The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-31
~ ROOSEVELT WERE ALIVE.

The Colombian treaty which President Hard
ing for some tnoxpncablo reason has determined
10 push through the special session ~ The sen
alc. s again the subject ~ healed controversy
throughout the press OF the nation. Already the
bitterness which characterized its confederation
on previous occasions has como 10 the surface.
ana there IL evidence that II ratification OF the
treaty i8 made an administration measure the
republican party viii become very much di-
yidod carly iu the Harding administration.
'1r Theodore Roosevelt, were uying." Gays the
Philadelphia North American. "thc promoters
VI thc Colombian treaty would not dare. by re-
viving it 20 face the storm Of public protest
which hc would raise against them" which
cna FOR proscntmont OF the nlc Colonel
Roosevelt vi'ws ON tho matter writing IN the
metropolitan rgnzinc just short time be
forc his death, the cX-pfcrdont said:
"ln 1903 shameless and sordid attempt
was made by the then dictator Of Colombia
aud follow politicians to force the United
states by scandalouRy improper tactics to
pay vastly larger mim for the privilege Of
building the Panama canal than had been.
agreed upon In q solemn treaty. A. pres-
dent OF the United States resisted this at
tompt and prevented the United StateA
from being blackmaicd. HAD not Success
tully resisted the attompt, the Panama canal
would not now be buin and would prob.
ably mover have been built. Tho attempt
was blackmO then, md to yield to IL now
Is 10 Yield to blackmail
Tho proposal now ig that after having
paid 100000 to the rlghlful owners OF the
lsthmus, shall IN addition pay $4,000
600 20 their former taskmastors and op-
pressorR sum two and hnf times what
thos" tricky oppre~ors originally asked.
sum which Is Ia be paid TO them merely be-
cause they failed In carrying 10 successful
completion n bit OF internatot<l villniny az
wicked as Il was proposcrous. In point OF
good and sound morality the proposal
a. M yi Inn
tited burglar a heavy sum for the damage
done to his feelings by detecting him and
cXpelling him from the house"
That this view was shared by a majority OF
the American people az well a majority Of tho
senate IL. happily matter Of record.
The Chicago Tribune, without gloves and ig-
norng too tender regard for tho statesmen
of its own party. pointcdy asks what is back
of the whole project anyway? Tho presidents &
course In this matter is not marked by the good
sense he has shown IN others 'Tho Tribune
challenges the injection OF tho Colombian mat
ter into the special session, which should be
Rivcn solely to vital problems now demanding
the best thought OF tho executive and congress.
II It il thrust into the foreground we
wan. 90 know what undiscloscd forces are
working early and powerfully upon the
now government"
Similar warnings are being Rrntultously Of
fcred tho new government" The truth OF the
matter IL this; The Colombian treaty IL funda-
mentally wrong. Therefore amount OF sophis-
try or pausibillty can make It's ratification
right. To ratlfy Il at ALL unless "undiscloscd
forces" are willing TO come out In the open and
make a perfect case. viii be to lnrlict upon the
new government a wound that Il can never
fully recover from