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

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

England built and the Suez Canal We built the
Panama Canal and we believe own it.
English ships use the Canal and pay the tolls BUT
ENGLAND PAYS BACK ALL SUCH TOLLS IN REBATES TO
THE BRITISH VESSELS THAT PAY THEM
This exactly the admitting British ships
free the suez Canal
The advantage to shipping 1t has made
the British the of the Eastern trade 1t
has carried the British flag all the Asac and African ports
and has vastly enriched the British people
Naturally England regards her in suez only
right and proper ships of other nations in the trade
are penazed British ships enabled to charge low freight
rates and monopoze The ports of London and Liver
pool are profits from their Eastern steam
ship lines British sopowners enabled to build fleets
for the American traffic and to gain
tical monopoly of the
1t was the benefits conferred British shipping
by the that first led the French to undertake the
building of the Panama Canal And the of the
French they had built the canal to use for the advan
tage of their commerce.
But the French failed in Panama and the United States
taking up the work carried it out successfully.
The American people willingly the great cost of
structon They forward the day when the canal
should build up shipping the American flag
to the seas and up and the interior by increased
commerce and lower freight rates
But England, cmging firmly monopoly at suez,
objected violently any American advantage in the American
Canal
The first protest came the Canadian Pacific Railroad
owned in England directors of the road foresaw mme
date lowering freight the minute water competition
was opened,
Their protest echoed by the British shpowners They
fresaw competition the which they had come
to regard their exclusive property.
No particular paid by Americans to this
CANT British attitude 1t seemed natural enough that
Great Britain should dpeasd at the prospect of greater
American commerce past American important
office has worried very much about British dissatisfaction which
began with the Revolution continued internationally
ever since
amazement of patriotic Americans the President
of the United States although pledged by the party platform
which he accepted open Canal to ships suddenly
took the British view of the controversy.
Thus the present situation brought about The Presi
dent was joined by Ehu who always opposed to the
pe of the United States and by Carnegie who has
fond dream of uniting under the British flag
Encouraged by this support the President carried the fight
into the House forced the hunting congressman
in that body to desert their leaders and follow his lead
Fortunately it will be nearly months before the next
fgh-whch will place in the Senate The American PEG
pie are thoroughly aroused They have never amey sub
mitted to Great Britain and they never will.
And to a demand to them OUR Canal on their
own terms when they all other nations equal terms in
their own canal piece arrogance of which only the British
could be capable which be answered by the Senate
F,nt