Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-11

any other subject. The legislation leading
and reviewed. He sees no necessity for
reverting to the Nicaraguan route. and
pronounces present conditions ripe for the
building of the Panama canal, and in this
.1When 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
map. The purpose of the law was to au-
thorize the president to make a treaty
with the power in actual control of the
been fulfilled"
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
isthmus to the citizens Of this country.
ia a9%h 10 q me b Of the a
he quotes from the state papers Of previous
government officials. including Secretary
under Obligations to the world to build the
canal; notes the reputation of the canal
treaty by Colombia and says:
Neyerthesss the goye eT me OF Goiq PM
repudiated it in such manner as to make
It evident by the time the Colombian con-
gress adjourned that not the scantiest hope
remained OF ever ge5Iing Satisfactory
treaty from them Inc government OF
Colombia made the treaty, and yet when
the Colombian congress was called to rat
~ II the vote agains. ra,inca.ion was as.
government made any real effort to secure
ratification"
The Panama Revolution.
He reyiews tho incidents of tho Panama
revo,ntion and saws the action Of the
ifrttad St,,+es vas in accordancs with The
terms Of the treaty guaranteeing peace
NJ. Mare nee iu,h ~ aisturhancas a.
boWe occnrred in panama since e Is47 and
the rirbts ruaranteed it's citizens s. BY treaty
and SAYS. >s
Tin short the experience of over half a
century has shown Colombia 10 be utterly
fnnanaI,e ~ Ieenine or3ar an tho isth mus
Oniv the active fnterference nj the tinted
states has enabled her to nreserye so much
"a sembiance Of sovereisntv, Had If
not been for the exercise By The United
Sta+es ~ tba nni;ce nnWsr IN barjntsrsss
her eon ~ MJ n,itb he isthm,s wnuIi
have been sundered long ago. In 1S5s in
iSsS in isTs In 1893 in Toni and apain, in
1902. sailors, and marines from United
der 10 natroi the isthmus. to - protect - life lie
snd nransrty and tn sec th.t the tran.it
acToss The isthmns vas kent omen In 1851
in 1860 in 1SSS and in 1910 the Colombian
eovernment asked that the t-nited Sia.es
0oyarpnept would land froOps 10 pro. ect
~ Interests and maintain order on the
isthmus,"
Considering the canal question in al, its
nhases. and the inahilify Of Colombia to
maintain order on the 'isthuns and its
repudi ton of the canal treaty which would
have Guaranteed nernanent neace there
the nrssident saws:
HIJnder such circumstances the poyern-
ment of the United States would have been
guilty of follv and weakness. amoiintine
p thye,s s,,, a nr,,oe q mains,t IT, na.in,es
had a. actad otherviso nav il did Wy en-
the reyoIntion Of Noyemher Z last look
nIaca In panama This preat rnr;se ~
hmiIdinr the interoreanic canal cannot he
held up to gratifv the whims or ont O:
nv ~ the eysn noore s;nister and eviI nn,it
ic.i ~ necn,iarities Of naonIa Who thomph
itai pecuiiar t Oh peop.e mno, .nou ,s
tney owen aIar OIL, yer. against the WISH
ser. ar ai,leai uy.a sis LEI
tory. Inc possession OF aterrltory iraug t
Win sucn pecu.lar capaciiiss as me isth-
mus Al question carries Win II oplBations
70 mankind. me course q events mas
snoMn tHat .Lts caiai eanho' " putlt ps
private enterprise, or by any otner natior
tnan our own; therefore 1t must De DUH
The New Canal Treaty.
he TeleFs 70 the new cana! treaty recent
~ mace Win Panama, Whlch ne suDmlls
with the message. and says OF IT:
by the provisions OF the treaty the
tam the mdepenaence OF the repu6nc o!
Panama Ihere ~ granted TO the Un!tee
states IN perpetult3 the use, Occupation
and control OF strip ten mics wide ant
extending three nautical miles into INT
sea at either terminal. with an lands WING