Review of reviews and world's work . (Who has been more prominently identified witli the leading subjects of legislationin the Senate, during this session, than any other man.) claims, and franchises can, of course, be straight-ened out. There is no reason to think that anyman with a particle of influence in either House ofCongress, or in our executive government, is plac-ing himself in a suspicious attitude by favoring thePanama route, any more than there is reason tosuppose that the geologists have been bribed toinvent stories about Nicaragua volcanoes. Presi-dent Roosevelt will not buy out
Review of reviews and world's work . (Who has been more prominently identified witli the leading subjects of legislationin the Senate, during this session, than any other man.) claims, and franchises can, of course, be straight-ened out. There is no reason to think that anyman with a particle of influence in either House ofCongress, or in our executive government, is plac-ing himself in a suspicious attitude by favoring thePanama route, any more than there is reason tosuppose that the geologists have been bribed toinvent stories about Nicaragua volcanoes. Presi-dent Roosevelt will not buy out the French com-pany in case of the adoption of the Spoonersubstitute until all doubts and difficulties of alegal and diplomatic nature have been completelycleared away. Although the House voted forthe Nicaragua route, its vote was intended, notso much to settle the route question finally as toshow its disposition to have an interoceanic canalbuilt by the Government without further delay. 14 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY RE^IEIV OF Lopyrij^hted, 1902. by Pach Brothers Secy Root (War). Secy Moody (Navy).Gov. Oilell, of New York. President Roosevelt. Commandant Mills. THE PRESIDENT AT THE WEST POINT CENTENNIAL. Matters Af-fecting Armyand Nauy. A great event of tlie past montli wasthe celebration at West Point of theliundredth anniversary of the found-ing of tlie Military Academy. The ceremonieswere impressive, and the speeches were of a highorder of merit and interest. Gen. Horace Por-ter, our ambassador at Paris, was the cliief ora-tor, but the President and the Secretary of Warmade eloquent and memorable addresses, andGeneral Schofield and General Alexander,—thelatter a distinguished Confederate veteran,—spoke wisely and impressively. W^e publish else-wliere an article on West Point and the celebi-a-tion from tlie pen of Colonel Tillman, one of tlieprofessors in tlu^ academy. Tlie celebration was7-endered the more enthusiastic by an action ofCongress wliich had made certain
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