Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-19
The Panama Canal Is the
Property of the United States
A Democratic Congress Should Not Permit
England to Dictate How We Shall Con-
troll Our Domestic Possessions.


dence of its lack of patriotism in rejecting the senate stipulation
that ALL American shall the Panama canal free of
The grave bunder of the house consists in recognizing the
right England interfere in canal built entirely with
money and ENTIRELY IN OUR TERRITORY
In some of the provisions report Canal
bill passed Friday by house has done WELL notably
First granting American coawse vessels of exemp
ton from tolls
Admitting American registry foreignbult vessels
owned by Americans.
Third Prohibiting railway owned steamships from of
Fourth Forbdding by vessels engaged in trade
in violation of Sherman
the thing which is the recognition of the Ameri
right control American canal the house has failed ut
terly,
American vessels engaged in foreign trade and denied
free by pifuy few. The difference in the
tolls would been slight such ships admitted free AS
business trifing AS PATRIOTISM TT IS MOMENTOUS.
The Democrats congress had already country
navy Now they the country right its pos
policy of abandoning the navy abandoning the Philip
pines abandoning the Panama canal abandoning everything
the political jobs its adherents have managed policy
of poor patriotism and small Americanm
The question of right to the canal that has been
by American through territory much American soil
York great Venezuela question:
Cleveand splendid patriotic action for all
his faults and write his history of the great
American Presidents.
The canal is domestic possession In his message of De
81 1911, President Taft points eve canal
It money that built it We have the right charge tolls
its use And Mr. Taft be it said to his credit has
Americans,
should be found American ships whether the
coaswise other trade the right the canal free from
tolls charged for of other dubbed
weak knees by dead and abandoned treaty the Democrats
have taken action utterly unworthy pledged
carry the will of patriotic people
The Clayton Bulwer treaty the argument to
brighten the house weangs by the British British lobby
Washington questionable value as an exhibit in
And the Hay Paunceoe treaty force its stead
expressly the clauses the Clayton Bulwer agreement
which restricted the right of Americans to deal with the canal
then still to be dug they chose
When this treaty pending Mr. Hearst, fearing that an
attempt would be made interfere with rights United
Staeas the House of Representatives has permitted them
be nterfered wihnt Washington corps correspon
dents and cartoons fight for the objectionable
clauses The fight made The clauses And
years later dead and dried treaty dragged musy
pigonhoe and cited argument Britain should
have the rights built by American people as
the American people themselves!
Tsmey this kind the rights of Ameri
can citizens wholly nAmercan This newspaper has begun
WILL CONTINUE persistent fight for restoration in the bill
of the clause admitting all American vessels to the canal toll free
In the meantime write your Congressman be he Demo
cra Republican Tell him that you American and
you want him to he least one Tell him
YOUR money paid for the canal and you ships flying YOUR
flag
Be and persistent about it. and perhaps YOU can
persuade him that American sentiment important thing
far he concerned than British argument and the arg
that advanced by selfish American interests
that controlled by British sentiments
is worthy of that in the canal as in
the matter of baleshp the bravcy and wisely
The Republican president Of the United advocacy of
free tolls set example for Democratic would
have done better TO follow But though possible argument
has been laid before the house its action almost at the
close of the session has been the elimination of political
mistakes which justify the cynical opinion President Grant
pressed of the party years
side is the American people on the other foreign
which has sought to be the every quarter
the globe and which has succeeded whenever might made right
and ii met with weaker nation
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