Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-21

FNUNNNkM VI
A bodv of The most eminent engl-
neers i'm the world, both Americans
and foreigners. have been summoned
to advise as boz the exact type of
canal which should be built. At NJ
distant date | hope to be able to an
nounce what their advice Is, and also
the action taken upon their advice.
Meanwhile the work is already well
under way. ami has advanced suffi-
GENTLY far TO enable me to announce
with certainty that IL can surely be
accomplished. and probably at rather
less expense than was anticipated.
But upon the last point, as well as
upon the question of time, no posi-
tive statement can be made until the
report of the commission Of engineers
as to the exact type of canal has been
received.
Work Is Difficult.
The work is as difficult as it is i'm
portant; and Il is of course inevitable
that from time 10 time difficulties will
occur and checks be encountered.
Whenever such is the case the men of
little faith at home will lose that little
faith, and the critics who c~onfound
hysteria with emphasis will act after
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possess not only faith, but resolution,
and are of too virile fiber to be swept
one way or the other by mere sensa
tionalism. No check that may come
will be of more than trivial and pass
ing consequence, will infiict any per-
manent damage, or cause any serious
delay. The work can be done, is be-
ing done, and will be done. What has
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anty as to the future. When any such
work is undertaken there are always
many Adventures who flock to where
1t is going on, and many men who
think they are adventures, but who
are in reality either weak or timid,
follow in their footsteps.
Glasses Who Damage.
Some of the first class will now
and then cause trouble in one way or
another. But every care will be taken
to detect any misdeed on their part
and to punish them as soon as the
lmisGeed is detected. AS for the sec
Ond class they will cause trouble
chiefly by losing heart, returning
home, or writing home, and raising a
cry that they are not happy aud tnaI
the conditions of life are not easy,
Or that the work is not being done as
they think it ought to be done. Now
these men stand just as the stragg'
lers and laggards stand who are ever
to be found in the rear of ever a vic
toTiOus army. The veterans of the
civil war who are here present will
tell you that the very rear of an army
even when it is victorious, is apt tC
look and behave as if the victory were
defeat. And just the same thing is
true in any great enterprise in civil
life; there ARE always weaklings who
get trampled down or lose heart, anC
there are always people who listen tC
their complaints. They amount Il
nothing one way or the other, sc la
as achieving results is concerned
and their complaints and outcrie
need never detain us.
Matter of Health.
| call YOU attention specifically t
the matterxof health on the Isthmus
The climate was supposed to be dead
ny, and yellow fever, in especial, wa
supposed to be epidemic. Yet sine
we have assumed control there ha
lbeen far less yellow fever in u ow-
country. The administration is stead
lly becoming better and more effective
. from the hygienic as well as fror
every other standpoint. The work O
building the canal is a great America.
work, in which the whole America
people are interested. 1t has nothinI
TO do with parties or ~partisanshiI
and is being carried on with absolut
disregard to all merely political con
siderations; with regard only to eff
cheney, honesty and economy.
Interest in Caribbean.
The digging of the canal will, o
course, greatly increase Il interes
in the Caribbean sea. 1t will be on
duty to police the canal, both in tn,
interest of other nations and in on
own interest. To do this it is, o
course, indispensable to have an eff
Client navy land | am happy to sa!
that we are well on our way towarC
having one), and also to possess, a
we already possess, certain strategi,
points to control the approach to tn,
canal. In addition it is urgently ne
cessary that the insular and continent
al countries within or bordering upol
the Caribbean sea should be able t
secure fair dealing and orderll,
liberty within their own borders.
need not say that the United State
not only has no purpose Of aggression
upon any republic, continental or in
sular, to the south of us, but has tn
friendliest feeling toward them, an
desires nothing save their progress
and prosperity. e do not wish anothe
foot of territory; and think u cor
, duct towpard Cuba is a guaranty tina
8 this is our genuine attitude toward al
our sister pnubliCg
/ Affairs of Neighbors.
q If ever we should have TO interfeS
in the affairs of our neighbors !
. would only he when we found it in
possible longer to refrain from doin
r So without serious damage following
= and even in such case it would Onl
t be with the sincere and effective pu.
pose to make Il interference bent
tlcial to the peoples concerned. c
E course, occupying the position we dc
occasions may now and then arts
when we can not refrain from such il
reference, save under penalty of Sc,
b ing some other strong nation unde
take the duty which we neglect; an
such neglect would be unfortunat
from more than one sJandpoin
. Who eve possible we should glad
give any aid we can TO a weaker si
ter republic which is en~deavoring I
, achieve stability and prosperity. 1t
Z an u~ngouerDus thing for us to refus
such aid, and IL is foolish not to Civ
y it il "a way that will make it real
effective. and therefore of direct benz
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