Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-11
United States Had
No Part i'm tine
Revolution
And Now Only Ques-
ton is Ratification
of the Treaty

Washington, Jan. 5.-President
ROOseyelt's expected message on
isthmian matters was transmitted to
congress yesterday and embraces a
detailed explanation OF his actions IN
eAgCuung the act enutled AN act 10
puJt44e Tor the construction OF a
I4laA connecting TIE waters OF the
AAauLiG ana racine oceans, approved
June ., IsU-. - ne act me presluenI
was authorized 10 secure Tor Ine
United States the property OF the
Panama L4nal company anu the per
pelJ4l cOIl.JI u slnp . miles wade
al4Oas lie lslAll.us Ol Panama. IL
Has 4u4luer provided JnaI -snduId the
ETesIIeuL Le unable 10 obtain "a
Satisfactory uue 20 the property anu
the COnIrOI OF the necessary terflUOr.
o. the rgpuUIlc u colombia within =
Reasonable Tine ana upon reasonable
terms, Lnen the president should en-
gs4yOT 10 provide Tor a canal Dy the
Nicaragua route. Inc language
QuOueu Gennes with exacIness ana
precision what was 10 De done, anu
WhaI as a mailer o. tact mas been
done. Inc president was authorized
10 90 To the Nicaragua route only IA
within a reasonable time he could not
OBTAIN -cOnJrOI o. the necessary ter
rlJOry Of the repuDnc OF Colombia.
This control has now been obtained,
the provision o. the act mas been com
pleu wIJhi II Is no longer possible
unuer existing Legislation TO 90 10 the
Nicaragua route as an alternative.
Unuer the Hay-PaUnceIOJe treaty
the president continues, II was eX-
pnCItly provided that the United
States should control, police, anu
protect the canal which was 10 be
built seepIng II open Tor the vessels
OF al nations on equal terms. The
United states thus assumed the posi-
ton OF guaranJOr OF the canal ana o.
its peaceful use BY ali the world. The
guaranr~ included as a matter Oh
course building OF the canal The
enleTpTIs, vas recognized as respond
Ing 10 an international need and Al
would De the yerIesL IravesJy ON ugnI
ana justice 10 treat the governments
IN Possession 81 the istnmus as nav.
ING the right, IN the language oI
Secretary Cass II 1888, to close TIE
gates OF intercourse on the great
highways u the World, and justify the
act Dy the pretensIon that these
avenues or Ura0e ana travel belong 20
them ana IhaI they choose TO smut
Jnem.
Mnen this government submitted 10
CC.JmUaa TIE nay -nerran treaty three
Inlnss were therefore, aIreaCy
setusd. One was mat the canal
snOuIu Je DuIIt. Inc ume Tor uela,
the time IOr permitting the auempt "
Do mAue ~ private enterprise, me
time Tor permitting any government
or anu-sOcIaI spsTIL anu OF lmperIec,
development 10 bar the Work, was
pas. The United states had assumed
n cCnnecIlOn with the canal certalu
responsibilities not only 10 It's own
people, but 10 the civilized world
wnIcn lmperativeiy demanded that
there shOuIu no longer be delay IN
beginning the HOrk.
second. While IL was settled that
the canal should 1ssbuut without I'm.
Necessary Or improper Ueiay, II was
No less CLEARLY SHOWN 10 be our pur.
pose 10 deal not merely. ma spirit OF
justice Dut Ia sIIIlt OF generosity
with the people through whose land
We might SuIld II. Inc hay-Herran
treaty, a Il erreI az salfFerred in the
uIreNLOL % an UveT-generOslty 10
N~T.ls me Colombian government In
our .lnAlely''tO De lalr We mao gone 10
the very verge n yieIuIng 60 a weaK
nallOL demands what that nation
was Relplessly unaOIe TO enforce IRON
Us against our will. The only
criticisms made upon the adminIstra.
ton Tor the terms OF the Hay-HeTran
treaty were for having granted too
much 70 Colombia, not Tor failure 10
grant enough. Neither in the con.
gress nor in the public press, at the
time that this treaty was formulated,
was there complaint that il did not IN
the fullest and amplest manner
guarantee 10 Colombia everything
that she could by any color OF title
demand.
Nor is the fact TO be lost sight OF
that the rejected treaty, while gen
erously responding to the pecuniary
demands OF Colombia. in other re-
spects merely provided for the con
struction of the canal in conformity
with the express requirements OF the