Show TIlE TUE O l There here seems to be an overwhelming sentiment In In favor or of tho th eon construction of the Nicaragua canal canol The hepburn bill which the Ious committee on interstate and foreign commerce hM has agreed on proy for tor torn fora n a canal built and controlled ant rely b by bythe the government The appropriation pro proposed IO posed ed Is which Is Ia supposed to be ample tor fr Its completion and or tuba lion There II 1 some apprehension that the Project Is displeasing to some Eurol European an and Britain wilt In tIt slat on the ProvIsions or of the Clayton ty being Such Sueh con J however ud not be permitted ted to cause delay In an under undertakIng takIng d d b by the Interests ot of the nation The Is that the Nicaragua Would auld have to be regarded as be belag lag In a status similar to that ot of the Suez canal That waterway Is In lathe the hands u o as the NIcaragua route would Quill bo be under tile the hl The Suez canal canalIs I Is open to nil all on equal terms In peace and wat yo but that does not mean that a 0 nation at war with Great Britain would have hae the use UM ot of the canal or on nn same terms an England or on nl ay terms nt at alL aIL Nor would the treaty force torce this country to hold tho Nicaraguan canal open to 10 the one or of the United States It Is under that both bath countrIes are In favor laor ot of such of If the treat treaty as to t trender render ft no barrIer to the com completion leUon of the thet great work It Is the demand or of the entire corn com world n a shorter route to th the I be found than round the Cape The United s would derIve the benefit from the C canal but lie tho entire Europe Is jell anti will no doubt insist that the proposed canal be treated ns as part of time tha high seas n |