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Show WILL BE AMERICAN SEA. Secretary Shaw Thus Speaks of the Paclttc Ocean Wavnc, Neb, Oct 25 -Leslie M Hhau. Hecretary of the Treosurs spoke here tonight He made n i lea for non-paitlsm non-paitlsm solution of all gient ptoblems nnd said In part 'Son parllsanlv we hive planned tn hull 1 an Isthmian canal We have thus arranged to nil sldlzc the commerce of the world While we are to retain nb-solute nb-solute coiitrnl-fiirtlfy If we wish we prefer to construct II nt our own ex-tense ex-tense nnd maki It accessll Ie to the commerce nf nil tho worll on equal Urms, believing the advantage to American commerce will Justify the vers hrgo expenditure of public mones ' It Is now nearer from the prlml-pil prlml-pil ports of Ptiropo to San Pranclseo than to New ork from Ihe same port It Is also neaicr fiom 1 uropean ports lo Han Tranclsco bs the huei canal than from Now lork to our Western metropolis vK Capo Iloin Thus two ships mns start from I.urope, one via Cue Horn ani the other via the Suez canal, and the will both leneh San Prnnrlsco In advances of our own ves sels of equ il speed Hut when the canal Is finished It will be about as near from New lork to Hong Kong vli the Isthmian Isth-mian canal as fiom the principal ports of I.urope via riuez Thus, bs a nonpartisan non-partisan vote, the Ticltlc ocean Is lo bo made an American sea " |