The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-13
LACKS COURAGE
TO STRIKE BLOW
United States Forever Raising It's
Arm Against Central
america.
PRESTIGE IS DIscREDITED
Judge Collins Harshly Cr;ticizcs
attitude and Actions Of
State Department.
PRESTIGE is DIsCREDITED

Chicago. ILL.,. February 12.-JudSc
Lorin G. Collins. for moro than fly.
Years an assistant justice Of the Canal
Zone Supreme Court before the Com
morcial Club yesterday criticized tho
state Department OF the United states.
saSinE 1t was pursuing a policy IL,
n connection With Central American
The hatred of all Spanish-spca king ma
lions, was being made the Victim OF
! H. maiiGn i mi. and was gaining
It's arm TO strike, bu, has not the cour-
aSc to give the blow"
ludsc Collins. after relating n Sc
servation which, he said, were spc-
ciiic instances that this governments
representatives were being insultcd and
aIronted in the tropics, without apol-
can hopes Of increased trade from
| territory would not matoriali7e IL.
$50 said the common explanation in
ing insults from Honduras. WAS that j
Morgan & Co. who were arrangin,;
20 in,, rciund the national deb, OF Hon
COLLINS said: "Ilow was the cession o
innama and It's recognition as q re-
2uniic by America received in Colon
ola? That nation asked Mcxico to In
trrcedc with the United states for her
and asked us to allow her to send
srSnps to Panama to suppress the re-
oy John Hay. Secretary OF state This
MS followed by 4 long letter from Co
i ,S calling Americas attention to
OF that treaty By the United States
! in recognizing Panama as an indcpen1,
Gnt colomhi in, offered TO submit 1t to
to discuss II further.
The result! The C,olombians talked
oYeh ho vii every snanlsh spe, King
| election Of obaldia. in which troops
wero installed by United States OH
Gals and obaldia's opponent Withdrew
This ADDED to isthmian distrust
These and other incidents cause
tne central Americans TO ask why un-
q 54,i; ~ the !. Monroe doctrine, should the
.nitcd states , always lind 1, neces
PENDENT REPUBLICS?
DcpiurEbIc Action.
The most dcplorabe action OF tho
lrited States. In thut It gave color TO
GOSSIP and criticism against u.s. oc-
CURED last summer In Panama on tho
dea.l' ;, Of President obaldia Or. Hen
republic. The United States Informed
Pr. Mendoza that he was ineligible
would not permit him 10 hold the Of
ice, for the reason that tho Consti-
tuition of Panama prohibited any pcr-
sen from succeeding himself in that
The next move OF Washington was
70 inform the 'ananlan Congress that
they SHOULD elect Samnel Lewis Presi-
cent The pressure from Washing ton
was SO strong that one day at l.: 80
o'clock in the morning 1t was agreed
at that days session Lewis should be
elected At 10 o'clock cable came
from Beverly. Mass discla;ning any
intention on the part OF the United
states to annex Panama or TO dictate
! 20 tno Congress whom they should
choose. The Lewis campaign ended
| then and there. and DR. Pablo Arose
mona was elected President All OF
this was unwise and meddlesome inter-
! ference. and gave us the same rcputa-
ton we bear in Nicaragua--of raising
our arm to strike and not having the
courage 10 do so
| still, we arc building a canal and
pluming ourselves on our wonderful
undertaking. Are VIC building for peace
! or for war? For the worlds develop
| inent or for future aggression?
IF for peace. or for the development
| Of the Central and South Americas,
! the trade will not he ours. but Will
so to our competitors unless VIC
| change our methods