Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1901 — LANSDOWNE ON THE CANAL [ARTICLE]

LANSDOWNE ON THE CANAL

lutlmata. That Neutrality Is a Strong Point In the Fending Treaty. Loudon, Nov. 28. —The Marquis of Dun&dowme, secretary of suite for foreign affairs, speaking at Darlington, referred to the negotiations with the United States relative to the isthmian canal, and expressed himself as happy to lie “able to say that a new chapter had l>een opened. Both governments were at this moment engaged in fresh negotiations concerning which he dould only say the omens seemed propitious. "Throughout the negotiations,’’ continued the speaker, “the question has been discussed from both sides In no narrow or one-sided spirit, but with a genuine desire on our part that this great enterprise should be conducted to a successful end; that the principle of tli<> neutrality of the canal, for which we have contended, should be maintained; that the canal should be open and free to the commerce of the whole world, nnd that these objects should be achieved under conditions honorable nnd convenient to both sides alike.’*