Show The Kicarasiiu Canal Naw York 13Naval Commander Crowinsbreld in the Herald today gays The Nicaragua Canal would save 10500000 annually on the present ship ments of Pacific coast grain eastward would cause a large emigration to the Pacific and enable our government to guarantee protection to our commerce and coast as the Panama eampany cannot can-not do owing to French interests already al-ready centering there Also because of the greater cost of the Panama Canal the tolls would be proportionately greater than the Nicaragua to say nothing of the increased distances for American shioping going to the North Pacific New York 15The Evening Post says If we are to control any canal across the Isthmus it must be an American Ameri-can constructed with American money Undoubtedly however the Clayton Bulwer treaty as it HOW exists will covar the Nicaraguan Canal as well as the Panama Canal and limit our rights over it but negotiating its modifiation or abrogation as regards a canal of our own will be a very different matter and stand upon a very different footing from Its negotiation or modification as regards a canal made by Europeans and owned in Europe That such negotiation will be greatly aided by the prosecution of the present Nicaraxu scheme there can we think be no doubt Sun editorial Until the ClaytonBul wer treaty has been abrogated fl niHt rielly modified the concession to the United States of the right to occupy and manage the Nicaraigua canal is not worth the psper on which it is written |