The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-11
C0URSEM PANAMAMATTEI
Tennesseean Characterizes It
 sss as a "JOb."
All the Dark Records of European Diplomacy, He Says, Can Not
 Show Greater Piece of
 Kuavery. s
Advertiser Bureau.

&L Colorado Building.
 Washington, Nov. 10.--(speciai.) )-Sena- tor Carmack did not hesitate when asked for his interpretation of the Panama coup of President Roosevelt.
 This Panama performances Is just what might have been expected, !" declared Sen- ator Carmack, from man who conducts the presidential office as if 1t were yell low newspaper. whose only, function is to supply a new sensation every day.
 "All the records of European diplomacy cannot show a greater piece of kTiavery than this Panama job. Secretary Hays special plea in defense of if it is simply |contemptible. All his ingenuity cannot fur nish even a plausible Justification for the act. The administration has directly and knowingly violated all the rules of in- ternational law. has violated our treaty obligations, has violated the constitution of the United States. and ignored the plain mandate of the Spooner act.
 That act required that upon failure of negotiations with Colombia, the President should proceed to negotiate for the con struction of the canal along the Nicara- guan route. The canal commission had reported this, route entirely feasible and that 1t possessed many advantages over the Panama route. se
 Gets Into Conspiracy.
 Instead of acting in accordance with the requirements of this law, the admin istration throws itself intoSthe conspiracy for the dismemberment of Colombia. and immediately recognizes the independence of a so-called republic apparently born in night. and proposed to resist with force the efforts of a government to suhdue an instruction against it's own authority. This South American insurrection was planned right here in the United States, The chosen representative Of the new reL public was here on the ground ready promptly to be recognized as its minister to the United States. a
 Tn undertaking to use the navel forces to prevent Colombia from subduing the internal insurrection. the President was guilty of an act of war against q friend. ly nation, and in 30 doing usurpsd the pferogatives of Congress.
 ,'Did the administration know in ad- vance that there would oe an insurrecti0n in Panama for the purpose of creating an Independent State? Did the politicians in Panama know what would be the actlon of this government before they executed their program7 All the indications are that there was a mutual understandiug..
 The effect of this cannot fail to be deeply injurious to the United States. The South American countries have been tifi- easy and apprehenslve ever since we en- tered upon our Philippine experiment.. that we would next turn our conquesting arms against them. This high handed per formance will send a thrill of alarm and indignation throughout all these co1n- tries. 5is
 An Act of Violence. as
 "At the very time when we are striving to establish trade in their direction, when we have been trying to allay their fears and cultivate their good will, our reckless President suddenly etartles them with an act of force and violence in utter con- tempt of treaty rights. international law and moral obligations. It would have been far more decent to have openly asserted our purpose to seize the territory and construct a canal by force than to have glossed the outrage by hypocritical pre- lenses.
 But there was no need of either. There was another alternative, that is the Mica ragua route which gave the adminIstra- tion safe and honorable way Under no compulsion whatever 1t chose, dis honorable way simply because 1t was the more sensational and spectacular way.
 There may be other reasons. The French lobby has s40.OOo.oO0 at stake in the Panama route. and little knot of Panama politicians have about 20,000. 000 at stake. Perhaps some of this money will Ind its way into the Republican fund next year."