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 You may search through the annals Q Of any diplomacy except that oi D America to find the counterpart Of the . Hay-Herran treaty in its high-minded |. fairness. We have been a. meek a. a l pretty principality trying to convert a . powerful nation 10 its view. Colon . bia could not dig the canal; the only subsidy that she has ever received for
 the lsthmus has been due to outside
 capital. Did the sister Republic show
 Us any sisterly affection? When We
 were going to build work in the
 name Of progress and Of commerce, that meant direct profit to her aloae, did she show interest in anything but the amount she could nuke by imoOs-
 ing on our good nature? We agreed
 10 pay high price: we agreed to
 leave our soldiers, workmen, and en- 1 gineers subject to Colombian methods of sanitation, and we inserted clause which committed Us tO no aggression. In other words, We said: We pay fair price; We will be fair'-which was most American.
 TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK
 What was Colombia's response That of the high wayman. 1T the ] Yankees would make the offer so readily, there ought to be a lot more graft in them. 5 the treaty died, 1 and the Colombian, who can not yet . understand it, finally feels the signifi canoe of stOnc-walled diplomacy. When approached by Bogota again, Mr. Hay smiled; he was not ready to bc "held up;" he had given his word that the Herran treaty embodied our final concessions: he let event take their course, with the result that we have not assisted the military de- potism of Bogota to retain province that nature never intended to be un- der its control.
 Let us accept the truth of the gossip which is heard in Washington. Let Us take it for granted that our officers Df the General Staff did look over the :, military situation at the Islhmus last summer; that our Navy Department . was prepared to have ships at hand in ,ase of need: that We knew of the progress of the anger Of the Ishmians I, md even directed it toward definite lction. that the President and Senator : 1annu did come to all understanding months ago as to the future action j2 h" "U1T9st T9s ff1,R f, Eaiy!4ill4tiY9lpiuv.,..- =
 Have we organized d General Staff or the purpose of avoiding military in possible seats of trou- ,lr? I, the navy supposed never to ,now where ships wOald be needed md never to have them ready? Is the Secretary of State supposed to be q ,r.ss agent ora diplomatisi" l. the President of the United States not to concert plans and not to consult national leaders?
 How very undcrhanded 1t was to send an officer to Cuba with message to Gomez! How incons iderate or Admiral Dewey not to have let the know that he was coming on May 1, We must inform foreign movers of the details of the electrical of our battleships at once German and John Sharp Wll- Hams ought to go to Mir. Cannon promptly with an ou:liac "t the'r narty', cam laign for ths winter; and ,f course. Cannon ought to reclpro- r,t,' For thi, is the only way to fol- low up the native idcaliSm which would make us turn the other cheek again and again if the other fellow wa, not a~ strong as We.
 But we ought to atone for the past too. We ought to pass resolution in Congress at once apologlZIng to I,o,,l,nd hr,.au,e Andrew Jackson did not tell C .ncr.u Packrnham how many sharp>huuters hc had in the tree tops and behind his cotton bales. IL seems to the average man as il Jackson might have done very much as Roose- welt did. Thanks to foresight and good management, people who wanted Home Rule have il. without droop of blood having been shed eX- cept in Bogota, where ColomoIa' ht- ness to dominate the Isthmus has been shown by shooting into crowd and by the proclamation of martial law.
 THOUSANDS oE LIVES SAvED
 Let us suppose that Consul-General Gudcer has taken constitution to Colon on the Mayfiower. Haven't we tried to set Cuba on her feet? Does not the Monroe Doctrine make Us responsible for this new fedglIng, when only Americans believe that such people have any right to rule | themselves? Is it not better to have . Panama firmly established and on the | road to progress than to take the op- | posite course of succeeding revosu- ! tions that sap the strength of each new generation?