Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-15
Panama Pecksniffs and the
Shipping Trust


senate the Panama question
Busy people time unraye the intricate prob
lens of diplomacy and finance perhaps puzzled to understand
why high morality the
find its passionate devoees the ranks of privilege They
honesty and simple good faith should be
claimed monopoly of those who nave conered other
of the good things of life
Why standpat whose
before seemed too tender for this rough wordrane Gal
nger Oliver Penrose Root Wetmore and
drad shocked by the proposal that American ships should
go free of tolls through American waterway
The people of United a-or mostly
they prepared understand that it pure
piety ranged the sandpat solid
against free tolls.
Cleaned of all the anctimonous humbug that has been
meared this subject the plain fact is of that the Pan
canal belongs the United Staesu the Erie canal
few of the Americans who the supposed right of England
foreign manage equal partners
merely people
heads But the main strength of this preposterous opinion
derived from the backa influence of the International Ship
ping Trust and its allied financial interests.
The present controversy the question
awaken the American people certain broad fact of modern life
that before been wildly illustrated owt THE
ISTENCE OF A VAST INTERCONT1NENTAL COMBINATION
OF Selfish INTERESTS THAT KNOWS NO PATRIOTISM
BUT USES ALL GOVERNMENTS FOR IT'S OWN PRIVATE
ENDS
The hyeral reasonable American policy
American waterway organized yp
ocrisy of this combination
Engshmen Frenchmen and Germans far they free
this influence readily agree that Americans right
aging Panama canal to suit themselves They admit
course they thing they
in place
The talk Of obligation under the Clayon-ulwer treaty
and the HayPuncefote treaty treat the canal if did
belong is cunning sophisaton This
the following considerations
First-Nobody question right stop work at
Ishmus, destroy done there
which certainly would the if property right
not absolute
Second-There existing consideration possibly
induce the United States this agreement
with England any country bird in the way
that the tandpa senator's and tandpat newspapers say
bound by the HayPaunceoe treaty They therefore their
the theory that have got ourselves diplomatic
and get
This is nonsense For great nation did will
Unfortunately a bargain that is wholly one
sided and has gveandake it. Such bargains respected
only by serve decaden Among seespecng nations
treaties always abrogaed they mutually
advantage.
Thrd-Te history of the Clayton Buwer and Pauncefote
treaties absolutely usfes by week
Sixywo years ago, when Clayton-B treaty
made England had slight consideration offer because of its
claim of protectorae Mosquito
less hadowy rights Central American
suspension those rights consideration the bargain
made by Secretary Hay with Lord Pauncefoe treaty
of 1850 then abrogatedu treaty might now
be abrogated if it worth while o do So
The vitality Hay treaty when we
acquired sovereignty the canal strip decided build
canal NOT THROUGH FOREIGN AND NEUTRAL TERRIFIC
RIES BUT THROUGH OUR OWN LANDS
careful study Of the history of the long controversy with
England about the neutrazng American
hmus will show that the claims of steadily weak
ened and had nearly reached the vanishing point
WERE SUDDENLY REVIVED THE OTHER DAY BY INVIS
IBLE INFLUENCES. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS
THEN MADE THE TOOL OF THE PRIVATE POWERS THAT
RULE OVER INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION