Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-03
ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT !
BYLONDON NEWSPAPER
Demand for Panama Canal
Fertilization Called Reiec.
ton Of Agreement of 1901. 7

LONDON. September 3.-Mr. Roose-
velt's demand that the United States
fortlfy the Panama canal. set forth In
his speech at Omaha yesterday. IL char
acterized by the Westminster Gazette
today as a direct rejection OF the terms
of the American and British agreement
OF 1901. under which the naturalization.
OF the canal IL guaranteed"
The carrying out OF such q plan. the
Gazette says. would mean the tearing
up OF the agreement"
The paper admits IL to be reasonable
that the United States should assume
some military control over the new
waterway. but suggests TO the former
President that the United States should
secure any desired alteration OF the
terms OF the agreement through Dip
lomatic methods and not by repudia-
tion OF its engagements"
Speech at Omaha.
In his speech at Omaha yesterday
after recounting the progress of the work
on the canal and expressing the wish that
all the people OF the United States realize.
its extent. Col Roosevelt said:
I'VE now have a further duty TO per-
TO fortify It. To refuse TO fortify IL. and.
above all. to consider for a moment such
an act OF utter weakness and folly as TO
invite other nations TO step In and guar
can work (and thereby really to make Il I.
certain that in the event OF war weS
should md the canal used against us, as
our neets would be forbidden TO pass
through II. or else our opponents fleets be
permitted tor. would be to incur, and
quite rightfully. the contempt OF the
world: II would mean the complete aban- =
donment OF the Monroe doctrine, II would
be wicked blow to our prestige on the :
Pacific, and, moreover IL would be In It's
essence treason to the destiny OF the re-
public. /.
There was q great panic around the /,
Atlantic coast when I announced that the
feet was to go around the world 4
wanted 10 have IL understood by foreign .
powers as the strongest hint that our
fleet could go anywhere. and would 70
anywhere. that was necessary.
Great Cutlery Arose.
When / announced that the feet vas
to go around the world there was a great
outcry. and II was said that the feet
should not sail But the fleet did sail
Some OF the men In the coordinate
branch said that I did not have the
money for the voyage OF the fleet The
dusW was easy c8lO lHdt We mao the
money and that I was going to send ths
fleet to the Pacific, and IL they did not
want 10 appropriate the money TO bring
IT back that was their affair. After which
criticism subsidized. except for the usual
and perfunctory remark that I was usurp-
ing power. -
Il want the good will OF all nations
and want to deserve II. But in times Of
crisis don't want to depend solely upon
IL.
I'VE built the canal ourselves. We
don't have to ask anybody else 10 come
In and say how IL shall be used. IL IL
was not our intention to have our say In
regard to the canal we had no business /.
to undertake the work. 1t is not an act
peaceful disposition to ask others
what we should do. II Is showing a timid
Il want Uncle Sam to be peaceful. but
I want peace in the first place that will
do wrong to no one. apd In the second
place that will submit US to wrong from
no one