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asks for the latter new tariff arrange

cation In the west under the irrigation law,
this line is needed now. He urges the con-
tinuation Of the work of forest preserya-
tion, and the reservation of the pubic
lands lying about the headWaterS OF the
western streams.
He notes the increase in the number Of
government employees under the civil serv-
Ice rules, and pronounces the results adj
VantageouS to the government. In con-
procuring of suitable maneuver grounds in
different sections of the country, and some
provision that Will enable the department.
to recognize merit in making promouonS
where such are deserved. For the navy he
wants a naval base established in the PHIL
ippines without unnecessary delay. and
recommends the establishments OF a naval
general staff along lines similar to those
of the army.
The Isthmian Canal.
More attention is given the isthmian
canal and the Panama revolution than to
any other subject. The legislation leading
up to the present condition is discussed
and reviewed. He sees no necessity for
reverting to the Nicaraguan route, and
pronounces present conditions ripe for the
connection says:
when the congress directed that We
should take the Panama route under treaty
with Colombia, the essence OF the condi-
ton, Of course, referred not to the govern
ment which controlled that route, but to
the route itself; to the territory across
which the route lay, not to the name which
for the moment the territory bore on the
thorize the president to make a treaty
with the power in actual control of the
isthmusi Of Panama. This purpose mas
He reviews the relations of this govern
ment with Colombia relative to the mat
ter of transit across the isthmus from the
time of the signing of the treaty guaran-
teeing right of way of transit across the
1876, down to the present time. For an in
depreciation of the meaning of the treaty
government officials including Secretary
Cass and Secretary Seward. Says we are
! under obligations to the world to build the
canal; notes the reputation of the canal
treaty by Colombia and says:
Nevertheless the government of Co!om-
repudiated it in such manner as to make
! it evident by the time the Colombian con-
gress adjourned that not the scantiest hope
treaty from them. The government of
Colombia made the treaty, and yet when
| fy It the vote against ratification was
Unanimous. 1t does not appear that the
government made any real effort to secure
ratification"
The Panama Revolution.
He reviews the incidents of the Panama
revolution. and says the action OF the
United States was in accordance with the
terms of the treaty. guaranteeing peace,
able transit across the isthmus, and could
not have been otherwise. He reviews at
considerable length the disturbances that
have occurred IN Panama since 1S47. and
the efforts OF the United States to preserve
the rights guaranteed its citizens by treaty
and says:
I'm short the experience of over half a
century has shown Colombia to be utterly
! Only the active interference of the United
States has enabled her to preserve so much
not been for the exercise BY the United
States of the police power In her interest;
her connection with the isthmus would
/ 1860, in 1873, in 1855, in 1901, and again in
| 1902 sailors, and marines from United
| States warships were forced to land in or
tn 10 protect
| and property, and to see that the transit
| across the isthmus was kept open In 1861,
government asked that the United States
government would land troops to protect
| its interests and maintain order on the
| Isthmus."
COIOmbia's Latest Proposition.
knowing that revolution has already
commenced in Panama Ian eminent CO.
ne aa ha wifi a he 2oops %
serve Colombian sovereignty, and the
| transit, if requested by Colombian charge
| martial law; and, by virtue of vested con-
| stitutional authority, when public order
| is disturbed, will approve by decree the
! ratification of the canal treaty as signed;
! or if the government of the United States
| prefers will call extra session of the con-
| next May to approve the treaty. Ian emil
nent Colombian] has the perfect confidence
necessary will go to the isthmus or send
representative there to adjust matters
| the people there"
This dispatch. is aotewoTthyI from ON. two VIC,
standpoints Its . orer 81 OF N in ba
| contrast with the positive and contempt
| uous refusal of the congress which has just
| closed it's sessions to consider favorably
such a treaty; 1t shows that the govern
| ment which made the treaty really had alb
not choose to exercise this control. The
| dispatch further calls on us to restore or
| ha 18th rn11C frnn " (N0l0m hian
! eminent has just by its action decided to
bar us by preventing the construction of
| Considering the canal question in all its
| phases, and the inability of Colombia to
population of the canal treaty which would
| have guaranteed permanent peace there,
| the president says:
ment of the United States would have been
! guilty of folly and weakness, amounting
| in their sum to a crime against the nation,
! had it acted otherwise than it did when
| the revolution of November last took
place. in Panama. This great enterprise OF
| held up to crafty the whims, or out of
respect to the governmental impotence.
| or to the even more sinister and evil polit-
! ical peculiarities, of people who, though
| they dwell afar on, yet, against the wish
sert an unreal supremacy over the terri
| tory. The possession of a territory fraught
with such peculiar capacities as the 18th
| mus in question carries with II obligations
| to mankind. The course of events has
| shown that this canal cannot be built by
private enterprise, or by any other nation
| than our own; therefore it must be built
| by the United States.
The New Canal Treaty.
I He refers to the new canal treaty recent
| ly made with Panama. which he submits
with the message, and says of 1t:
by the provisions of the treaty the
! United States guarantees and will main
tain the independence of the republic of
| Panama. There is granted to the United
| States in perpetuity the use, occupation
and control of strip Ten miles wide and
! extending three nautical miles into The
sea at either terminal, with all lands lying
] outside OF the zone necessary for the con-
/ struction of the canal or for it's auxiliary
| works. and with the Islands in the bay OF
! Panama. The cities of Panama and Colon
| are not embraced in the canal zone, but
| the United States assumes their sanitation
| and in case of need, the maintenance of
| order therein; the United States enjoys
| within the granted limits ali the rights,
] power and authority which it would pos
| sess were it the sovereign of the territory
| to the exclusion of the exercise of sover-
| and canal property rights belonging to
| Panama and needed for the canal pass 10
| the United States, including any property
| of the respective companies in the cities
/ of Panama and Colon; the works, property
| and personnel of the canal and railways
| are exempted from taxation as well in the
| cities of Panama and Colon as in the canal
! zone and its depend encies. Free immigra-
ton Of the personnel and Importation of
] supplies for the construction and operation
/ of the canal are granted. Provision is
| made for the use of military force and the
| building of Notifications by the United
| States for the protection of the transit.
| In other details, particularly 10 the ac-
| QuiSition of the interests of the New Pan
| anna Canal company and the Panama rail-
way by the United States and the con-
! uses of the canal, the stipulations of the
| Hay-Herran treaty are closely followed.
/ while the compensation to be given for
| enlarged