The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-26
tBy Associated Press.)

tBy ASSOCIATED Pre9s.)
New York, Jnne 24.-Thcodore
Roosevelt. who returned to America
on the Imperator tonight. vigorously
defended George w. Perkins, chair
man of the Progressive National ex-
ecutiya committee, whose resignation
as chairman was demanded recently
by Amos Pinchot Mr.. pinchot had
declared MT. Perkins affiliation with
certain big business interests made
him unfit to hold his posItion.
"Whcn they read Perkins out" said
Colonel Roosevelt. "they will have to
read me out. too"
The colonel reiterated that he would
not be q candidate for the governor
ship OF New York this fall He suid
his health was all right now and that
he would speak ut Pittsburgh June 20.
II shall not be able to speak In the
open air or make continuous speak
ing trips" the Colonel said. chow
ever. I shall he able to deliver GER
tain number of speeches indoors.
PCrktus Useful.
"Mr. Perkins." declared that colon
ell In his reference to the national ex-
ecutfye chairman. "has been. on the
whole. the most useful member of
the progressive party. He has striven
In absolutely good faith for NIL Of the
principles of the party. AS for read
ing him out OF the party, when that Is
done. they Will have 10 read me out,
too,''
Colonel Roosevelt gave out letter
from DR.. Hamilton Rice, the explor-
or, IN which DR.. Rice said he was mis-
taken when he questioned the dtf-
covery OF the River of Doubt. He said
ne realized this after he heard, Col.
yR0uSavelt lecture, s. e. a, SIi, II i. ~ q
& Gol Eooseye met; M qaaranr
ltlne by q tfPi
y i
s7f6nsEV1Rse d5fd{ IA
;sEssa9S7ge sWs ,kinas aud Dudley Field
Mas6ie, Sico colieet6ri OF tha ifport; The
I soolbnel Proceeded to Oyster Bay. !.
Payment Blackmail
T In n statement issued today Col.
Roosevelt declared the payment of
secured the right to build tho Panama
treaty merely would be the payment
OF belated blackmail.
II the proposed treaty is right, he
said, the presence Of the United States
In Panama Is wrong and Panama
.chould then Immediately BIO restored
to Colombia and the United States
should abandon the zone.
| In hie statement, Col. Roosevelt
said In part: ,..f
"The payment of twenty-five mil
lions to Colombia together with tile
expression OF what is In effect an
apology for our having secured the
right to build the Panama canal mere
ly Is the belated payment Of black
mail. with an apology to the blackmail-
ers. In this proposed treaty submitted.
by President Wilson through Mr..
Bryan Ia right, then our presence on
the Isthmus Is wrong In such case
Panama Immediately should be restor-
ed to Colombia and we should stop
work on the canal and abandon, the
place. bag and baggage ~ There
should be no half way measures. II we
ns q nation have been guilty OF theft,
we should restore the stolen goods.
II we have not been guilty Of theft,
J. we should not pay the blackmaii.
, Milton n Clown.
1.-The handling Of our foreign at
fairs by President Wilson and Secre-
;. tary Bryan has been such as to make
the United States figure. OF fun in
the International world. This pro-
posed Colombian treaty caps the cIt-.
max and II ratified will rightly rem
], der us an object Of contempteous de-
!, risiou to every nation. In view OF it's
submission to the Congress-. l wish to
call attention to exactly what was
done under my administration.
Becauge of the action OF the ad-
mihiEtration, the people IF the Uni
ted States acquired what they could
by no other means have acquired, the
right to build the Panama canal. In
1908 1t was till doubtful whether we
would adopt the sNicarauguan or the
Panama route. The government OF
Colombia was exceedingly anxious that
c we shnuld accept the latter, and offer
ed to arrange, and did arrange. a
treaty with lib to prevent our going
to Nicafauga. %
Partly I'm consideration of this trea-
ty we abandoned negotiations with
Nlcarauga, We acted In good faith
and the course OF action was there
bysentered upon was conditioned upon
their prososaf, their promise. It
wa5 our ;.rigsE, snd aiEo our -Saty 10
Our own people and 20 the rest OF the
world TO exact the performance OF this
"f'or four hundred yesrs there. has
been conversation shout the need
Sof the Panama canal. Tho time for
further conversation has passed, the
time to translate words into deeds
has come. 1f had followed Preais
I dent Wilson's SO policy 4 OF ,..watchful
waiting t. woiiid have ensured half
J q century OF ad iti0nal conversation