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Show ISTHMIAN WATERWAY I l Cabinet Discusses Proposals of Two Governments. i TWO ROUTES ARE PRESENTED President Is Exceedingly Anxious and Will Submit Both Propositions to Congress nt Once, lu Order That Somo Decision, lf Possible, May Be Beached at This Session One Point of Resemblance Between tho Two Pioposals Is the Amount of Money to Be Paid Down. Washington, April 25 The Cabinet held a short scstlon today, during which the relative pioposltlons of the Colom-blan Colom-blan and Nlenrnguin Oovernmpiits In connection with the proposed eunul wcro discussed, lluth propositions will be nt once submitted to ConBiess. '1 ho Piesldent Is exceeding! nnxlous, whatever what-ever delermlnillon Congress nny come to as to the relative merits of tho two routes that some decision may bo reached nt this session. compaiii.no aghi:i;mi:nts. A comparison of the outlines of tho agreements or tieatles innde by the State depirtment with Colombia In iLlitlon to the Pinnmi canal and with NluiriiBUa and Costa Illen as to tha .leoruBUu canal, shows n Boneral te-kcmblanio te-kcmblanio In the dope of the arrangements, arrange-ments, but Important dlffcrentca In do. tails Ono point of resemblance Is tho amount of money to be paid down nt onie, by tbe United Males Government to tho counlr niakliiB the concession, lu each eoso this Is IJ.OOO.OOO. DIVISION OP MONHY. If the Panama route Is chosen Colombia Co-lombia Bets all of this money. It tho choice fnlN on the Nicaragua route. Nicaragua, will ret civ e $0,000(100 nnd Conn ltlea $1000,000 A hood drill of tho delay that has oicuired lu consum-matltiB consum-matltiB Iho arrangements was owing In the dllllculty In teaching a basis of division ni between N'lcnragua and Coalr Klca, und this Is gptipiully fixed upon ns about sit to ono In favor of Nicaragua. ANNUAL ItUNTAI,. No provision Is made In tho Colombian Colom-bian protocol for tho payment of nny annual rent-that matter will be left to fututo adjustment, though of course It la expected that fcome rent will bo charBed The iiBreemcnts as to tho Nicaragua canal, however, specifically state the rent to bo paid, which Is $10 -000 per annum, nf whlth Nicaragua will get about $J3 000 nnd Costa Ilka JJ00O. While this rent Is merely nominal. It serves a useful purpose In the estimate of the Isthmian republics, namely, to continually assert the nominal stiver-elgntv stiver-elgntv of NicaraBUa and Costa Jllra over the territory through which tho canal lb cut. ORIGINAL PROPOSITION. The original pioposltlon was to pay a lump sum represpntlng the capltallza. tlon of this rent foi 100 enrs, but the republlca prefer to have the money paid early In iecoc,nltton of thpir sovereign. ty nnd In consldprutlon of tbe allowance allow-ance of their wish In this mattei they have Bono to tho lcnBth of maktnB the lease to tho United States perpetual aa against the 100-jenr renewable lease of the Colombian nRreemtnt. Neither of tho Ministers Nlcnraguan or Costa Rlcan has set received the full powers from their Oo eminent necessary ne-cessary to the perfection of the treaties, riRC'AL AOIINCY IN PHILIPPINES. Tho question of the (1-cal agency in the Philippines also woh discussed by tho Cabinet, but no cnniluslon was reached nnd It vum stated that none cun be until the Attorney-General renders ren-ders opinion on the power of the Guaranty Guar-anty Trust company to keep Its agency. |