| Show burd tho the canal whilo tho whole nation is ia rejoicing atthe at alio rapid and trip of tho battleship oregon around tho the I 1 torn horn a trip that has tho soa qualities of 0 that clano 0 of f tho fontima rit 19 also gaint nin iu aig gronna blat ouch trips bi bo roo dorod in a clio future by th lie e ruction of the nunra canal tito cria creating ting war hns has tan this thia from root a a naval standpoint not taking takieh commercial advantages sa at OU fill into tion y hado biad wo boon been in ia war nt a Q groat naval power the trip of 0 th oregon would have been 0 one 9 oje of 0 ey codding risk with our dur 10 long line a ft f soa seacoast coast both on thee the at atlantic t 0 a ad d the pacific it may become nn oc ee pr as y to transfer tra a whole squadron inato mo d ot of a battleship from oc ju to tho the other and in uck such a lotom em ut nl timo ja ia a most meet essential factor A prolonged war with is a power of att tex ter fighting strength than spain on a tho the sea would in the ho absence of ie a nicaragua canal virtually compel ie e construction and maintenance a 0 a doul douille le naval boroo one on tho the a cielo and one on the atlantic At lentie V th li a canal across nicaragua such aach an x necessity necos sity would in 0 a gr at t measure bo be obviated this thia canal should be built own d and ana controlled by the federal gove T ment without the intervention of any kind of corporation in tha his manner alone can the canal be of advantage in n time of war for if built on the plan of the suez canal it would be closed to in time of war neither spain nor the united states could now send a war ship through tho the lines BUCK banol canol F 1 l government does doa not itself construct thi great waterway between the two oto maus whatever it may render reader L i should bo be with tho JIB understanding that in return tor for edvan cei of money aud and protection protect ioD to tho f ho enterprise tho united baates in was of war should have ox clemi right in m tho cagial for the pas paa bage of its ita war vessels vo veo ysola sels by the of tho the suez canal can al nicaragua canal would bo be a paying rit the suez canal cobit OW and is capitali capitalized zoI at in 1892 it paid a not profit of 31 its shares aro are quoted at PS 68 for or par value valno such naoh being tho the obar character acter of tho the investment tho bill before the baat a at congress which required tho the government to put up op of the money and left laft the control of tho the canal in the hands of a private corporation appears more and more in tho the liht light of a hold up the correct proposition is ia this thin let tho the government build or aid tho the building bail ding of we the canal but bat let the govern moat also control it il in this mannor manner can wo reali ita all falu strategic value denver timea |
