The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-29
Big STICK Makes
PANAMA IRRITABLE
peort6 90 PANAMA CLAIM THAT THE PRESIDENT AND GOV.
ERAos DAVIS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF the AMBIGUITY
OF The TREATY TO oEFRAuo THEM THEIR RIGHTS
HISTORY or TsE LEADING UP or EvENTe

dressed IN fantastic costumes OF all
the rainbow colora. performed their
almost savage dances To the tune Of
Yankee Doodle" MRtadora. giddy
with wine and gay in their spark
ling uniforms. haltod bulls In the
plaKaa of Colon and Panama. whilo
thousands OF brown tanned hands
applauded their daring. aud native
bands hlared out America"
Now that she has had her fling at
funmaking. Panama has returned,
after the true and accepted way she
has OF doing things. 20 the wrangle
she Is INDUCING In with the United
States over the disputed interpre-
tatlons OF the treaty by which
Uncle Sam proposes To dis the big
ditch which will sever the western
hemiaphere and open passage
through tho tropical zone from At
iantio 20 Pacific for the maritime
commerce 81 tho world.
The accepted form OF aalutAtion
among panamana Il 20 grasp left
and right hands and pat backs with
the others. An American. who
adopted the isthmua as his home a
dozen years ago. and who IL n poet
% ability. Ia one Of hia rhymes de-
scrlbea this form OF greeting and
sounds note Of warning 70 tho
world 20 beware u the hand behind
the back and any sharp steel Il may
be eiutehinE
SO IT rs THAT PANAMA YES
I TrHnAY MApLY aASu "AMERt-
ca" AND TO-DAY Az WILDLY
GIVES VENT To NfTUPTRATfoN
. AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
BAsED UPON THE CHARGE
THAT THAT GOVERNMENT HAS
TAKEN UNDUE ADVANTAGE
RoUGH MIafNTERpRETA-
TONS. or THE CANAL TREATY
RIGHTS
Panama processes sore iufiEna
tiun. Many o. her citizens call the
acts Of the United States govern
mont In the strip q territory across
the iathmun. known AZ the canal
rome. plain. every day robbery.
which aill result IN the impovefizh-
msut q the baby nation. The
American nation. establishing what
amounts 20 absolute sovereignty
over this strip Of land. IL regarded
here nnW as positively dishonest and
very much like building a new 70
public within the boundaries Of the
republic % Panama. while under
the treaty u was understood. &C
cordiuE % the Panama view. that
the United States vas merely 70 pay
Tee ife zoo 900 for the riaht q use
the gone strip IN the construction,
maintenance. operation and pfutee-
ton % the ship canal
The many vexatiaua questions In
VOWED In the controversy have
formed the absorbing topic q con-
vsrsatfon In this country for
months. and are well Understood
among the natives hut. thanks 20
tho recent efforts OF the political
speilhinfer IN the United States
these questions are very thorough
~ misanaerstooi IN America
on the isthmua Il il a matter %
undiHputed history that unusual ar
tifice vas rcsortsd 90 in order that
the United States might sab con-
troll Of the canal sans To this snd
there was a Juggling Of official au-
thority. the right or wrong ~ which
IL an open question Panama
worked hand and Eiove with the ad-
minlHtfafion 20 effect the treaty
after her Independence had been
secured.
Then. after a lapse OF seemingly
unconscious quiet the nsw born
nation suddenly arose 20 take sx-
csption 10 Uncle Sans 9olnEa on
and Il must be said that the finger
Panama points across the Eulf to-
day reflects no great credit upon
tho Administration At Washington
This e the expression OF belief OF
Americans here. who claim no Do
sire 70 be hyperefitieai or TO show
partisan feeling This II their ar
gumeufs
WITHOUT QUESTION PAN
AMAtS INDEPENDENCE WAS
MADE To ORDER FOR THE pUR-
POSES REALIZED. THE BLOOD
LESS REVOLUTION or A YEAR
AGO. WHEN. WITHOUT 4 SHOT.
PANAMA CEDED FROM COLON