Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-01-14

he reviews these reasons at considerable
length and Justifles the speedy recognition
on either and all of them. He refers to
precedents to show that treaties concluded
with one nation are binding upon the sue
lS46 with New Granada was transferred
nrst TO Colombia and now to Panama. OF
IN second reason he says;
'Jhis recognition was in the second
place, fur'Her justified by the highest con-
siderations OF our national interests and
..alety. IN all the range of our interna-
nFm that there IS nothing of greater or
more pressing Importance Than the con-
structlon Of an interoceanic canal Long
ackhowledged to be essential to our com
HerclaI development, ii has become as
the result OF the recent extension of our
territorial dominion. more Than ever es-
sehtIaI 10 our national self-defense.
IN the lght of our present situation, the
estaDAshment of easy and speedy com
muhlcat!Qn by sea between the Atlantic
ana the Pacific presents itself not simply
as something to be desired but as an OBJ
;eGI 10 be be positively and. promptly at
talheG' reasons of convenience have been
! superseded by reasons of vital necessity,
which DO not admit of indefinite delays"
IN the same connection he charges CO.
Io!hDla with attempting to so delay tho
Iat!Hcatlon OF any canal treaty as to
place that government in a position not
| only TO secure the Sl0,OOO,000 offered it as
compensation by this government but to
secure the S4)O0O,0oO promised the Panama
Canal company for its franchise and
rights Is as as. well. BY waiting until Octo-
Der 81, 1901 the franchise of the Panama
company would have expired and the
Colombian government be in n position
to TO eths, seize its property and rights on the
lsthmus, and then be in a position to de-
mand of the United States the payment
70 that government of both sums. In
this connection he says:
Such Is the scheme to which II was
proposed that the United States should
be invited to become party. The con-
StrucuOn OF the canal was to be rele-
gated to the indefinite future while Co
lombia was, by reason of her own delay,
to be placed in tho more advantageous
position of claiming not merely the com
pensation to be paid by the United States
ior the privilege or completing the canal,
but also the Ao0o0O0o authorized by the
act OF lSO2 To be paid for the property of
the New Panama Canal company. That
the attempt to carry out this scheme
would have brought Colombia into con-
llct with the government of France can
not be doubted; nor could the United
States have counted upon immunity from
the consequences of the attempt even
apart from the indefinite DELAYS to which
the construction of the canal was to be
subjected ia on the first appearance of
would have been summoned. to interpose
in order to give effect to the guarantees
Of the treaty of 1876; and az this in sup
port of a plan which, while character
lied in Its first stage by the wanton dis
regard of our own highest interests was
fifty to end in further injury to the cit
lzenS OF friendly nation, whose enor-
nous losses in their generous efforts to
pierce the isthmus have become a mat.
ter OF history"
OF the third reason for speedy recog.
milton the president says in part:
In the third place, | confidently main.
tain that the recognition OF the republic
nG Panama was an act justified by the
interests Of collective civilization. II ever
government could be said to have re-
"eiVed Il mandate from civilization to
effect an object the accomplishment of
which was demanded in the interest of
mankind, the United States holds that
position with regard to the intcroceanic
canal. Since our purpose to build the
canal was definitely announced, there
daVe come from all quarters assurances
OF approval and encouragement, in which
even Colombia herself at one time par
hclpated; and to general assurances were
added specific acts and declarations In
order that no obstacle might stand in our
way. Great Britain renOunced important
rights under the Clayton Bulwer treaty
ana agreed 10 Its abroEa ton, receiving IN
return nothing but our honorable pledge
to build the canal and protect it as an
open highway.