The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-27
Underwood Opposes Wilson
En The Cassog Tolls Matter
says the President Is Not Aherns Platform as IL wos
Adopted a Baltimore .l.

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should abandon the canal 10 foreie,
: rivals without coutestiior DISPUTE. II
I order that we may keep our standinI
In the family of nations,
Not for one moment do I beIiey,
that We have violated a treaty rirh
and not for one moment do | believ,
that the English government serious
iy contends that we have Violated {
, treaty right. Our whole difficultv II
the matter arises from the un-Anierj
/, can spirit of surrender that some a.
our own people have exhibited towarf
TINS important question from the yer,
beginning.
the congress had unanimously
passed the canal tolls bill two years
. aee' DO not believe that the question
: would ever have been raised that We
40 not nave the right to exempt Amer
lcan ships from the payment of tolls
| when We charge foreign shlps a fair
and equitsble rate for their passage
through the canal. Great Britain
'chargeB $1.30 for the passage through
ia canal that cost only une-third of
What 1t cost us to build the Panama
Canal and our toll charge is only 81 %
not lie within the mouth of Great
, per net ton.
lt seems to me clear that II does
britain or any foreign nation to COM
pam that we have not given them fair
ana equitable treatment In the tolls
tnRt We have charged for the passage
ol Ineir ships through the canal.
there ts more serious question
involved In the passage of this bill. The
Ii5uTiIufuutc in iavor or our
shlps, the opportunity to encourages
sH:iFin5 anu TO increase our
commerce are matters of vital imnori-
ance. but they pale into significance
when compared with the attack ON tbe
zone. '""ni
A war Measure.
The power to build the canal hnder
our constitution rnsfs in tho MIR nov
er OF tho Urslod Staten. Nc Lult i,,o,
canal primarily ais an addition To omr
war power as 1t permits the onicIer
transfer OF our naval forces from; one
ocean to another Its inland Iake
provides a harbor of refuge In which
our naYies can rendezvous anii as or
caslon offers, strike either ocean.
The advocates OF Great I,ritain ,ato
the position that we are forbidden IN!
discriminate in favor of our ovn yes.
sells OF commences, aai as VESSELS of
commerce and war sreT named To
gether,. how long win II, Be bofoFe the
same advocate CT the British conten 4
tion VIII advise us that VIC carnn,
In favor of our own, war
vessels. ~ o""i "af
The contention Of tfioso atjvocattnpl
the british claim seems almost nh
fnru when 8e tocoGtiizS that 10 wei
aanlH them for Vessels OF comuianco
tne satle reasonihg WIN reatiire ,IsfS fsl
.df1it tii6zn for vessels or waf To
40 SO would convert the canal IN tir1c !
.. war into a liability instead. Of nj, (
asset or course we made no si,ch
iontract We giyn "a all nations nh
serving certain ruisg adopted by us
certain privileges in the canal. That
.;G NOT mean TINT we pronosotl = .
ouiid canal at ou- own oEpansc ,6 i
men snrrender its sctorelgnty 10 ali
,ther nations. - s.ii
4, incre is no word In the tFeatlea
nat even by implication denins nnr y
'isnt 10 give free tolls to our vessels
any trade. and tho day viii Vet
'ome whom we will free our yessnis 8
rom tolls In the foreign trade. nnt !.
We nave yet to consider the most Scr
GUS surrender that the advocates of y
ne Srltlsh contention desire to. make:
nat is TO make the admission chat we
ire NOT sovereign In the Canal Zone.
by your vote. yoa are asked 10 rati-
LOT an time to come. the British de- =
ire tnat we surrender soyerelgnty OF :;
ne Canat Zone and admit that IT ia an &
International waterway In which wo
ave no rights that arc not pussesse5
y all other NATIONS. RtrE'y
Our SaveFnm5htaI status on tho !"
anal Zone was established arid A-od
y treaty made with the T.aplibI.,
I fanama subsequent to the making
the y-Pauncefote treaty. Grnat
'rltain remained silent after the nnb-
cations of this treaty and allowed IIa
puild the canal under Il and she 10
stopped now to deny the right we ac- .
eired under this treaty with Pana-
"The Republic of Panama acouired
ie sovereignty over the land throuHh
men the Canal WAS. built In the same
lanner the original Thirteen States
this Union acquired thelr soyereietI-t
Z, by successfHT revolution. Panama
rs surrendercd hnr Sovereignty cv,-
le Canal Zone. to bhH government, hy
'nsllage ,s,1. teat is SO clear II CANNOT be :
/; Are we now to yictdg The sovereign [,
gnts OF a riation and for what ?. Can n
nyone tell US plainly Uhy we snrren. / 4
3 . and what Is. to be accomplished by !,
Are We TO Yield merely because the
!. SlellienI eLll OF europe Is against nsfi
.,sn mas the sentiment OF Europe "a
,sE oesp viii as shout matters of : {.
! "svv'aSs Europe witt, us when %c nro-
sted against tho Dritlsii goyernm IN, :,
king Us without granting rspTesei,.i
ton In the parliament? MD Enrona
mpathize With usswiieii We brotest.l
against the unlaa.gli neianfaa a-,hi