New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-22

or Dy tne united states, whichever ~
might be, should be opened and mace
neutral upon the same terms that were
specified in the original agreement, which
were that the ships of Great Britain ana
the ships of the United States should
have exactly the same treatment.
Agreement with Great Britain.
This new agreement specified that the
ships of all nations were to have the SAINT
treatment. Then Panama made 10 tne
United States a grant of the use and oc-
cupation of a strip OF territory across the
isthmus to be used for the construcllon
of canal in accordance with the Terms
and stipulations in this treaty with Great
Britain our Congress passed law which
gives free transit to American ships en-
gagged in coastwise trade while paSsInS
between our Atlantic Coast and our IA
cific Coast, while tolls are to be imposed
upon British ships passing between
British ports on the Atlantic and BRUSH
ports on the Pacific, and upon all other
foreign ships. 10
violation of the treaty which we mace
with her, and In accordance with Wnlcn
by express provisions contained IN GU,
grant from Panama we were 10 pulld anu
open the canal
Congress takes different view Of the
construction of the treaty, and II mas
passed this law which Great Britain says
violates It. and the question is now W, 70
come, what ls TO be done about IL! re
have treaty with Great Britain under
which we have agreed that all questions
arising upon the Interpretation or treaties
shall be submitted 10 arbitration, ana, ~
seems hardly conceivable, yet there are
men who say that we will never arbltrate
the question OF construction or tnat
treaty, and | say to you that IL we re-
fuse TO arbitrate IT we VIII De IN tte
position Of the merchant VINO Is KNOWN KNOWN, "
all the world to be false to his PROMISES
Senator Root went on to say that IN
the light of our multitude of declara-
lions for arbitration and peace we
would stand discredited: that the In
f,uence of America for progress and
civilization would be annulled II the
country stood to the proposals with
reference to the canal now being sup
ported by Congress.
"If we are lovers OF liberty and JUS
tice," he concluded, "if we are willing
to do as the nation what we feel bound
TO do as individuals In our communi-
ties. then all the questions we have
been discussing will be solved right
and for countless generations to come
Americans will still be brothers as
they were in the days Of old, leading
the world toward happier lives and
nobler manhood, toward the realization
of the dreams Of philosophers and the
prophets for a better and a nobler
world"
Mayor Gaynor, in his closing re-
marks. reverted to another angle or
his attacks on newspapers. He was
speaking Of public sentiment and adj
vancing the argument that II one be-
lieved the newspapers he would have
thought that the people wanted for
President the man whom they believed
would prosecute the trusts hardest
And yet the man who did most
along that line was the worst beaten
man, and the man who did next best
or worst, was second, and the man who
was elected was from the state where
all the trusts were born and where
they slept and took their breakfasts
all their lives" said the Mayor.