Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-12-10
now established Tor me army. should
be adopted.


now established Tor me army. should
be adopted.
About one-qnarter the space ia the
message liz devoted To the isthrnian
S canal, the Panama
CONDITIONS revolution and ne
on THE $500 s'sses .'..s 49, ~ 81
tSTHMuS. Panama The PRES
sdent opens by re-
counting the diplomatic relations Of
this country with New Grenada, CO.
lomhia and Panama, explaining the
rights acquired by this country and its
| stewardship of rights and interests OF
great Significance to the world The
president explains that II has not been
necessary for him. in view OF the re-
lection OF the canal treaty hy Colom-
bia, to negotiate with Nicaragua, be-.
cause he has been able to make q
treaty with the new state OF Panama.
| which now controls the lsthmus Ex-
| tracts from the documents or CasSsl
Seward and Speed. defining our rela-s
tons to the isthmus and in line with
the policy Of Mr.. Roosevelt's admlnis-
tration In recent matters there, are
4 produced The president says more
than fair treatment was conceded CO.
lornbia in the treaty which that coun-
try rejected.
The above recital of facts establishes
beyond question; First, that the United
States has for over
CONCLUSIONS h hsli IS. century 4. %, "a
OF THE faith carried out lts
HRE 0lnEMT obligations under The
treaty Of 1876, seq
ond. that when for
the first time Id became possible for CO.
lomhia 60 do anything iii reauitai 81 the
for ilfty-seven years bv The IInsfesl STATES
the colombian government peremptprlly
ana offenslvely refused thus to do itn
b baan i, even ~ ansougn e GO e would have
TO the advantage or the state OF Panama
at that time under It's jurisdiction: third,
rhas tnro3ughont this period revolutions,
KIND have occurred one after the other III
almost uninterrupted succession some st
snsm them lasting for months and even for
years. while the central government was
| unable e put them down or 90 make
peace with the rS⪕ fourth. that These
disturbances instead Of showing any sign
merous and more serioua4in the fnamedis
ate past: fifth that the control az CO.
iompia ever the Isthums Of Panama could
nol pe maintained without the armed inr
terventiun and assistance 81 the T1ngted
states. In other words, the government
q Colombia though wholly unable ID
MAINTAIN order on the isthmus. has nevcr4
theless declined TO ratify a treaty the
conclusion of which opened the only
chance to secure its own stability and Ii
guarantee permanent peace ON, and the
construction OF canal across. the isfll2
mus.
.~s M
~. al such circums tanees the gov
haye been guilty az
PLAIN DUTY Iuliy ana weakness
ar alAssrrr amVuntlng ~ their
Az ~ a eI.ne a9MhhAk
STATES. snS HAsLtons BAG M
a 8 ss olnerWlse than
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the even more a.nssfa an IVA ~, ri
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Ana a,.s,.at S A.. hEa.nsI tne wish 81
sert An unreal sunre,,aa,sv s s,av ~ mN
forv q,ha 80 1ilasSs 1sSA snN ketk4x
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he hs,t 10 s,, raya enst snss canai cannes
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'Ss - - ss.e sg''se0 ot@sss'
Every affnrt has a,aa,. ,..asa -. A.. 49,.
eminent nf liza IFnised estes@s IN saT suSs
S.alnssshia ~ II. ~ fealS ssaas =
THE REPuLsE s eouTss which LEI was e.
or arr assfssra ss9s a,,x w
-. ~, ~ $500 = ~ ~ssN 49, "
GOLOW EIA. ,e,.s;s ss Ss N - 1T ~ s x
$500 $500, 49, ~ ~ $500 49, III.
tfsalf Tbnso oreorts ~ w g IA SuIsAs 1850
Ion1hia ~ he ~ - , atsu 49, 80
adsa t,,,o g,., III ~ 10y
MS for the salsa ~ a,s,s ,,.ss ,.sssss W. 80
t1s 5ntarast a,,d S.sailis,ss n0"p1, M.iw -
o,,r nvrI rennla ME- ~ u.s. ~ 80 ~
lafhrnt,a ~ T5ana,ss 49, 49, pS1 s ~ 49,
@ivili1ad so,,,t,gas IT. INV aaa1 nISpfe w. W.
daeisise efs,,s ~ s.s,ss s sss 49, ~ taMs
fion ~ affaire u5tsh ,s 81 s em s.sss
erahle The new rens,,,is ~ sAAa 49,
rnediateiv offered W narofsate J sreasv
wIta ny NIT traass, nssuas s. $3.50
81 it our interests axa better - sersnraed
sion. 1t is better III It's terms than tho
treaties offered to us nv the republics ar
Nicaragua and Costa Rica. AL last tho
r rae g ,l n.sgin this great undertaking y
part All that remains n for the Amerl.
can congress- to do fkq rnrf and fnrfh4pffIs