Show TilE CANAL Philadelphia Press Fress The Tho canal treat treaty accepts user asserts Is and acts lIet on the Iho precise principle policy and practice or of the Ule Monroe doctrine now not tar far II as time current and tides o of territory run from its III centenary Dut the C canal 1111 trent treat takes this forward ronard step In and for the donroe doctrine No o Euro an power but England has hils ever eer accepted mit right thus thul alone to guam antee the peaceful integrity of Amer AmerIcan Amerlean lean Ican states against nil all l European Inter tence The canal treaty provides for tor this guaranty It will give ghe the Monroe doctrine the Ihl final sanction of accepted international lats lal In the consent anti and of nations Under the majestic shadow of this great doctrine we have hac a continent without mounting u Li tort or a rUn gun We un can do as much by bythe t the e Boston DOlton Journal Time The one serious objection hu has been the seventh clAuse of article 2 of the treaty which forbids Ime he United States to erect fortifications at the tho ends of the canal annl or lit In the waters adjacent But a studY ot of this prohibition hu has shown It to be of very much less leu Import than was at nut fIrst imagIned Time The mastery ot of time the waterway without to trade or offense to our Central American neighbors vill rest resl with the nation that on the outbreak of war ron can get there the Quicker with the more ships and time the heavier guns cuns And that nAtion must always be America merica which hu has the most JOOst ot at stake ot of nil nations nAtion anti and lIes lien lienthe the nearest North American The Tho contention that a neutral canal cenat would ouM ImplY the abandonment of the Monroe doctrine It is nonsense That doe doo trine trifle Is III not upon logic but the newer DOwer to enforce It it Moreover hilt the management of at the tho cAnal re In our hands It Is not upper ant ent how Its logic would be against the tho Monroe doctrine Chicago It we guarantee the neutrality ot of the tho canal we will see flee that that guarantee Is II kept even een If we have to top p petrol every yard ot Of waterway No Na honor would be behind that gnat antee and It would bt be protected ted at atan an any Indianapolis News New on the theory theary that the canal wll b he a 11 great grent Int International highway Sn In Instrument of If commerce and u a bond of union the thEt nations of the world hit liCe hili II a treat treaty which will 1111 make Its constructIon possible and ami nt at the same lame time will wll re reer Jt er It against attack In time lime of war It is II to be 10 hoP hoped d that the Senate will ill promptly ratify the treaty There ought to be no party politics In the question Philadelphia InquIrer Not Jot only In tU nature ot of things thIng ought an canal be an aD highway y but It Is to our Interest that It should be so 10 and the Monroe Li 11 In no way Wa Inoh involved 1 Dell Besides e that doctrine was III na nade e for tor time country To hear some people talk It Ii mIght be supposed that the country was wal made for the doctrine We must control the canel u sa against our Ir enem enemy In time lime of war lar Granted and so AI vs shall hall but wo we dull central It b by superIor naval strength and b by till the superior advantages for tor bringing that strength to bear which out geographIcal I location at as assures sure us Our dePendence must be In not forte on Buffalo Commercial AI A for Cor th Ion doctrine which some lome opponent tl ot at this treaty truty think will thit bo be by III it sill III still re rest t Just where It has haa fl flor d not on the worlds rI rIla or 1111 standing It has In t lit tf la but upon the tO o nn an attempt t b by any Europ European ln it II Th Tb lne challenge It OT or defY the h States Statu b I strong tron enough to 10 maintain Si Monroe doctrine and also to ma make isthmian unal camat a neutral c ATC highway It If It It 11 had better f bol of II its moner and keep kep out business |