Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-25

which were necessary for the peace
able enjoyment of the interest thus ac-
CURED by her.
Both countries have agreed. in the
construction that this treaty imposed
upon the United States no duty to-
ward Colombia to help put down do
nestle instruction. With that form
of assault upon the sovereignty Of Col
ombia the United States has had no
concern except when it tended to in
terfere with free transit, and then the
action of the United States has been
not in the exercise of a duty toward
Colombia, but in protection of her own
| rights.
Throughout the half century past
| since the treaty was made the United
States has been faithful to her Obliga-
tons and her constantly Increasing
power have been an adequate barrier
against foreign aggression upon the
| Iathmus. In all the long and monoto-
nous series CT revolutions and re-
| bellions in which Colombia from the
| beginning showed herself wholly in
capable of maintaining order, United
States sailors and marines have po-
| Heed the railroad, its terminal cities
| and its sometimes by Colom-
| bias request and sometimes without
| it-prohbiting action sometimes by the
| forces of the party in power and some
| ,in,oc ~ thp forcao of the nprtv ont of
! power. but always enforcing peace up
| on TIE line Of transit. In u long and
unbrokcn series of formal binding Off
,a ,%a f1r ,,,ora than hair = con-
turv NO have committed our country
as a matter of traditional policy to the
ayor.,tion of tho trret IN ,rotect and
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I'm ~ - .,s4 a,,o offao+ Or
.ha t,aa+v oe 1s.e r.ns that forei~n
nowe,s were to be excluded from the
opportunity to construct the canal
themselves 1t followed from this that
if private enterprise should fail to
build the canal, the United states as
suIned the obligation To puma 1t hefseli'
We coma rot pay doS III the liIdHS1I
on the IsthmuS. We could not refuse
IN nerm;t the work TO he done by any
ono elsa co,nnatent to do if and refuse
the burden ourselves. The obligation
or tho United states to build the canal
ond the. ohlie3tjon of Colombia to per-
;4 =, L,,;la - botb followed noe
III. s>,1, .,o ,o,o+;o,. opa ohIigo-
ny .r5,-l ~, tio,,, j., 49,, +re.'tv
If 1916
Private enterprise has failed 10 build
the canal. The great French company
organized by DE Lesseps, AFTER Spellu-
ing and wasting an lncfeulple amount
of treasure and after the sacrifice OF
thousands ,of lives. has abandoned hope
~ CONFLICTING. the undertaking. No
nriva+a company again will Grapp,e
with the colossal enterprise. Other
nations are excluded from the attempt
by the force of our agreement with
Colombia. If the canal is to be built,
wa n,ust bl,ild il.
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,,tar.,+io,, ..oin rnon the re
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tie iieSot"''oii u 'i!e "a f,l.a.a.,.
describes ~ ti,e VIZ i-e'.i''ii 80
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;,1:-a. - ,,,a+ oo,,aI tho, ,ov other
.1+ia,, r,,on oortb par territory
etratcbino across the northwestern end
cf eout, America was without internal
communication or unity. Her princi-
nal towns upon her Atlantic and her
Pacific coasts were separated by
ranges of lofty mountains not traversed
bv any railroad, and for the most part
without roads of any kind The build
ing of n canal would. for the first time,
establish practical and easy commune
,atior, between her different provinces.
Tho vrorl. of construction would bring
arorp,o,Is sums to be eypended in her
territory and the operation of the ca
raj would set Columbia upon a great
biobvav of the yorld's commerce with
| ;rc,lcuIob1a onnortunities for deveiop-
mont and wealth She had acknOW-
Io,1pea tho worlds right to the canal
| cbo had snccifcal1v granted the right
| or v,ov to the limited States. She had
indrced the Tinted STATES to assume
tte mora, oblipation for its construc-
tion Inv excluding all other nations from
the Jsthmus for her protection. When
she came TO settle the terms of this