The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-05
COURIER

ernment was DAseu upon state of facts in no way dependent for it's justi- fcation upon our action in ordinary cases. have not denied. nor do I wish to deny. either the validity or the pro- oriety os the general rule that a new state should not be recognized as inde- pendent till it has shown it's ability to maintain its independence. This rule is derived from the principle of non-inter- vention and as a corollary of that prin- eiDle has generally been observed by the United states. But, like the princi- Dle from which it is dedueed, the rule is subject to exceptions, and there are in my opinion clear and imperative req sons why departure from it was justi- fed and even required in the present instance. These reasons embrace (D our treaty rights. @ our national inter ests and safety and (S) the interests of collective civilization.
 UNITED STATES MUST BUILD
 CANAL.
 Long before the conclusion of the Hay-Herran treaty the course of events had shown that a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans must be built by the United States or not at all. Experience has demonstrated that pri- vate enterprise was utterly inadequate for the purpose, and fixed policy, de- clared by the United States on many memorable occasions and supported by the practically unanimous voice of American opinion. had rendered it nor ally impossible that the work should be undertaken by European powers either singly or in combination. Such were the universally recognized conditions on which the legislation of the congress was based and on which the late nego- tiations with Colombia were begun and concluded. Nevertheless, when the well considered agreement was rejected by Colombia, and. the revolution on the isthnus ensued, one of Colombia's first acts was to invoke the intervention of the United States. nor does her invita- tion appear to have been confined to this government alone By a telegram from MT. Beaupre. our minister at Be- gotta. e the 7th of November last we were informed that General Reyes would soon leave Panama invested with full powers, that he had telegraphed the president of Mexico to ask the gov ernment os the United States and all countries represented at the pan-Amer- ican conference Ito aid Colombia to pre- serve her integrity and that he had requested that the government of the United States should meanwhile 'pre- serve the neutrality and transit of the isthmus' and should mot recognize the new government" Tn another telegram from Mir, Beaupre, which was sent lat CT in the day, this government was ask ed whether 1t would take action .'to maintain Colombian right and sover- eighty on the isthmus in accordance with article 35 (of) the treaty of 146' in case the Colombian government should be entirely unable to suppress the se- cession movement there" Here was a direct solicitation of the United States to intervene for the purposdof suppress ing. contrary to the treaty of 1S46 as i this government has uniformly con- strued it. new revolt against Colom- bias authority brought about by her own refusal to permit the fulfilment of the great design for which that treaty was made. It was under these circum- stances that the United States, instead of using its forces to destroy those who | sought to make the engagement of the treaty reality, recognized them as the proper custodians of the sovereignty of l the isthmus.
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