Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
TEN Reasons Why Congress
Should NOtYield Our Panama
Canal Rights at England's
Demand.


hapered the of the canal will be our own
country built and the canal Any foreign power
may remit paid by its ships Spain has already oe
cided to nations may reimburse their shpowners
for Canal charges encouragement 10
England and Germany pay subsidies to their snip
But President Wilson declines TO have controversy
with England right give privileges whatsoever &c
our own domestic commerce in our own canal
II.
The Clayton Treaty has bearing the contro
versy canal contemplated in that treaty was
never built the simple that England never 1ulneo
her mart of the understanding Clayton Bulwer Treaty con-
tempated construction Of nteroceanic canal o Dy
the Governments Britain and the United States In
period of political tmdy with civil threatening our Gov
eminent in 1850 upon great project with
out Great Britain cooperation The United States had carrier
by treaty Central American States (Granada procured
permission canal but England formally demand
made party to the enterprise Believing nat England
would supply part the United States yielded Hav
ing secured treaty England did nothing The
fote Treaty yone years later superseded and abrogaed the
earlier treaty Canal then became exclusively
American enterprise The only for the
Treaty the repeal of the older one.
Article of the new treaty says that the United States shall
enioy all the rights ownership except indicated in the
treaty shall enjoy control and the canal
and shall make establish the rates This article is
quoted advocates of Great Britain claims But II
s controlling The next article 90 provides:
The Canal shan UesseIs Of
and of Of OBSERVING THESE RULES on terms
Of there SHAH be no discrimination aga"
ann conditions charges Of traffic or
charges shall be just and equitable
In other words United States adopts the rules and it
guarantees equality NOT with itself to all other nations out
equality of all the nations obeyng its rules The dscrimina
ton between the United and other nations e. the diff
the tenants and the landlord in the terms OF
the treaty itself
If the contention Britain that is not American
canal hut an Anglo canal then must
ary follow warsp of the United States are upon
exactly footing the warshps Of Great Britain be-
cause the treaty provides that vessels of of begrent
shall not any stores in the canalthe most
extraordinary proposition Senator Cummin has well stated
if applies United States that has been advanced by
President it the United States at once reduced to
rank of gateeeper and toll collector OF the Fana
Canal and is not its rightful owner
Senator Henry Lodge has stated that such inter
probation Great Britain maesupported by President
Wlson-had been expressed at the time he would never as
chairman of Senate Committee Foreign Relations have
reported Hay treaty the Senate and could
adopted President Taft good lawyer con-
Cured in this view.
The freedom of granted American ships applies only
to does not apply American ships in
AS to the latter Congress has put the ships
of all nations including own upon equality tolls The
Congress granting free tolls coasocoast shipping
does discriminate against foreign ships because foreign
ships permitted in that trade This has been true
for nearly century No foreign ship clear from any
American port with for other American port that
right is reserved exclusively to American ships
vi
Free of the Democratic party, because it
believed that would make for cheap food and otherwise
benefit by cheapenng the rates of transportation be-
Pacific and the Atlantic seaboard One of the p
mary objects building the canal develop water compe
the ranscontinenta railroads If ship of 5000 tons
burden bringing California New York is
charged $4,000 tolls going through the canal that $4,000 will
only added the price the food but ratable addition
viii be made the price of every of food transported by rail
roads continent viii fix
land
VII
Greas Britain has interpreted her treaties regard
ing equality rates and port charges she seeks compel
the United States interpret the Pauncefote treaty
The Treaty OF between the United States
Great Britain signed 1915 provides that higher other
duties charges shall be imposed the ports His Britannia
Majesty territories Europe the vessels the United States