Show M U ll Los LOl Lo Angeles Times The Tue ha prospects of or the Isthmian water waterway waterway way are distinctly brighter than they thoy have ha vo been beel ut at n t any time In the past The rime announcement contained III lu recent r cent dis dispatches patches latches from Washington to the effect elect that the th powerful pow opposition to the canal has been withdrawn will 11 further tend lend to clear up tip lp tho ho situation even though tho ho railroad Interests Ire are credited with wih selfish BolOsh motives in the tho withdrawal of oC their opposition At last hist there thore Is a II fair prospect hint the canal will be built bui and that the tho woric wilt will wl bo be begun bogun In III the not very ery distant future The Tho ho President Pre Is understood to bo Lo heartily In favor of or the tho undertaking und and there th ro Is no ito 10 doubt that a n large ma mo majority maJority In each Cacti branch of ot Congress will wi Ilao favor It Now New York Vork ork Evening Post Poet There Is II no doubt that u it 1 new canal treaty was ivan signed nt itt Wash Washington Washington ington Nor Is in I there thero any doubt In itt II tie the minds of ot certain newspapers that hint they know exactly what Is li In III that treaty Wo We observe however that there hero Is a II III strange I I rm similarity In tho lie account of ot the tho details of o t new 10 Instrument given by Its Is different journalistic authors We remember In tact fact to have havo print printed ed some somo weeks ago In our own Wash Washington ington Inton dispatches an outline of ot what the treaty was to be lIe very like these theMe later and anti trumpeted trumpet ll versions This would seem to Indicate that tho the matter 11 been one one of at common knowledge tint the state stat department hoi bat ha been bee I at nt atno no 10 pains to conceal the tho scope of oC the tho now new lI treaty and had hl amiably al nl allowed allowed lowed the Iho newspapers to Indulge In their playful little Uto assumptions s of or om gm omniscience and omnipotence Chicago In brief brIer the treaty It Is fa believed h will wi rUminate Orent Britain from nay any Interest In 11 or responsibility about tho the Isthmian n canal It It WIll ill 1 recognize e the canal as an nn American affair which Eu Europi 1 rope ropi and all the tho world cnn can use for C r com corn commercial ni to mercial purposes but no enemy aMmy of oC the ho Ihl United States can take advantage of ot In inline time line of or war tar Tho The great victory of ot this hen treaty ty U iS I tho the abrogation of ot tim ho Clay lIY treaty by mutual agree agreement agreement ment and an not by denunciation by II one onA of at tho tim parties partes as ls was wai proposed by II the Senate amendments omen m nt to the former ormer Hay Iny treaty It I Is i such a a treaty tea 1 ns as rejecting lS the he Senate Senat will wi have no excuse cuso to tI Boston Ho ton Transcript The new MW treaty In association with agreements with wih Nicaragua and ami Costa Co t Rica men which simply await ratification will wi give ghe the tho United Unite States not merely merelyn n a theoretical but an In absolute control of ot the lie canal under conditions which will wi make that protection easy ea en We Ret Bet not no only the waterway but a n strip of ot territory on each title side of oC the conal In which our jurisdiction will wi tl t nil nih n In intentions be ho unquestioned It I will vI be ns al fl If It a strip of oC United States territory y had been boon carried down to tho ho and the ho canal cut through It It Th treaty WP WI WI understand Is so ne to alarm anti guard the sole tole Jurisdiction JUr of 01 tho United States over the tho ie canal whether It t Is cOnstructed c by b private capital or as ns a public work New York World Crat compensating c nd ad n She Sh Shi wt the th use iso 10 of ot tho the great lent waterway without con eon n a cent toward Its It I construe construction tion ton or being obligated for tal its It I defense timid Ind at nt tol rates reduced to a n mini minimum taHiti mum Remembering that that about ono ons OO half hult of ot the tho entire entre merchant shipping hipping tonnage of or the thc world Is under her lias ilag these advantages are of ot substantial Value By this common cense p settle ett mont ment of ot a n long standing controversy much moro more than a n brilliant brillant triumph ot of American diplomacy has hOI been heen gained wars scars have hove been waged over far farless Clr farless less Important disputes about treaty rights |