The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Uncle Sam Will Gather in the
 Little Republic
REQUIRES MUCH ATTENTION
Big Stick Is to Play Paramount Part In Future Dealings of the Ad- ministration With
 Panama.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington, November 17.-(Special.)- If the little republic of Panama Is not gathered in the fatherly arms of Uncle Sam before many months there will be general surprise in Washington. Annex ation is to be the inevitable outcome. In the meantime the predicted troubles have come to pass In order to keep down the present revolution until after the election three United States warshlps were used Tho Dixie was at Colon and the Boston. Bennington and Marbehead at Panama. It is said at the navy de- partment that the presence of those cruis- CTS was merely a coincidence. and even if there had been no prospect of a revo- lutlon they would have been alongside the isthmus
 It is not expected that the revolution will amount to much as marines arc sufficient to sink the whole republic if necessary They are good at welding the "big stick" To show our interest and good will secrtary Taft left for the isthmus today to straighten things out. In the party is Nelson W. Cromwell, the attorney of the Panama Canal company. who Is also expected to keep things straight from his standpoint.
 Bounding Over High Seas.
 Already bounding gaily over the high l seas to Panama on the United States transport Sumner Is a joyous party of ladies and gentlemen.
 The gentlemen compose a commission appointed by congress to inspect the canal The ladies are the wives, daugh-
 ters and cousins of the members of the
 commission who are taking a trip at Uncle sam's expense. n the party Is Mrs Billy" Gresham, who recently de-
 clared voluntarily that she was not the writer of scandalous anonymous letters which caused the postponement of the marriage of senor Bon Louis F. Corea. minister to the United States from Nic- . arauga to Mrs Ilah Dunlop Jorday. Mrs.
 cresha is said to have sailed as cor , respondent
 The real purpose of Secretary Tafts
 trIp 1t is said in well informed circles is
 to negotiate a treaty with the republic | of Panama whereby the new republic
 will be given certain commercial and
 business rights In the canal zone. | Whether he has a right to do this IS
 going to be an interesting question. | Should this proposed treaty come up
 before the senate for ratification Sec retary Taft may be confronted with l some teSunOny ne BdNc pSAohc thS 1Sh , ate committee the interoceanic canal
 During one of the hearings on the Pan | anna project he was asked if he did not
 consider that the canal zone was as
 much a part of the United States as
 Florida or any other state He replied
 that he did, that in every other respect l except in name it might be regarded in
 the same manner. Under these circum- sstances If the United States should form , a treaty granting Panama rights in the zone, 1t would be the same thing as 5 giving any foreign country rights in one of our states.
 In order to evade this. it Is said that the administration will hold that the ' treaty with Panama by which the Uni- l ted States was given control of the canal } strip should be interpreted to mean that r the United States should not have ex- r elusive control and use until after the i "Competion' of the canal : Not Until Completion. $ Tn other words that Panama might be n | allowed certain concessions until the | completion Of the canal when the canal il zone would be exclusive American ter | | ritory. To evade the embarrassment or v a possible wrangle in the senate over 2 the ratification of this treaty, 1t Is said
 that the administration will claim that q the President. under the terms of the t canal act can negotiate treaty with = Panama, which need not be ratified by
 the senate.
 "A The fact that Panama Is recognized :. renublic shows the ridiculousness of this 10 proposition.