The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27

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should abandon the canal 10 foreign
rivals without contest1of dispute, in
order that we may keep our standing
In the family of nati0ua,
Not for one moment do l believe
that we have violated treaty right
and not for one moment do | believe
that the English government serious
- 0oItenus that we nave violated al
treaty rigat. Our whole difficulty In
the matter arises from the un-Ameri-
can spirit of surrender that some of
Our own people have exhibited toward
this important question from the very
beginning.
"If the congress had unanimously
passed the canal tolls, bill two years
ago, do not believe that the question
would ever have been raised that VIZ
do not have the right to exempt Amer
ican ships from the payment of tolls
| when We charge foreign ships fair
and equitable rate for their passage
through the canal. Great Britain
charges sl.3O for the passage through
Ia canal that cost only one-third OIL
what it cost us to build the Panama
Canal and our toll charge Is only S1.20
not lie within the mouth Of Great
, per net ton.
L
Britain or any foreign nation TO COM
plain that we have not given them fair
and equitable treatment in the tolls
that we have charged for the passage
OF their ships through the canal
There is more serious question
1 involved In the passas q of this bill. The
right to discriminate IL 9evo. c! Gu.
ships, the opportunity to encourage
our shipping and to increase our
| commerce are matters of vital import
! encep S3S t;i5y pare INTO EiguIIIcauCe
when compared with the attack on the
zone. -
a war Measure.
"The power to build the canal under
our constitution rests IN tho var ppw-
er of the Unitod States. SIC Iu.it Ito,
canal primarily as an addition to our
war power as 1t permits the quicker
transfer OF our naval forces from one
ocean to another Its inland lake
provides a harbor of refuge In which
our naYies can rendezvous aud as oc-
casIon offers, strike either ocean.
The advocates of Great Britain take
the Position that We are forbidden to-
discriminate in faSbE of our own res-
sells OF commerce, and as vessels Of
e-S.S 70 enu =Whf iafe. ,natneQ To-
gether, huw long will II, be bofore the:
same advocate of the british conten-
ton viii advise us that VIC canrlo,
discriminate In favor of our own war
vessels. -.
The contention Of those advocating
the British claim Beeins almost abb
surd when we recognize that III we
Il D b iYf c5IsIsiiS ff'ei
the qaIfe Us 10,
s;dsnik t1nfn foi; YaBstis s 20 sgil 4 10
4 IfloSE so a ice Farf flt 8 e1ssfai AZ fitila
1ot war ifltoll6 IIAhiiisy ifi6taad Of m
asset. OF course 81 * Siiafill no siinll
I. contract. We ttis - q, lf ~ Hong ,abls
!, t,sefsing certatli 4 alob bted by sIies
certain priyileggs IN tie canal That
1 did not, mean that pfGpo 8 Cd. To-
!, build feahat ct our a Il 6xpsfse and
1 n,-fa :s:sl t5nfef lis SOY oreignty to ait
other nAtfuuSt -
i llyFe III no word IN the treatlssi
that ven By I'M leaf ton denlas DUR
lright % lgtFe FREQ tolls 10 our. yssshls
come WHOM wa viii kTae eur yossais
from tolls IL the foreign trade. r3ntj
( We have yet TO consider the most SER
5ons Eufrehdef that tile advocates of
the itishs cont lon desire to make
: tiias. e. 70, make the admission .tliat we.
are NOT Hexsreil la Che Canal Zons. 8
y: yoIlr9 vote Iop are siSsd 20 ratss4
y Tor all time to- come the, British de-
sire that We etlgtenSfet spvarelgpty of
the Canal Zone nd admit that it IA in
) 5internat ti0iiSt wakerway II, Which Swe
bRRe no ffghta thar arc not posgessed
s by all sothgr 10 llpaE. q q z. q
4 nYerB entail status on the
I Canal Zone Nleg estati shed ana lg-od
BY Q treaty made With the Isspubl.i
lot Ranania subseguelt 70 the making,
OF the Hay atIpcet tofe treeEy. Great
Britain seInaiiaed silent ftef the pub
tlieati1ns Of this treaty and allowed uB
4 70 silIld the canal under 1t md she is
Iestopped now TO deny the right we ac5
gaifed under tEeaty With Pana-i
i The Republic. os RaEa1la ACQUIRED
i the oyereignty over the land through
(which the Eailsl was f5isifEp Tn the ssSile
tnanrer the {sfigl bel ,TiiIetcan Statat
4of this Union srQ Ga lr B0vereigrl- :.
ltyi by succe eVos dtiun Panama
I has stirfendere6 srr#aascFei gs.ty n1s
ttslt, Can Spna Is oi eernnirnt. l,y
!. ae Eat IS so: cieaf iit scsilnpt be
tnlisuhd defBt6cd * S 8
/ Axe We now 10 yield flie novefeF,sS
I lriBhes 6f Sas nation afs d 2nr gIist !. 4, an
nSone tell sus plainly wig we snFreils
Der and what q e Ne aeeoInpl plibhed By
sEe we % 81 "a lsi6raly bacauee fisa
gsent time ut nfs 11nrops is against us
1 iWhen has tho eenfinaefis II Europe
ever been sgltls !. ns altoila snaktere 0a,
Europe sit tls When Slc e.
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