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The Age Herald
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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On January 31 in Washington, Senator Morgan presented the sixth installment of his report on the Nicaragua canal bill, based on US protocols with Costa Rica and Nicaragua. It asserts these give rights to the republics and signal to Britain that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty won't delay canal construction. A letter from Capt. C. D. Sigsbee notes a potential shift in commercial power favoring New York via a Darien Isthmus canal.
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Presents Another Installment of Report on Canal Bill.
Washington, January 31.-Senator Morgan, chairman of the Senate committee on interoceanic canals, today presented the sixth installment of his report on the Nicaragua canal bill. The report is based largely upon the protocols between the United States and Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
"These protocols," it says, "give important and unquestionable rights to those two Republics, and the conclusion is drawn that whether these protocols are or are not obligatory on the government of the United States, they are notices to Great Britain that her insistence upon the Clayton-Bulwer treaty will not prevent an unreasonable delay in the construction of the Nicaragua canal by act of Congress."
The report includes a letter to Senator Morgan from Capt. C. D. Sigsbee, chief intelligence officer of the Navy Department, "which," the committee says, "shows conclusively that the location on the map of the world has been for all ages the chief factor in the wonderful success of Great Britain as a commercial power and that the opening of a canal through the Isthmus of Darien will change these conditions to a greater advantage in favor of New York."
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Senator Morgan presents the sixth installment of his report on the Nicaragua canal bill, emphasizing protocols granting rights to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, serving as notice to Great Britain regarding the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and potential canal construction. Includes a letter from Capt. C. D. Sigsbee highlighting a shift in commercial advantage to New York from a Darien Isthmus canal.