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Title: Panama and the canal in picture and prose ..
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Abbot, Willis John, 1863-1934. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York (etc.) Pub. in English and Spanish by Syndicate publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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freehand over the canal andadjacent territory—andwhen Colombia, whichhappened to own thatterritory, was slow in ac-cepting this view he setup out of nothing overnight the new Republicof Panama, recognizedit as a sovereign statetwo days afterwards,concluded a treaty withit, giving the UnitedStates all he thought itshould have, and yearslater, in a moment offrankness declared Itook Panama, and leftCongress to debate itlater. About the politicalmorality and the personal ethics of the Rooseveltsolution of the diplomatic problem there will everbe varying opinions. Colombia is still mourning forher ravished province of Panama and refuses to becomforted even at a price of $10,000,000 which hasbeen tentatively offered as salve for the wound.But that the canal in 1913 is just about ten yearsnearer completion than it would be had not Roose-velt been President in 1903 is a proposition generallyaccepted. History—which is not always moral—is apt to applaud results regardless of methods, and
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Ilwtu (jy i iniirauuii ct Unacrwuaa THE MAN AND THE MACHINEPresident Roosevelt and the monster steam shovel figure largely in the story of Panama 125 126 PANAMA AND THE CANAL the Republic and Capal of Panama are likely tobe Roosevelts most enduring monuments—thoughthe canal may outlast the Republic. Prior to this time there had been several sporadicnegotiations opened with different nations of CentralAmerica for canal rights. The most important onewas a treaty signed at Bogota in 1870 by an envoyespecially authorized by President Grant. But thistreaty was never ratified by our Senate, and wasamended out of acceptable form by the ColombianSenate. For the purposes of this narrative we maywell consider the diplomatic history of the canal tobegin with the passage of the Spooner act in 1902.This act, written by Senator John C. Spooner ofWisconsin, authorized the Panama route if theFrench property could be bought for $40,000,000and the necessary right of way secured from Colom-bia. Failin

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