The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-12-10
extraordinary request II that which has
just been received and which runs As fol.

Cofonbis's Latest Proposition.
KNOWING that revolution has already
commenced in Panama ian eminent Coz
lornbian1 says that # the government of
serve Colombian sovereignty, and the
transit, if requested by Colombian charge
d. affaides, this government will declare
stitutioraI authority, when public order
is disturbed, will approve by decree the
ratification of the canal treaty as signed:
prefers, Will call extra session Of the con-
gress-witk new and friendly members
next May to approve the treaty. IAN emf
of vice president, LIE says, and if it became
necessary will 80 Co the isthmus or send
representative there to adjust. matters
along above lines to the satisfaction Of
the people there"
This dispatch IS noteworthy from two
standpointss Its offer of Immediately
Contrast with the positive and CONTEMPT.
uous refusal Of the congress which has just
closed its sessions to consider favorably
ment which made the treaty really had alb
solute control over the situation, but did
not choose to exercise this control. The
dispatch further calls ON us to restore or
der and secure Colombian supremacy in
the isthnusfromw which the Colombian gov
eminent has just by it's action decided to
bar us by preventing tire construction Of
the CANAL
AHApoDaa&Ae w ~
The control. in, the interest Of the CON-
merce and traffic of the whole civilized
world. of the means of undisturbed
transit across the isthmus of Panama
to the Unitedi States. We have repeated
ly exercised this control by Intervening
in the course of domestic dissension, and
by protecting the territory from foreign
invasion. In 1853 Mr. Everett assured tia
Peruvian minister that we should not
hesitate to- maintain the neutrality of ths
isthmus in the case Of war between Peru
and Colombia. In 1864 Colombia, which
has always been vigilant to avail itself
of its privileges conferred by the treaty.
expressed its expectation that in the
the United States would carry into eff
feet the guaranty of neutrality. There
have been few administrations of the
state department in which. this treaty
has not, either by the one side or the
other. been. used as basis of more or
less important demands. 1t was said by
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
av avert by ysSt warning na from this govern
the menace of hostilities from Italy in
the Cerruti case, Mr.. Bayard expressed
me Sa serious concern that the United
pean power should resort to force against
a sister republic of this hemisphere, as
TO the sovereign and uninterrupted use of
a part OF whose territory we are guar
antors under the solemn faith of a treaty.
The above recital of facts establishes
beyond question:: First. that the United
States has for over half a century pa
obligations under the treaty of 1916; sec
ond. that when for the first time it be-
came possible for Colombia to do any
thing in reQuital of the services thus re-
peatedly rendered to it for 81 years by
the United States. the Colombian gov
eminent peremptorily and extensively re-
FUSED thus to- do its part. even though
to do SO would have been to it's advan-
tage and UNNECESSARILY to the advantage
OF the state of Panama, at that time I'M
der its jurisdiction: third, that through
factiOnal disturbances of every kind have
occurred one after the other in almost
uninterrupted succession. some of them
lasting for months and even for years,
while the central government was unable
to put them down or to make peace with
the rebels: fourth, that these disturb
ances instead of showing any sign of
abating have tended to grow more
numerous and more serious in the imme-
date past; fifth, that the control of
Colombia over the lsthmus of Panama
armed Intervention and assistance of the
United States. In other words, the gov
eminent of Colombia though who ly un-
able to maintain order on the isthmus,
has nevertheless declined to raEify a
treaty the conclusion of which opened
the only chance to secure its own stabil-
lly anu 10 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 to a crime against the nation,
had 1t acted otherwise than it did when
the revolution of November 3 last took
place in Panama. This great enterprise CT
building the interoceanic canal cannot be
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 peop.e who, though
they dwell atar off, yet, against the wish
of the actual jewellers On the istEmuS, as
sert an unreal supremacy over the terri
tory. The possession of territory fraught
with such peculiar capacities as the 18TH
mus in question carries with it 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.
Provisions of Panama Treaty.
Every effort has been made by the gov.
eminent of the United States to persuade
Colombia to follow a course which was
to the interests Of the world, but to the in
terests of Colombia itself. These efforts
have failed; and Colombia, by her persist
ence in repulsing the advances that have
been made, has forced u.s., for the sake OF
our own honor, and of the interest and
well being, not merely Of our own people.
anna and the people of the civilized coun-
tries Of the world, to take decisive steps
to bring to an end a condition of affairs
which had become intolert Die. The new
republic of Panama Immediately offered to
negotiate a treaty with US. This treaty j
herewith, submit, By It our interests are
better safeguarded than in the treaty with
Colombia which was ratified by the sem
ate at its last session. 1t Is better in its
terms than the treaties offered to US by the
republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
At last the right to begin this great under
taking is made available. Panama has
done her part. ALL that remains is for the
American congress to do its part and forth
cution of a project colossal in its size and
Of well-nigh incalculable possibilities for
the good of this country and the nations
of mankind 81.
BY the provisions of the treaty the United
States guarantees and will maintain the
There is granted to the United States in
perpetuitE the use, occupation and control
of a strip ten miles wide and extending
three nautical miles into the sea at either
the zone necessary for the construction 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 all the rights. power and
authority which it would possess were II
the sovereign Of the territory to the ex-
by the republic. All railway and canal
property rights belonging to Panama and
needed for the canal pass to the United
States, including any property of the re-
anna and Colon; the works. property and
nersonnel of the canal and RAILWAYS ara