Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-16
PERTH AMBoY EVENING NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1903

squadron from martinique would have
borne down upon the isthmus and per
haps landed marines ut Colon and Sent
them across the isthmus to Panama
tect the interests and property OF
French citizens. There would in all
probability have been IN armed con
f1ict between France and Colombia OF
France at least would have felt her
self compelled to hold the isthmus fol
a long period. This would have
wrought Immediately and poignantly
upon the sensibllities Of the American
people in respect to the Monroe doc
trine, and we should no doubt have
found ourselves viewing France with
annoying apprehension. The French
warships might easily have been fol
lowed by those of England and Hol.
land, and Panama, like the Balkan
states, might well have been expected
to furnish the spark to set half the
world in flames.
This situation which | have describ-
ed, fraught with real and momentous
dangers, furnished one of the very Sc
rious possibilities which the admins
tration had to reckon with in dealing
with the revolution in Panama. When
you keenly grasp the full sense of i'm
minent danger of foreign complications
which confronted the president and the
plainly evident truth that no justice.
generosity, fair dealing or business
like consideration could be obtained
from Colombia; when you consider
further our obligations under the treaty
of 1916 and the opportunity afforded to
put an end to the long series of san
culinary and enfeebling revolutions
which have wasted the and
arrested the progress of the isthmus;
when you recall Colombia's dog in the
manger' attitude and the salient, dan
gerous, pressing e%xigencies of the sit
uation which confronted this govern
ment upon the night of Nov. 3 l think
you may we'll be glad that there was
in Washington upon this truly fatefu.
occasion Il mar who possessed the in
sight, the knowledge, the spirit II the
courage to seize the opportunity to
strike a blow the results of which can
be fraught only with peace and good to
the whole world.
zone of the most significant and val
liable results of our action in respect
to Panama will be the wholesome OBJ
ject lesson and the enduring moral eff
feet which our supremacy on the 18TH
mus will bring to the eyes of certain
people who are in sore need of instruc'
ton in the practice of peaceful pur-
suits and orderly administration. Ii
also would be moi without value for
these people clearly to understand III
dealing with the United States that
there is a limit to the patience and the
forbearance of this government.
"In this sense at least we hope to be
paramount throughout the new world.
We want the American republics to
know that honest toll is dignified ana
enrolling; we want them to entertain
a spirit Of liberation in all matters; we
want the ideas of civil and religious
liberty and free education to have wide
scope and abundant appreciation, and.
we desire all of Il Latin-American
friends heartily TO join us in urging,
supporting and vitalizing the principle
Of international arbitration.
"In these peaceful ways 1t is the de-
sire of this government to Americanize
the new world and perhaps the old, but
not by the power of the almighty dol
lar, not by the urgency of trade dc
mands, not by any manifestation or
display of force, but rather by the more
potent and enduring means of the dis
semination of those lofty, civilizing
agencies, those great principles, those
fine ideals, those substantial virtues.
upon which our country was founded
and upon which it has continuously
thrived and had its well being"