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Show UNITED STATES CIS CONTROL Of HARBORS. OF COLON JO-MUM! .4. ' . 'Large Tract In Canal Zone Ceded to Panama In Exchange By New Treaty Panama, Sept. 2. An important, treaty by the terms of .which the United Uni-ted States gains control1 ot the waters wat-ers ot the harbors of Coion and An-con, An-con, together with "certain other va.r able rights, was signed here today hy William Jennings Bryan, the American Ameri-can minister, and Ernesto T. Lefe-vro, Lefe-vro, Panaman secretary ot foreign relations. re-lations. The new convention has been under un-der negotiation or tho last . foun years. Early last year the negotiations negotia-tions were broken off by Panama be cause It then seemed Impossible to bring the two governments Into ac- - --. ,. - . . . cord. Tho instrument replaces what has been known as the Davis agreement of, June 1G, 19901, in which the boundaries boun-daries ot the canal zone "are tentatively tenta-tively fixed with the understanding that d future formal treaty would fix. them permanently. It also amplifies am-plifies the Panama canal treaty ot Novojnber 8, 1903 under which the, canal zone was acquired from Panama. Pan-ama. ' Panama, by tho provisions of .the convention will tor the flrsMlmo be placed in direct physical connection with the remainder of the country A large tract of fertile lands called Las Sabanas, or the Savannah, was ceded to Panama. In this territory are located many of the handsome country coun-try estates ot wealthy Panamans. The United States acquires absolute control over the waters of Colon .and Ancon harbors and in addition two small islands lying on Ancon harbor, har-bor, which are to be used for observation obser-vation and light stations by the coast artillery. One of these islands will be fortified. The site ot Dattery Hancock Han-cock on the Colon water front is given to the United lltatos, as also, is control of all tho'plors at the north entrance of canal, costing approximately approxi-mately 2,500,000. ' It Is specially sltpulated In tho treaty that no railway shall be built across the Sabanas without the consent con-sent of the United Sates, and that the United States may retake and |
