The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-15
PRESIDENT TELLS
PANAMA HISTORY
Speclsi Message 10 Congress
Defends Course of the
Administrasion.
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In a spsrzs n4arsaag the Occasion and tfls
wants ass5 circumstances 5haE have axIsSn.
Sovereignty las rs duties IS well as lis
-Tarr< awa-GFs 1sr,s~;s4-rAa vr5sFs -anra
ueg4E1 10 lie just demands Of other zla-
u01s than they ~ mea- w0ll6 De per
close ! gates Of Entarc0ursa On the great
higavays ~ the world, and justify the
aCS 5y tire p~TsSEns59u that these avenues
~ srada and travel bsl0ng 10 them and
almost equivalent. 10 cucumber them with
Ezcfs ugaiEsz relations a Eould prevent
their general Ese
Lsae principle Tas sound then ard IS now.
The United States has taken the position
taat no other government is TO build the
canal IN 1SGs. when France proposed 10
bonds. the senate passed Z resolution as
follows.
THAT the United states viii Iook with
ssrassag concern and d~isaDprova upon any
Tsisl the construction d : control kof any
snip canal across the gIsT1raus OF Darien
or acreas Central America. and must re-
gars. n such connection or control as
ssJuEsous to the just rights and interests
IF they United states M : 4 menacs to
their welfare
explicitly provided that the United States
should control, police and protect the
canal. keeping Il o5en TOR All nations on
equal terms. When 9hfs government SUBJ
raitsed to Colombia the Hay-Herran treaty
three things were, therefore. already Eet-
tied Ona was tina the canal should be
bni.t. sscosad our purpose e deal ~
through whose and we might build it.
|ThE Hay-Eerran treaty, III 1t erred. erred
n the direction Of o-ver-generosity towards
Colombia. Ii hes been stated that Coz
i0ribfa objected 10 stipuiations, that they
Involved retnqufsnnnent st her sssov-
~ersignty:s but III the light 81 what has
afferthoughE In reality. ths treaty, &C.
kri3wiedged, confirmed and Preserved her
sovereignty. The exercise bg the United
substantial control over the canal andgthe
Immediately adjacent territory. has been
g fundamental part OF any arrangement
anisannaat by tie United states 81 Control
over the canal strip would render unat-
were re adviasd. when legislatisn Of sgo2
negotiations with Colombia inpracticabie.
No nation could construct and guarantee
the neutrality Of the canal with less Geon-
troll than was stipulated tor In
Merran treaty. a refusal to- grant such
degree of control vas necessarily q refu-
sal to- make any practicable treaty at all.
ausstidn whether Colombia was entitled
TO bayAgths transit OF the worlds trafie
across the fAthrnls.
Tnats the canal vas eagerly demand
ea4by the peopsa of the locality through
Whicsl II WAS to pass, Is shown by the uyiar-
fH1ity in the PanaIlarepublic Furthermore.
Colombia. after having rejected the treaty,
since shown tho utmost eagernegs TO ac-
Sept the Same, One OF the men standing