The daily sentinel., 1914-06-30
NEW IDEALS ARE
NEMpLIFIED IN
FOREIGN POLICY
csbnbian Treaty Represents
Honorable Dealing; Roosevelt
attacks Wilson's Plan
,AsHINGTON, D. c" June 5o'
W. -IBy Edward keating, Con-
w ,s.snAn at Large from Colo

w rrs.sman at Large from Colo
"a nuripg the next month or
~ here will be great deal IN the
,,s,papers about the Colombian
- Colonel Roosevelt opened
~ Sombardment the other day when
rs,nrped from Europe. He SAID
4, N things about the treaty and
~ foreign policy OF President VII
an which neither the colonel nor any
siAer sane man believes.
The nations OF the earth are not
angling AT the United States, as Mr..
Pooseyelt suggests. They never re-
.nsftsd Us more or feared us less. We
Ave ceased to bully the little fell
avs but that has caused us to carry
an, heads a bit higher when we are
dealing with the big fellows:
We are showing the world that We
are strong enough to do right, even
sAen It involves confessing that we
once did wrong.
We stole Panama from Colombia.
No amount OF ranting by Colonel
Roosevelt or any one else will cause
history to lose sight of that fact.
We cannot return the stolen goods
because We have constructed the
Panama canal through portion of
The territory thus acquired. But We
an make the amends honorable. We
ta1 say to little Colombia:
We're sorry, old boy, and we are
rilling TO pay for the damage we
hse done
It's Americas Way.
OF course that Is not the way Eng
And would do ii. But what do we
are about how England would do
~ We must determine how the
lifted States-the most enlightened
Aublic in the history of the world
will do It, II Colombia we're a
peat strong country, with an eff
dent army and navy, We might hesi-
ATE fearing the world would mis-
understand our action. Fortunately
DO one imagines we are afraid OF
Colombia. We can be Just without
being suspected or cowardice.
Let US consider the history OF this
controversy with Colombia:
Get out your old geography and
llnd the map OF the Western hemis-
pAere, Down there in the northeast
ern corner of South America Is
colombia, a group of good-sized
States. The northern most state
Ae one which looks like a goose's
aeek-is Panama, and it connects
south America with North America.
for hundred years the United
states has profeSsed to be Colombia 8
Hlead. In one OF our treaties we
suaranteed its territorial integrity,
ana at all times We have insisted that
N vas vas one OF the beneficiaries of the
Monroe doctrine.
some years ago Colombia granted
french capitalists a franchise to
Sllld canal across Panama. The
sIguchinen invested sl0O,0O0,OOO
c cnl vent on the financial rocks.
SeOIohola took the position that the
,aIeaehmen must complete their con-
T--n -I, oi forfeit their property. Nat
-ul the contractors struggled to
~ ~. a' least a part OF their invest
c',- Ihey pleaded in vain with the
so.ouiolan authorities and then they
N -,neg 10 certain astute gentlemen in
80 iork who possessed plenty of
IN ana vast quantities OF political
yu"; lhe New Workers purchased
~. -g frehchmen's holdings for a song
Tri,ogp I'M opened up negotiations with the
To -,eg neI states government with a view
riOagihg on Uncle Sam.
s,,Soia ouioia warned the Washington
nj bSOIlues that the Wall Street men
,bs WpolninE to sell. pointing out that
LIenehmen had forfeited their
h Use ,a. by failure to comply with
p,ss,.an .hand,Made Revolution.
pors steeht ceht Roosevelt saw fit to is.
reyo,r,Io GIolotnbia. A made-to-orde,
sbJ J''on was arranged in Panama
nv government was set nm hackaI
by aerican bayonets and supportef
S,-aaas anerican money. The wal
vbi,a gentlemen unloaded tbei,
66o eggplant. receiving s4o 0oo
M LOT LOT the Frenchmen's "c,a,m ;, ON,
nav tba gl n states obligated itself t1
srabla ranama government consid
hlle period. s ior an indefi
its Taola rSnta continued to protest bu
as presentations were dism;ssa,
mail paoie attempts at bIack
COlomh got away with it, bacaus
We sny.a .a was too weak to fight hn
good opinio, go immeasureably in tn
people H9ng T the Spanish-speaSin'
press an, throughout South Americs
dent a. aaa people referred to the inc, Ss
descriSbsa n tne I rape of Colombia" an an
the ra Sol. uncle Sam as 'the Hoe .
their shouIser, europeans shrugge
that the aiToiher ier evidence Of the far
entores nited States was wiIiinr iii sat :
every Ss,1s ,qe Monroe doctrine u9 again.
The DT.lon Tss. but itself. eA'ns
that va AT administration rea,,,;r
In an untenable pos