New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1914, Page 11

e "'\ Second Section [iwm] NEW BRITAIN HERALD, [Fwueu NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914. AUGUSTINE: LONERGAN OUT FOR FREE TOLLS "~ ‘Somy He is in Disagreemsnt With President Wiison. ‘Washington, April 9.—Congressman Lonergan made a good speech in the house the other day in favor of free tolls, of which the following is an abstract: “Mr, Speaker, since it became known that congress was to deal with 'the matter of the repeal of toll ex- emptions, as provided in H. R. 14,385, an act to amend section five of the act to provide for the opening, main- tenance, protection, and operation of the Panama canal and the sanitation of the canal zone, I have keenly felt the great responsibility that devolves upon me in my representative capac- ity. I assure you that I approached this highly important question with cau- tion. No act of my lifetime has given me such concern. I have care- fully studied the subject during the past few weeks, and have been con- stantly in attendance upon the ses- “sions of the house during the able discussions by the gentlemen who have taken the floor in favor of and against the proposed legislation. It appears to me that the vital question involved is whether or not the United States government has violated a treaty agreement with Great Britain. In my judgment it has not; therefore I shall vote against the pending bill. ) I regret that in so doing I find my- self in disagreement with our great and beloved president, who as our Ladies ! Secret to Darken Gray Hair "Bring Back its Color and Lustre sage with Granma’s S Tea Recipe. « Common garden sage brewed iuto a heavy tea, with sulphur and'alcohol added; will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark ‘and lux- uriant; remove every bit of dandruff, stop scalp itching and falling hair. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is tgouble- some. 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Realizing, as we do, his broadness of view and his keen sense of justice in considering the views of others, irrespective of whether or not they are in accord with his own con- clusions, we can say, with confildence and pride in our chief executive, that he would be the last man to expect anyone to cast a vote against his con- science on any matter, and especially on a matter of such supreme mo- ment as the Panama canal toll ques- tion, 2 I hold that under the solemn oath which I took before the bar of this house that my first duty is to my con- science. Any other action would not be in conformity with what is ex- pected of a representative in the great American congress. Historical. A brief history of the Panama canal negotiations is proper at this time. The United States and Colombia en- tered into a treaty in 1846 under which a right of transit over the Isthmus of Panama from sea to sea was granted to the United States. As a result of the treaty the Panama raliroad was completed nine years after the treaty was signed. A treaty between the United States and Nicaragua was entered into in 1849, ‘and this treaty provided for the construction of a ship canal from Greytown, San Juan, on the Atlantic coast, to the Pacific coast by way of the Lake of Nicaragua. The Atlantic end of the canal would have been in the territory of the Mosquito Indians, claimed a protectorate over these Indians, and insisted that it alone should name the conditions under which the canal could be opened. This claim of the British involved com-/ plete disregard of the Monroe doctrine, and an official protest was made by the United States ministey Later, Secretary of State Clayton (of President Zachary Tay- lor's cabinet) and Sir Henry Fulwer, the British minister at Washington, entered into negotiations, and in 1850 corcluded the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. This treaty stipulated that neither the | | Great Britain nor the United States should ever obtain or ,maintain for itself any exclusive control over the canal or erect fortifications upon it, nor occupy or exercise any dominion over any part of Central America; and that in event of war the vessels of Great Britain and the United States must be permitted to pass unmolest- ed, and that both nations would guard the canal and preserve its neutrality. This treaty was very un- satisfactory to the United States, for its terms made the building of the canal by the United States an abso- lute impossibility. The unsatisfactory Clayton-Bulwer treaty continued in force until 1901, when it was superseded by the Hay- Pauncefote treaty—the treaty which figures so prominently in the canal tollg discussion, % The Hay-Pauncefote treaty sets forth the desire of the United States and Great Britain to bring about the construction of a ship canal by such route as may be considered expedient, The second article refers to the con- structing and financing of the canal under the auspices of the United States, and specifies that this coun- try “shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, ag well as the exclusive right of pro- viding for the regulation and man- agement of the canal.” ~ In 1903 the senate of the United States ratified the Hay-Herran treaty, between this country and Colombia. The plans at that time contemplated a payment of $10,000,000 to the Co- lombian government, with an annual rental .of $250,000. Later, the Co- lombian government sought to re- pudiate the promise of its representa- tives, yet indicating that it would rat- ify the treaty if it were pald $26,- 000,000. Indignant at prospects of losing the benefits sure to accompany the construction of the canal, the peo- ple of Panama revolted against the Colombian government, and Panama seceded from Colombia and estab- lished a provisional government. Treaty Ratified, The United States, Great Britain, and France quickly recognized the new Republic of Panama. In 1903 the treaty of Panama was ratified, and under this treaty there was granted to the United States in per- petuity a zone of land and land un- der water for the construction, main- tenance, operation, sanitation and pro- tection of the canal of the width of‘ ten miles, beginning in the Caribbean sea and cxtending to and across thé Isthmus of Panama into the Pacific ocean, with the exception of the citles | of Panama and Colon. 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ALLEN, st and Dwight Sts. sROLA & BONNELLI, NERI BROS., 154 East Main St. “which the United States would pro- , tect and exercise if it were sovereign of the territory within which the said lands and waters are located, to the entire exclusion’ of - the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, powers and authority.” Article 5 of this treaty grants to the United States in perpetuity a monopoly for the construction, maintenance, and operation of any system of communi- cation by means of canal cr railway across its territory between the Carib- bean sea and the Pacific ocean. In return, the United States pay Panama $10,000,000, and from nine years after the date of the treaty to make an annual payment of $250,- 000 while the treaty remains in force. It will be noted that in the pre- amble of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty it is provided that the United States of Americ: “being desirous to the construction of a ship connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by whatever route may considered expedient, and to that end to remove any objection which may arise out of the convention of the 19th April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to the con- facilitate canal agrees to: and the kingdom of Great | to! be ! struction of such canal under the aus- | pices of the government of the United States, without impairing the ‘general principle’ of neutralization estab- lished In article 8 of that conven- tion, have for that purpose appointed | their plenipotentiaries Treaty of 1850. The proponents this Dbill that the expression ‘“without impair- of claim ing the general principles of neutral- ization in article 8 of that «<onven- tion” Impairs the right of the United States to control the Panama canal. Article 8 of the treaty of 1850 sets forth the following provisions: The governments of the States and Great Britain, having not only desired In entering into this oon- vention to accomplish a particular ob- ject, but to establish a general prin- ciple, they hereby agree to ' extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communica- tions, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and espe- cially to the inter-oceanjc communi- cations—should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or rail- ! the citizens and subjects United ' way—which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuan- tepec or Panama. In granting, how- ever, their joint protection to any such canals or railways, as are by this article specified, it is always under- stood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid govern- ments shall approve of as just and equitable, and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citi- zens and subjects of the United States and Great Brilain on equal terms, shall also be open on.like terms to of every other state which is willing to grant thereto such protection as the United States and Great Britain engage to afford. It is admitted that this is the only article of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty which affects the construction of the‘ Can | Hay-Pauncefote treaty How ? it affect the subject or tolls, traffic, or regulation of the canai by the United States? Clearly not. As to the ques- tion of “general principie of neutral- ization,” the canal was about to be | | ment and it was to be free and open to the commerce of the world, both in peace and in war. If the canal is so opened, will not the principle of neutralization mentioned in article i 8 of the Clayton-Bulwers treaty be complied with? I think so. To support their claim that Great Britain has equal rights with the Uriited States in the Panama canal, | the opponents of free tolls are obliged [tn change the plain and well-under- stood meaning of words, read into the N. 240 E. Main St. 184 Chestnut St. \ A VIi. Molsten the projeeting edge of the paper. Ask for FREE book of “papers’’ _ with each 5¢ sack GOOGEL EDWARD OALLAH 386 East St. |nvw treaty the language of a seded convention, and ignore | fundamental rights of the Ui States as the sovereign proprietof the canal and the sole guardant its neutrality. g Whatever differences may exist| to the right of the United Stat exempt its foreign shipping from payment of tolls, I do not see other nations are concerned in preference we may give to our wise trade. FANCY DELAWARE SHAD Fresh Caught Native Blue Fish LIVE LOBSTERS. Telephone 223. built by the United States govcrn-A Full Line of Fish. | W. E. HORTON & SON_ 58 -CHURCH § Opp. Herald Building