-
fIpp t,a nVagi1anf Uyill find no 1if1CultY
whatever in negotiating treaties with these
two countries TO be submitted to the SEN
ate when IL assemblies.
THE reasonable time mentioned In the
law OF congress expired long ago The
treaty with Colombia Is dead beyond hope
Of resurrection. / have no faith In any
new proposition. see no reason for fur
Their delay. President M%arroquin was IA
vorable to the canal and there Is no hope
for an administrator being put In power
II Colombia any more favorable"
Mitchell is of Same View.
Senator Mitchell Of oregon said: ''ThI
question Is not open to argument. The
law Is explicit and plain. l do not even
think that the reasonable time inserted
in the Spooner act was ever intended by
a majority of congress to mean humilia-
ton after Colombia's rejection of the
treaty. Not only that reasonable time
mas expired, out the treaty llSell IL uettu
by time limitation.
THE plain duty OF the president is to
lose no time in negotiating with Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica, according TO the pro-
tocols I'm force, and submit a convention
10 the senate"
Not a word had been received by DR..
Herran, the Colombian charge, up to a
late hour tonight regarding the Panama
canal treaty. DR.. Herran says he would
not be surprised If Colombia should take
the initiatory steps for a renewal Of the
canal negotiations along somewhat diff
ferent lines from that on which the last
was framed. That this is pos
sible, he says, is indicated by the commu-
nications which have come to the state
from the Colombian legation
to the effect that the Bogota government
was anxious to keep alive the canal ne
The report from Minister
Beaupre indicates hat the whole subject
has ended in a deadlock.