Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
England Uses Her OWN Canal
to Build Up Her Own
Commerce

And Mr. Wilson Bandy Proposes to Permit Her to Use
OUR Canal for the Same Purpose.


England built and the Suez Canal We built the
Panama Canal and believe own it.
English ships Canal and pay the tolls BUT
ENGLAND PAYS BACK ALL SUCH TOLLS IN REBATES TO
THE BRITISH VESSELS THAT PAY THEM
This of course exactly the admitting British ships
free to the suez Canal
The advantage British shipping enormous has made
the British commercial the of the Eastern trade 1t
has carried British flag all the Aat and African ports
and has vastly enriched the British people.
Naturally England regards in Suez only
right and proper ships other nations the trade
are penazed British ships enabled to charge low freight
rates and monopoe the trade The ports of London and Liver
pool prosperous With the profits from their Eastern steam
ship lines British shopowners have been enabled to build fleets
for the American South American traffic and to gain
teal monopoly of the seas.
It was the immense benefits conferred British shipping
by the Canal that first led the French to undertake the
building of the Panama Canal And the purpose of the
French they built the canal to for the advan
tage of their
But the French failed in Panama, and the United States
taking up the work, carried it out successfully.
The American people willingly bore the great cost of
structOn They forward the day when the canal
should build up American shipping restore the American flag
to the seas and up the interior by increased
commerce and lower freight rates
But England cinging firmly her monopoly at suez
objected violently any American advantage in the American
Canal.
The first protest from the Canadian Pacific Railroad
owned England directors of the road foresaw mme
date lowering of freight the minute competition
was opened
Their protest echoed by the British hpOwners They
American competition the which they had come
to regard as their exclusive property
No particular attention was paid by this
giant British attitude at first 1t seemed natural enough that
Great Britain should be pased at the prospect of greater
American commerce In the past American any important
Office has worried very British dissatisfaction which
began with the Revolution and has continued internationally
since.
But of patriotic Americans the President
of the United States although pledged by the party platform
which he accepted open Canal ships suddenly
took the British view of the controversy.
present situation was brought about The Presi
joined by Ehu Root who always opposed to the peo
pie of United States and by Andrew Carnegie who has
of uniting the nations under the British flag
Encouraged by support President carried the fight
into House. forced the hunting congressman
in that body to desert their leaders and follow his lead
Fortunately Will be nearly months before the next
fght-whch will take place in the Senate The American peo
pie are now thoroughly aroused They have amey sub
mted to Great Britain, and they will
And to demand to turn them OUR Canal their
own terms when they refuse all other nations equal terms
canal piece of arrogance of which only the British
could be capable which be answered by the Senate in
sturdy American fashion