| Show The treaty is ratified now let the digging begin says an Eastern contemporary con-temporary referring to the NIcaraguan canal Not quite so fast theres many a thing to settle first among them anew a-new concession from Nicaragua which I will have to guarantee exclusive rights next the appropriation by Congress then the organization of the working I forces About that time It will dawn 1 upon the public mind that If the canal I Is to the built at all it should not be built either at Nicaragua or Panama but at Darien Theres no need to I rush that canal till weknow what Is best in routes and exemptions from 1 earthquakes and Impossible dams I |