Show I I I i Till o I Doston Herald Uy the tho treaty both I and nud tho United States pledged themselves not to o take possession of ot Central America The can cancellation of f nit cement both hoth tr n a 1 further observance 9 of ot this Tho thougHt Itself It Will wua not Impossible nt It some time In tho future tho tM United might ml ht pos possess BOSS sess Itself of oC the territory of or the re ro republic public of oC Nicaragua or 0 possibly of or that part of ot the Isthmus of ot Panama through which u a ship canal c was waR constructed Under such conditions the tho would thon be he In United States territory tho claim might be put forward that on Oil that account t It was no longer an nn In Ill International Now New York Mall The Tho treaty Is 19 altogether favorable to ta our highest mul pretensions and If C It puts upon Us n corresponding bur burdens dons dens and obligations it la 10 of our own choosing Wo believe belloe It would be bettor better betterto to unite with other nations In main maintaining neutrality hut but the door will not bo be closed that policy If wo choose to It hereafter As mat mut matters leIs now stand 1111 thoro tholo Is no ground for tor opposing the tho ratification of ot th treaty and aull It well it were done Worcester Spy It la ts pointed out that the tho treaty does not recognize our Jur right to fortify the canal The Tho permission to police the tho canal for the sake flake of ot preservation of ot order to tho ordinary reader that the United States Is not expected to 10 do more mor than that AH AI a n matter ot of fact there th re Is 19 no clause prohibiting ling for fortification Very divergent opinions possibly will on this point Borne Bome may ma contend that the United States may ma do as lIB It pleases about fortifying and others that no such Ruch free freo construction tion be placed on all tho treaty To who bellove that our right to fortify should u III bo 1 definitely acknowledged edged el tho Is likely to be ho unsatisfactory l Springfield Republican Tho fhe omission In tho new treaty treat nf ot tho express prohibition against t fortifications would appear to leave to thc tho Unit United ed tit States the thc right lj ht to fortify for tor Iho clause would not have been Inserted In Inthe Inthe the rejected treaty had England not held that Ita n was necessary ry In order to make null arid void any possible ble claim to such n a right U It Is true that the now new treaty Contains the Ih pro prohibition blockading and In a n general way that no right of If war shall b bl exorcised ed or not nel of ot hos hostility IOS lilt shall bo 10 committed within tho I I canal Jut but was wall also In the HIP old one Thorn ThorA may mn be In nil this n moot In treaty Interrelation Hoston Transcript This phraseology l Is employed In sup Slip superseding the conven convention tion to make tho ns as broad brond as ns the convention superseded lIu The convention by hy Its ilK title tUlu If relative to a ship COMI by way of C Nicaragua Costa the tho mosquito const coast or any part of ot Control America Obviously when tho obstacle to tile tho Is II lifted It must b lifted In whole not In III part or It will continue to remain of the nature of nn obstruction only onh to be bo removed remo l by b sub negotiation Tho new treaty fa Is primarily intended however to fa tho construction of ot the Nicaragua gulL agua canal Francisco Chronicle As All It is 18 evident e that this treaty Is Isto Isto to be ratified the friend of ot the canal aro moving promptly Senator Morgan has hal Introduced a n bill 11 for building tho enal by hy the Nicaragua ln route and ap appropriating for that purpose of ot which Is made Immediately available rest resl will be appropriated by hy ns ni needed The hl bill provides an organization for tor the tl con construction Ald control of nt the tho canal As Assuming 1 suming the Iho ratification treaty the only remaining obstacle to be Is 19 the tho for rr delay by ly tho transcontinental railroad until the pretense of u the Panama route That this light O ht will wi bo be made mule there Is little doubt That It will wl be successful su there thore Is no Probability whatever At the same samo time ft must not bo forgotten that the delay of at a 1 single year would far more than repay the cost of or a 1 very 11 expensive ep mil |