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to the military establishment, should not
exceed 100000 year."
But will the income be as large as
81 think So" said Col. Goethals. 1T
will be If we fix the proper tolls.
think we should fix them as high as the
traffic will bear, and IL we do that we
still leave surplus. AS to the shipping
which will go through, by estimates
made a few years ago by our engineers,
there should be at least 100000 tons
per annum; Now. we can safely make l.e
sufficient to pay all the expenses and
still leave q surplus.
."Then," Col. Goethals continued, III
in connection with the operation Of the
canal we retain our present commissary,
cold storage and manufacturing plants
for the benefit Of shipping; II we sell
them fuel, water and make repairs for
ships doing a general ship chandlery
business, at a. fair profit, we ought to
have a still greater surplus.
"But, colonel, in this estimate you do
not consider the original investment. The
canal will cost in the neighborhood of
$4OO. Oo0, 600. Is Uncle Sam to get no
dividends on that amount?'
81 do not think any should be expect
ed" was the reply. THE canal was con-
structed not as a financial speculation or
investment. It was created as a military
necessity. The United States had to have
1t, and our commerce and that or the
world should not be taxed for its crea-
tion."
"But may It not eventually payf
asked. "The Suez canal pays well. Will
ours not equal it?'
LAS to its having traffic as great as
that Of the Suez canal, that Is q matter
Of speculation. But I do not see why
it should not. II you will look back you
will find that every new waterway that
has been opened has developed a COM
merce far beyond what was anticipated.
When the French opened Suez they met
with the most bitter opposition from
Great Britain and from others Of the
ship-going nations. They were told that
it would be a failure and the canal was
never spoken Of except with a sneer.
No one could have anticipated the enor-
NOUS traffic that has actually resulted.
When the Sault Ste. Marie canal was de-
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ting the while on the porch Of his home
at Culebra and looking out upon the
mountains through which the mighty cut
has now been gouged to such a level
that ships can pass through 1t.
Continuing our conversation. I asked
the colonel to tell me how the Canal
Zone should be managed and whether
there should not be a live American
population covering 1t from one end to
the other.
''Not II have my way" was the en-
phatic reply. "I would depopulate 1t as
soon as the work is completed. We want
nothing on the zone but the homes Of the
employees Of the canal and the buildings
of the military and naval establishments.
We shall need dry docks at each Of the
terminals and should have the best OF
loading and unloading facilities. We
should have coaling stations and fuel oil
stations, and 1t may be stores and ware
houses for supplying the shipping with
all things 1t may need. Further than
that. we would be better without settle
ments. There IL at least no need for
them now. and II any necessity should
develop they will be erected. Until that
necessity arises 1 would like to see the
strip kept for what it was originally in
tended, and that IL for the creation, OPP
Grating and maintenance Of the canal
would the zone be desirable place
for American residents?'' asked.
IT think not. The most productive parts
OF 1t are subject to inundation., and what
remains IL covered with a soil that, ac-
cording to the Department Of Agriculture,
needs costly treatment to mako 1t pro-
ductive. There are practically no crops
outside those OF the tropics that could be
expected to pay. During eight or nine
months OF the year we have g. heavy
rainfall. which will rot out everything
else. Besides. the natives can raise trop-
ical produce cheaper than we. can, and
that outside of the zone. so that the
man on the zone would have the little
end OF It all around.
1T must be remembered" Col. Goethals
continued, that this canal IL built MAIN
United States. Now, II you would have
1t Of use to US in times Of war, we have
got to defend and protect it4 The de-
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Two Puzzles.

WILLARD 8. STRAIGHT OF the Nor
W gan banking house said in q recent
letter from Picking:
The things that puzzle and perplex us
In the Chinese become. on closer knowl-
edge, simple. and SO. no doubt. do We
perplex and puzzle the Chinaman till he
gets to know us better.
It Is like mandarin from the far in
terror who dined with me the other even
Ing. In his honor the dinner was very
Chinese. One course consisted of eggs
apparently quite whole. yet within them
was a delicate salad of mushrooms. let
tuce. nuts and mustard.
Tt puzzles me- said to the man
DARN, how all these things are put i'm
side whole egg
My guest took UP an uncut magazine
from q table.
But 1t puzzles me still more he said,
peerfng between the leaves. how you
manage to put printing in here!"
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this danger, and for that reason the
Japanese fleet kept pretty we'll out from
navies of the great powers are SO evenly
balanced that none would risk the de-
struction of a part of its force at sea by
attacking Notifications on land, and as
Stunning that one fleet had been destroyed.
the enormous cost of a battleShip would
keep an enemy from risking it in an
unequal fight with land defenses.'
What will our Notifications cost?''
"They will cost infinitely less than
would have been spent had we tried to
increase our fleet and depend upon it
alone to defend the canal. Every addi-
tional battleship, Of the type now need
ed, costs not less than $4,000, 600
to build, and there is in addition to that
an ever-increasing maintenance charge.
When all these seacoast defenses are
completed and those Of the land added
the expense altogether will not equal
that of two battleships, and the fortiflca-
tons will be far more permanent than
the ships. Those who opposed the forti-
fcations claimed that the defense could
be accomplished by the navy in case
Of necessity. In that event we should
have had to- have a standing feet for
this purpose Alone
How many men will 1t take to run
the canal after it is completed, Col.
Goethals?"
II estimate the number at $500,
but this does not include the
possible sanitation and civil administra-
ton of the zone. It does not include the
military forces to fortify the canal, and
it is based upon the supposition that the
zone will be depopulated.'
What will 1t cost to run the canal?'
1.-The total expenses of the canal proper,
not including it's defense, which belongs
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Her Easter Hat.

A PROPoS Of the latest foreign limou.
: sine-the limousine with q roof
that slides back for aviation meet
ings-a well known aviator said the othec
day:
This car reminds me OF . conver4
sation overheard between two girls-
Tt was an awfuily smart crowd al
the hytng.' said the first girl 7 saw
some awfully nice frocks.'
And who fiewY the second inquired
Don't ask me-. said the drut GIRL
DO you think was going to take on
my new Easter hat just % - . let q
.AAroplaneaf g.,
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for all nations, and to prevent It's being
blockaded- To do that we must have
Notifications
But that is outside the main ques-
tion,' Col. Goethals went on. 1.-The chief
thing is that we have built the canal as a
military necessity, and that in order that
it may benefit the United States we must
be able to defend 1t against all possible
attacks by sea and land"
But can it be SO defended?'
1T can be-"
'.How?
by sea it can be defended by sea-
coast batteries against bombardment and
naval attacks. By land 1t must be de-
vicinity of the locks and dams. There
must also be other defenses against land
ing eu parties IS , s..o
ed.
"They mean forts on the islands and on
the mainland at the Pacific terminus, and
they mean Notifications at the entrances
at the Atlantic. They also mean fortifica-
tons along the line of the canal at GER
tain points. We have planned such forti-
f1cations and are already building them"
But will not these defenses add great
ly to the cost of the canal?"
Nothing like as much as one would
suppose" replied Col. Goethals. lone
reason for this Is that the character Of
the modern battleship is such that the
number Of guns on shore to keep off
fleet can be reduced to a minimum. No
naval attack will be attempted on any
fortified position until after the SUI
premacy Of the rival navy at sea has
been settled Moreover, the loss Of a
single battleship would destroy the bal
ance Of power and involve the risk of
losing fleet. Now, one Of our shots
could destroy ship, and under such con-
ditions the fleets would be very chary
of coming near them. The navies realize
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lenses must be made not only by sea-
coast batteries to keep off the ships, but
they must be efficient against all landing
parties which might enter the country
from various points above and below the
canal on either coast. For this reason
we should have control Of all the land
surrounding the locks and dams and from
there right out to the boundary. After
you take this out there is little land left
that is of value
Would not a civil population on the
zone cause many undesirable complica-
tions?'
Yes: 1t would involve us in no end of
trouble. It would also make the canal
cost more. We want the cost of operat-
ing to be reduced to the minimum, and
to that end we want nothing but the ca
nal. II you have a civil population and
develop the zone, the government will
schools, for police protection. fire protec-
ton. sanitation and the other necessary
adjuncts of a civilized community. The
taxes for such things could not be borne
by the people, and the money would have
to come out of the government. In addi-
ton there is the human element which
would involve complications not only with
the canal authorities, but with the Pana-
mans"
Then you do not think the lands of the
zone should be open to settlement
cit would be mistake to open them"
= Then just what should the zone be?
Nothing but a military reservation.
It's only homes should be those of the
canal employees and of the military. II 1t
is made such 1t will unity the manage
ment and reduce the cost of operation
By the terms of the treaty the ten-mile
strip was to be devoted to the construc-
ton, operation, maintenance, sanitation
and protection of the canal. That is the
foundation upon which our right to it
stands, and 1t should be kept So
There are many OF our people, Col.
Goethals. who think the canal should not
be fortified"
That may be So" was the reply but
am not one of them. There is no ques-
ton about the need and desirability Of
Notifications in my mind. Indeed, we are
bound to fortify it by our treaty obliga-
lions. If for no other reason. BY those
treaties we have engaged to maintain the
neutrality Of the canal, to keep it free
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and 1t resulted in the present basis Of
measurement of tonnage at Suez. The
tolls are now based on the net tonnage
and the passengers are charged for in ad-
dition at SO much per head. II we should
charge for passengers in the same way /
look for a considerable revenue, not only
from the tourist travel but also from
the great immigration which will proba-
in the near future. 1 believe that this
will be a passenger route as well as a
freight route.
But how about our American vessels.
Col Goethals? Would you charge them
the same rate as those Of foreign ma
tions?"
1T think that American ships ought to
be favored. but by our treaty with Eng
land don't see HON we can discriminate
in their favor as long as they are engaged
in transcontinental commerce. Under
our coastwise laws we can discriminate In
are prohibited from engaging In trade be-
tween American ports. I would make
lower rate for such vessels"
''And then there is another question that
thaIs, "and that is whether it is fair to
give such rates ins justice to the interior
Of the country. As 1t is now, the coast
cities are the favored ones as to the
tfanSCOntlnental railway MAUI Iney get
proportionately lower rates than the
towns of the interior. II you cut
the rate Of tolls this will give those
places additional advantages Another
point Is that the coastwise shipping will
make q rate just as high as the trafiic
will stand, and any cut we may make In
tolls on its behalf will result in benefit to
the shipping interests and not to the
merchants who ship nor to the Ultimate
consumer.
How about the intercontinental rail-
ways? Will the canal seriously affect
them"
at will to some extent Of course. There
are certain commodities that viii always
be handled by rail and certain heavy.
bulky and low-class freight which Is sure
to go on the ships. The intermediate
classes of commodities will be sought aft
er by both railways and ships and tho
question as to just what the tolls are viii
to some extent determine the route"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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asked. "As heir Of a family that once
reigned. he is not eligible in single one
Of them
in all France will give the measure OF his
force--and begin the plebiscite." she an
swered.
A New York belle who almost backed
financially a Greek colony for grace and
sweetness finds imperial politics sweeter
1t Is not even anti-republican.
1.-THE Bonapartist plebiscite," she said,
throws all back to the popular vote.
Once Prince Victor shows the vote that
he can swing-without hope Of its being
counted-a revision Of the constitution to
elect the president directly by the people
will be, by the fact, demanded. It will
be pushed through. and then"
''And should he get in earlier. by other
means" began an elegant French mar
ried lady. Several frowned upon her.
"Other peaceful MEANS she went on,
she would get himself confirmed by
plebiscite anyway
why? Does he want to be president p
inquired new disciple.
Prince Victor claims no dynastic right.
He is a son Of modern France. He is for
the sovereignty of the nation. equality Of
citizens, liberty Of conscience"
line name OIL NStpOIeOH Is d pIOSTd1h III
ITSELF" said St. Louis beauty.
Then up spoke husky Frenchman.
fresh from Brussels
Twice the French people have called
a Napoleon to end parliamentary anarchy
and give strong government, satisfying
equally the aspirations of the democracy
and the security Of the conservative
classes
It sounded like a handbook; think,
maybe, he will print 1t.
10 ha iSfn mission bona.
partes.'' he went on. "And everything
indicates that, once again. a Napoleon
will accomplish it. Republicans are COM
ing to US, US In swans ms srn,re, asked the
new disciple.
The man from Brussels lifted a corner
Of the veil.
..They would not destroy the republic,
but give it another FORM he answered.
Their idea is the consular republic Of
Napoleon I, which the Duo de Broglie
declared the most glorious period OF
French history"
The Chicago widow flashed glance OF
triumph.
The consular court at the Tuileries and
Malmaison was a brilliant, satisfying at
fair, capable Of cheering up the idIest
rich woman In Paris.
But are these American and French
ladies OF wealth and principle letting
themselves go for the gewgaws of a
court?
OF course. all women crave the bril-
lance OF q court in Paris. It means
color. clash. parade, with grandiose func-
tons. great stage for elegance. 1t
means standards, sanctions. At present
there is no preponderating school Of
styles and etiquette, no effulgent center OF
pageant.
Paris is without leaders in pleasure.
The old aristocratic families keep to-
gether, in little cliques. Their only pleas
ure IL to be exclusive. and they are, in
their hearts, sick OF it. For styles in
dress. they COPY actresses end aemt-
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mondainesEwhich il different from the
old court way Of copying Marie Antoi-
netta Vaguely. they had hope for court
Of their own, but their king, Philippe
of Orleans. Is SO null and void that his
PROSECUTING forces seem to have stirred
the French people up just enough to
make them listen to the Bonapartes. The
Bonapartes have money and q trick-the
plebiscite election.
The fine Frenchwomen Of real wealth.
influence and force today-of financial,
manufacturing, corporation and CONNER
cial fortunes-have long sought for q
door to knock at. In reality no door ex-
listed. Now, suddenly. one seems to open.
Willingly they rush to the Bonapartist
court that beckons them from Brussels.
Be 1t neutrality-suspicious. to start with.
all the better: 1t has more chance to
move on to Paris. Should it, once in, be-
come more imperial. still better. 1t can
give them titles!
American women OF Paris. doubtless,
have this craving for a court, and 1t is
only human nature for them to welcome
the Bonapartes, who made their most
brilliant functions out Of just such ma
terial. Nothing is to be hoped from the
old French aristocracy. 1t Is notorious
that when an American girl marries into
one Of its families she is lost to her own
people. Her American friends and rela-
dull!
American women Of Paris remember
the four beautiful Americans SO infiuen-
tial In Eugenie's court.
But there is something higher.
Also nobler.
Did you notice, when the New York
belle spoke Of the plebiscite. she said
directly by the people? She spoke
darhly.
Are not women '.people"f
Had women votes Prince Victor would
ride in triumph ON white horse.
Once in. he will let them try.
The Bonapartes are sunfagettes.
i've opening of the ballot to women.
-
Now you know why our women IN
Paris mix in an imperial plot. But how
can women help a plot? At present they
are passing on the rumors." Never be-
fore in France has q mass Of rich up
per-middle-class women worked together
as a unit to produce public opinion.
Faithfully they repeat each rumor from
Brussels. Do the automobile bandits
make life insecure in Paris and the out
stronger form Of government. Does the
young Prince Of Wales come Tor q visit
to France? What q pity! No one will
see him. When his grandmother visited
Eugene at Trianon 1t was so different:
Is the Paris season dull? How could 1t
be otherwise without q court? The fair
plotters harp on this string In the par
Tors Of great dressmakers and modistes
Business women OF retail commerce de
luxe, the latter sympathixe. They, too.
would see a court: and now they feel q
strong feminine wind blowing that way
To their husbands. clerks. employees and
powerful commercial men with whom
they have dealings they feel Bonapartist
propaganda.
And so throughout the social fabric
Bonapartist opinion u being manufac-
tured wholesale.
A among tho, ladie4 q tn militant
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. my letter Of last
Sunday I gave you
the first part Of my
talk W ! t b Col.
George w. Goe-
thals, the supreme
manager Of all
things hero on the
tsthmus. I told
you what he said
about the charac-
ter Of our great
canal. its slides.
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MEXICAN women
Of Paris want an
imperial court-or.
at least, q consular
one to start with
They are cleo
I | o n . ering for
Prin CO Victor,
Princess Clemen-
tine and the new
baby.
Many Of them
have been to Brus-
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IN locks and it, dam. I gave you also
his story as to how the costs on this
job have been managed 30 as to be cut
to q minimum. and gave his prophecy
that the canal would be surely opened
on time. The talk was held last Sunday
afternoon. Col. Cocktails and myself sit
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sells, where In the clandestine court their
zeal has warmed and they have kissed
the baby. 1t matters little that 1t is a
girl. In the words of the birth pronun-
ciamento Of the Figaro. tine Napoleonic
idea Is not based on dynastic heredity.
But II Is everything to have known little
Marie Clotilde in her swaddling clothes,
and Q vision Of the four beautiful Ameri-
cans who ruled Eugenies court CLEANS
golden In the minds eye.
The clandestine French court I'm Brus-
sells Is far buster than the real one of
the Belgians.
On the death Of old King Leopold his
favorite daughter. Ciementine, inherited
all the pomp of royalty she married Vic
tor. Bonaparte pretender. In the Italian
castle Of Clotilde, his mother. The King
OF Italy. his cousin. was delighted to see
the alleged confirmed old bachelor WIN
a kings daughter and vast campaign
fund to plot for the throne of France.
-.
At once Clementine and Victor set up
this clandestine court of France in Brus-
sels-clandestine. yet astonishingly open.
Clementine, who already sees herseli
empress Of the French. exacts imperial
etiquette and ceremony from her maids
Of honor. ladies Of the chamber, gentle
men Of the household and multitude OF
fitting statesmen Of the future empire
who keep their brevets in the fireprooi
safe when they slip over the French from.
tier to work"
So with the multitude Of courtiers from
France.
The great Bonapartist families-inter
married descendants OF the marshals and
ministers Of Napoleon / and Napoleon
III. affiliated families Of dnanciers bank
ers. real estate SPECTATORS and the de-
scendants of imperial functionaries-are
continually back and forth from Paris
paying spectacular duty.
Yet these couriers really mask the
ether visitors from France who Gene
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DONAPARTISTS Win
= New Electioneering Ele-
ment-Favor Suffragettes-
Progress of Prince Victor's
Plot-The Great Plebiscite
The Clandestine Brussels
Court, the New Baby and
the $4,000, 900.
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cided upon no one had any idea that it
would have traffic of forty or fifty mil
lion tons per annum. 1t will be the
same with this canal. Look where 1t is.
It is on the frontier Of the only great
undeve1oped lands Of the future. 1 re-
fer to the vast tracts of South America
and Central America. It will be the
ocean highway from one part Of our
country to the other and the ocean high
way for Europe. Besides, Asia Is Just
awakening, and the 100000. 600 and more
OF that continent will eventually be send
ing their goods to both sides of our
hemisphere. AS 1t is now the distances
between Asia and Europe favor Suez, but
Asia must do q great business with North
and South America Indeed. the POSSIBLE
tiles are inestimable.
Now let US look at the question of
tolls" said Col. ,Goethals. Suppose we
should eventually have a trafic equal to
that of Suez. I have looked over the fig
ures Of the Suez canal for 1909. During
that year more than 1900 vessels passed
through 1t, and their gross tonnage was
upward Of q 10000 have not the re-
ceipts for that year, but in 1901, when
the tonnage was Loo, 900 less, the actual
receipts were more than $4,000 900. A
traffic like that would more than pay 4
per cent interest on the cost OF the canal
and leave a large surplus above the oper-
ating expenses as well. The Suez canal has
has gradually reduced them. until with
the beginning Of this year the charges
will be $1.25 per ton. They are getting
ready to meet our one-dollar tolls, and
that perhaps because the shipping OF the
world has been complaining of its ex-
cessive rates and suggesting that 1t may
favor Panama"
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'How about the rates on passengers?"
"That is another question II the toll
Is levied on tho gross tonnage Of q ship
1t should perhaps take In the passengers,
as the passengers are q part Of the
weight. This was the complaint made at
Suez by the British when they sent
through their troop ships They had to
pay for the gross tonnage and then pay
SO much per man. At one time the rate
was 81 per head, and that on five thou
sand troops would be $4,000. This tax
ing the passengers was one Of the sub
jects Of the Constantinople convention.