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overstate the value of this enterprise from every standpoint, 

 and he hopes that there may be time even in the present 

 Congress to give it an impetus which will ensure the early 

 completion of the work and secure to the United States 

 their proper relations to the enterprise when it is com- 

 pleted." 



In the message presented by President Cleveland to 

 Congress on the 4th of December, 1893, there is a passage 

 concerning the Nicaragua Canal, which seems to indicate 

 that the American Government is willing to give a helping 

 hand to the Promoters of the Nicaragua Canal Company. 

 If the measures proposed by President Cleveland pass, there 

 are some probabilities that the completion of the Nicaragua 

 Canal may take place before that of the Panama. 



I hope that this news will stimulate somewhat all persons 

 interested in the Panama Canal, and that means will be soon 

 found permitting to continue the works, so as to be able to 

 complete and open the two Canals at the same time, the one 

 being the completion of the other. 



