The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-17

The control In ihr Interest of the COM
mcrco and traffic Of the whole civilized
world, of the means u undlsturhad
transit across the Isthmus Of Panama
has become Of transcondcnt import lu.u
10 tne United States We have repeated.
~ exercised ths control by mtrfyuniu 1;
In tn" course OF DOM site diH.yUaI,u. and
by protecting the territory from foreign
invasion, In 1883 MIR Everett assured the
Peruvian minister that We should not
hesitate to maintain IN" neutrality u the
lslhmus In the case 81 war between Peru
md Colombia. In 1861 Colombia. which
has always been ytgilhut To avail itself
Of It's privileges conferred by the treaty
expressed It's expectation that In the
event OF war between Peru and Stain
the United States would carry into ~.
feet the guaranty Ot neutrality There
have been few adminIstra of the
state department IA which this treaty
has not. either 10y the one side or the
other, been used as basis Ul more or
less important demands. 1t was said by
MT. Fish IN ISL taut the department Of
state had reason to believe that an at
tack upon Colombian spyrT, .LU,y uu the
'sthmus had. GA several .,,usiuus. been
hErrteu by warning lrUm tlls govern
mcnt In 1856, when Colombia wa, under
IN" menace OF h1st.llI,cr from Italy In
the Ccrruu case. Mir Et!Hlt oppressed
Inc serious concern tAht The United
states could not bat i,.l. that a Euro
pcdn power ahuu!G re- a. to- force against
sister republic Of tnls hrm.aph, re-. as
10 tho sovereign ana uninterrupted use of
a par. OF whose territory W. are guar
amtors under the solemn faith O, a tr,Ity.
The above recital OF facts establishes
beyond question. FIRST that the United
states has tUr over half century pa
tlcnlly ana In good taith Carried out its
obligations under the tT,tt, Of 1896. lrr.
ond. that when tor the FIRST tim" u he
came possible iuI Colombia to do any.
thing In rcluitIl III the services thus re-
pvat,dJ rendered To II Tor % years 10y
the United States. tho Colombian gov
eminent prromplUIily and un,usiy,ly lu-
fused thus to do It's part. even though
to do 80 would have by7.n to its a4ylH-
t1Ic ana UNNECESSARILY To- thu advantage
ul tht Slatr 81 iINdnt, ht tlli TN, UNI
der It's jurisdiction. thrl. that thruulh-
out this period revolutions, riots. and
lhctunhl disturbances OF every kind have
occurred 'uc Iitor tho other IN aim st
uninterrupted aGgrtsaluu some ul them
lasting tor months and oven Tor years.
VIM" thc central government wuH unable
10 put them down OF To- make peace VITA
th' rebels. tuGr'h. that thr#, disturb
lncrs instead ui showing amy sign Of
lha'ing have tended iU grow more
numerous ana NOR" serious Ia tho lmrnp-
diHto past, NTH, that the control Of
could not BE- maintained without the
armed Intervention H'd assistance Of the
United states In other words the g.y-
eminent OF Colombia though wholly Uu-
able to maintain order On the .sinmus,
has nevertheless declined to rutiy 4
tty tho conclusion OF which uIrupd
'ir ouly thhhCc 10 secure It's own atNUtl-
!ty ana 10 guarantee permanent peace
on. and III" construction ot u canal
across. tho lsthmus
Under such circumstances the govern
meat uf the United States would huv, boon
&uIty OF FOLLY ana w,thu, IS. um1uutiug
10 thclr sum 'u II Cr.U, uE lu.t tho nation.
inu II acted utftTwl-, than II did when
me revolution OF November } last took
place In Panama THIS great enterprise /
building thu !utsIoC,uulr ,HuI. Canhu' hy
h".a up To gfality the WtlH-. or uut %
respect To the EuNt tuWru'At impotence.
or to the even NOR" sinister AMI ,vI. pu,n-
tcai pycu.lhrt!,S, of poop, who. though
thry Owe. uiuT on, Set, against H., wish
OF IL" arlua, iNrucrs on the ist linus. as
srrt an unreal supr' macy over n, terri
iuiS. The possession Of IA territory lr4uELt
Win such l.tL.ltr tt.IulUta ua a.. I.th.
mus IN question tarTlua' with % HN. cations
To mankind Thv course OF events has
SHOWN that this canal cannot D., huIIl by
private enterprise or by any Utlrr nation
han our own. therefore 1t must b., built
10y the United States