Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-09-22
ROOSEVELT ON
CANAL AND Navy
Colonel Says Europe Still Won
defs At Cruise Of Fleet,
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fairs. ca-no. e1psc, 10 be treated as
: weight in e.ths. tie Atlantic or the
l'ac.-se q IL have IS voice as 10 the
Mo--ce doctrine or the anaselr.vr.t
q III Panama cana. AeeSied ualess II
-as st-oas ard thoroughly efficient
navy Within he last decade the
American navy has t-en about t-eb.ed
in strength and much more than treb.e,::
i efficiency. due 70 its extraordinary
progress in craftsmanship and maneu-
,eriae
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s. far from this increase in naya.
strength representing on cur part
eithe. menace az aggression to
weaker natious or menace Of war 10
stronger nations. il has told most
powerfully for peace. Everywhere in
Europe the cruise of the battle feet
around the world was accepted not
only as an extraordinary feat reflect
ing the highest honor upon our navy,
but rs one Of the movements which
tended markedly to promote peaceful
stability in international relations.
No nation regarded the cruise as
frausht with any menace OF hostility
70 Itself. and yet every nation accepted
il as a proof that we were not only de
sirous ourselves to keep the peace, but
able 10 prevent the peace being broken
ut our expense No cruise in any
way approaching it has ever been
made by any iiees of any other power.
and the best naval opinion abroad had
! been that no such feat was possible
that is. that no such cruise as that we
actually made could be undertaken by
4 feet Of such size without innufner-
able breakdowns and accidents
The success Of the cruise. performed
as it was without q single accident.
UNNECESSARILY raised the prestige not
only Of our feet, but OF our nation.
and was distinct help to the cause
IF international peace
Success of Canal.
AS regards the Panama cana.
really think that outside nations have
a juster idea than our own people Of
the magnitude and success of the
work. l wish our people realized what
Is being done on the isthmus. II a
| man of intelligence who had never
| left this country asked me whether
would advise him to make a short TRIP
TO Europe or a trip to the Panama
canal would without hesitation adj
wise him to so to the Panama canal.
He would there see IN operation the
completing OF one Of the great feats
of modern times.
Colonel Goethals and the men Work
ing under him are rendering service
to this country which can only be
parallcled in our past history by some
of the services rendered in certain
vars.
! Six. years ago last spring the Amer
lean government took possession OF
1 the isthmus The first two years were
devoted to the sanitation Of the 18TH
mus. to assembling the plant AND
.rorking force and providing quarters
1 food and water supplies. In all these
! points the success was extraordinary
4 From one Of the plague spots of tht
globe. one Of the most unhealthy re
gions in the entire world. the isthmu'
| has been turned into singulaHs
healthy place Of abode. where ths
death rate is small and where hum
dreds of children are now being RAISED
under as favorable conditions as II
most parts of the United States.
/ Yhe quarters. food and water suppl!
are excellent aud the plant the hes
ever gathered for such,a purpose. Nc
\ tive excavation on II large scale dli nc
begin until January. 1907. Three year
and a half have gone by since then
and three-tifths of the total cNcava
ton has already been accomplished
The amount taken out has passed any
thing which previous experience war
ranted US in believing to be possible.
| In 1908 and 1909 the monthly aver
| age Of rock and earth removed was
| 100000 cubic yards notwithstand
| ing the fact that nine months OF cacl
! year constituted season of yer.
heavy rainfall. There remain to b
cxcayated only about 6o.OO0,ooo cubi'
yards.
II we could keep up the past aver