Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-04

ttcNpl spuIstA l hf. htttfh
onunI Schen,c Has Hcss.lirciied Al!
Who Have Iouct cd It.
Panama. He haule Is wdulent OF
loot. OF wrecked fortunes, subsidized
neW spapcrs, and We have the word OF
Henry Wattcrson that the Republican
gray wolves of the United States sch
ate are Interested in III" financial trans
actions that hav" cnv"loped Panama III
scandal and disgrace Hitherto 1t vas
sut So e.4.4g.4elcrs of t.r individuals
that were slHirchcd With the slime
HAT has tHevitablt hedra2Gled It's pro-
notrr5 aud Its tritrtS v lien th" eX
posurc Of faHftrff rottranrsS occurred
in Fraacc. I1o peurfc Of tie mted
States loo4ed au III hulrar 1T th" cor
ruptiou in Il - To- republic. Now III"
misery has=c closer home, and Phi
an3 true 10 It's reputation that what
ever and whoever touched ii must b"
drtlied h.ls furnished the honor of I'll"
United States and ruined oar reputa-
tion among South American republics
aS Il Lair dealing nation. Ihc petty
raseshities aI.a avatiee of the niicd
States OF Gulambia are Ho excuse for Il
great nation % ret:iate with greater
infauy The way of the too~cHelt ad
miniStration was clear, congress had
bluzod the path and ordered that ne
gotiatens with Nicaragua We're To be
opened if after Il reasonable tune co
loInbia refused our generous offer.
Oh. that President Roosevelt had car-
ripd out the plain instructions of con
grcsS or even awaited further acton
of the representatives of III" nation.
But the teinptcr was ut hand. aud in
triguc and plotting We're adopted when
straightforward AlneriCaulsm was the
duty Of the hour.
The circumstnntnl evidence is GER
tainly very strong that President
Roosevelt was privy to, If not an accom-
pllce in the secession of Panama from
1he United States of Colombia. One
of the chief witnesses of tins rXtraor.
dinary and revolutionary proceeding is
Consul General Gudger, Who states that
he was mot the least s,lrprised'' hy the
secession Of Panama. aud he also says.
TlN' illtililtS lS' tIl' I'Npiu'i'il N'S
II f0rceone conclusion. us we all know.
Who could we. mean but the diplo
matte end of the administration. espe
ciaIly President Roosevelt and Secre
tary FIayi This frank avowal of Con
sui General Gudger that W" all knew
could not have been meant tor til" pub
lie for tn the latter the revolution
came az suddenly as n clap of thunder
out of IL clear sky. There appears to
have been one. ontside OF the diplo
mats ineludcd In the I'VE" for he
faithfully foretOh whnt has since hap
prnN This was no less n person than
DIR Albert Shaw. the editor OF the Re
view OF Reviews. friend Of President
Roosevelt from childhood and his con
xtant visitor mt the White House and
Oyster Ray. In the last issue nf his
margarine he certainly showed eXtraor
dinary prt.scirncc or the value of hnv-
ing inside information. Dr. Shaw in
the article says he had no intimntion
from high quarters of what would oc
cur so we must conclude that his well
known scientific knowIcdg" of psychic.
nl phenomena had established wireless
felcgraphic communication between
himself and the DISTINGUISHED occupant
of the White House. This exhibition
Of mind reading cuabled the editor of
the Review of Reviews to faithfully
jOt down for the benefit of thc public
what did happen and Ia f0retell the
startling and most energetic revolution
ever accomplished. Secretary Hay in
his defense of tn" actionS of the ad=
miniStration admits that the revolution
was concocted in "Secrel and that it
hclched forth With II "suddenneSs" that
startled the world If President Roose.
welt and Holm Hay did not know what
was going 10 happen il waS remark
able that they had arranged to have
war ships and an extra force of marines
in near proximity 10 the sc"ne of ne
tion. which Wcr" nj once ordered To aid
in eonSunmntln@ the revolutionary plot,
nr. ShaW knew what was coming
SO did Consul General Gudgar. aud it
is therefore difficult to believe that the
secretary OF state WAS rs innocent ny
he tries to make the country believe he
was or that President Roosevelt was
purposely kept uninformed by his
friends and political associates.
Whoever concocted the revolution.
the United States showed excessive
haste in receiving the goods stolen
from her sister republic and acting as
q Philadelphia policeman in prevent
ing their recovery. That act amounted
10 a declaration OF war against Colom-
na. although the constitution express
ly reserves that great prerogativc To the
congress of the United States
There are vast hidden dangers to the
American people in joining their for
fumes with the corrupt Panama con
spiratorS. native and French.
Roosevelt's III Timed Sermon
With cloud after cloud upon his adj