Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-12-11

commenced In Panama f,r 49,.
pian) says that II the enihent
United States will land fern eminent
colombian sovereignty. ana 44ops to pr*
requested by Colombian n nh, the tran
lnlS government will drclaro sc DAD
ana, by virtue of yostod e MARTA
authority, when public ord, cohStitl
VIII approve by decree tbo Is diSt&
the canal treaty as signed. o. rn"vncat
efnment of the United Stats o,' Il IN
call extra session Of tha r. prefers
new and friendly memhnrs NohsreSs
approve the treaty. Can en,ie eAl
Dian9 has the perfect conf@ Ianent
president, he says, and If II Ihr luce
sary Will go to the IstbmnS ueeame
sentative there to adjust u ", send
pie there ''"'''oh CT
This dispatch Is noteworthn
standpoints. Its offer or lroI
guaranteeing the treaty to ne ' ~
contrast with the positive ana "9 ~ ny
GUS refusal Of the Congress WITT yoht
closed Its sessions to considan
such treaty; it shows that ~ la
ment which made the treaty roo NY
solute control over the sitnati"anlS
not choose to exercise thie onn,
ulspatch further calls on uS ~ nh
ger ana secure Colombian sunremoo,
lsthmus from which tho Cniom'HS!yy
eminent has just by It's action " 5aa
bar us by preventing the const rpc
the canal. N0"SFucI
Control of Great Importar,
The control, In the Interest 90 nd
merce and traffic of the wboja
world, of the means of undiStnrho.
across the Isthmus of Panama h "eu
of transcendent importance 70 "a" ths
States. We have repeatpdIv ovo .ne
control by intervening in the courSa
Hiestlc ulssehslon, and by protectIs
territory from foreign Invasion.
MIR. Everett assured the Peruvian
that we should not hesitate 10
the neutrality of the Isthmns in
of war between Peru and CoomI,
1864 Colombia, which has alwoyS ha
liant to avail itself of its nrivilosI
ferred by the treaty, expressed us
tation that in the event Of war ~
Peru and Spain the United StotosH
carry INTO effect the guaranty Of NJ
W. Ihere nave been few admlnlSf
or the State Department in Wild
treaty mas not, either by the one Fl
the other, been used as a basis n
| or less important demands, If M
by Mr.. Fish In 1871 that the Depa.
| Of State had reason to believe that
tack upon Colombian sovereignty 81
| Isthmus had, on several occasion
averted by warning from this goynJ>
| In 1886, when Colombia was NM
menace Of hostilities from italy
| Cerruti case, Mr.. BayaM expressed
pt0I1S thof h
| not but feel that European power
resort to force against a sister repd
| this hemisphere, as to the sovere
uninterrupted use Of part of whO
tory we are guarantors under the T.
faith of treaty.
The above recital OF facts este
beyond question: First, that the +
| States has for over half cent?
| tiently and in good faith carried out II.
| legations under the treaty of 1886. Fl
| that when for the first time it beca
| sibIe for Colombia to do anything Il
quital Of the services thus repeated 1t
| dered to it for fifty-Seven years e.
United States, the Colombian Cove
peremptorily and extensively refusa IL
| to do Its part, even though TO do 81
| have been to its advantage and im&N
ably to the advantage Of the State
| ANA, at that time under It's jurse1
| third, that throughout this period
| tions, riots and fractional diSturban
| every kind have occurred one Al
| other in almost uninterrupted sud&
some of them lasting for months Al
| for years, while the central COVE
was unable to put them down or
| peace with the rebels; fourth, thq =
| al, iJrfno1 Of ChnwinO n=
of abating have tended to grow NJ
merous and mere serious In the Ing
| past; fifth, that the control Of a.
over the ISthmus Of Panama could
| maintained without the armed intel
and assistance Of the United Sta
| other words, the Government Of W
| though wholly unable to mantaI
| on the Isthmus, has nevertheless
to ratify a treaty the conclusion q
| opened the only chance to secure
stability and to guarantee permanea
| on, and the construction Of canal
| the Isthmus
Under such circumstances The
ment of the United States woulN s.
been guilty Of folly and weakness
| ing In their sum to crime against
| ton. bad 1t acted otherwise tha1
when the revolution Of Nov )
place in Panama. This great e
| of building the intcroceanic cana
| be held up to crafty the WnlMS'
respect to the governmental impot
to the even more sinister ana evll
peculiarities, of people who, tnon
| dwell afar off, against the WISH
| actual jewellers on the lSthmus, W
unreal supremacy over The terFI'e1
possession of territory fraught
peculiar capacities as the lsthmuS
lion carries with 1t obligations
kind. The course of events mas Sno
this canal cannot be built by prlVai
pris", or by any other nation !
own; therefore it must be Dullt
United States.
Mu.t Now Deal with Fana9
Every effort has been made by
crnment of the United States TO
Colombia to follow Il course Wa
essentially not only to our llileltsStd
the world but to the Interests o 81
itself. These efforts have l"'aeu,
lombia. by her persistence III a'I ba7
advances that have been ilaI n,nnr
us. for the sake OF our own nU'v -,
the interest and wcIl-brinS' Eot ~
our own people, but OF ,nc ro onpld
Isthmus of Panama ana the p'V tp
civilized countries Of the WotlH ~
cisive sters to bring to an CIV to 10
Of affairs which had become ll,lo%t n
The new Republic OF Pallalu"t ="
" offered to negotiate a l!taH ri
This treaty ] herewith SuhIii!.,5; tba
interests are better sal'E.I' we" ,,.n, RI
treaty with Colombia when ""9 ~
tho Senate at its last session. oror
in IT'S terms than the treaties o"o ~
bv the Republics Of NiraF9 iemi,
Rica. At last the right TO o., h'S'pP .a
undertaking is made ayaliaoIr, inc e K K
done her part. All that remains lns al
American Congress to de- us l ltor nj nj
with this Republic VIII , en.II' IN
execution Of a project c" ,,I'Sa n m
and of well-nigh incaIcnli4tnnm,e and
for the good Of this country 81"
lions Of mankind, .,o 4.ootv thd
Nv the provisions of the the, trcniiS ataid
stnfes Guarantees and will ma'i ~
dennndence of tho Rcpn91illG, ID 4
There is granted to the t ,an and
nernetuity the Esc. Occupation, IT," q
Of = strip ten miles VIDE at sno
ii three T Nautical miles into the he's sea Of
tn or with all lands IylaS st p
The zone necessary for me ,g,, Wv wol
Tho canal or for its auNiI,15a,! If
r,it thn islands in the Fay oI T