Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . GIANT CACTI OFTEN USED FOR HEDGINGPlanted close together, these cacti form a barrier impassible by animals A STREET IN CHORRERA credit upon the diplomacy of Colombia. Thatcountry has neither threatened nor blustered—andthe undeniable fact that the comparative power ofColombia and the United States would make threatsand bluster ridiculous would not ordinarily deter aLatin-American President from shrieking shrill de-fiance at least for the benefit of his has been persistent but not has stated its case to two administ

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Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . GIANT CACTI OFTEN USED FOR HEDGINGPlanted close together, these cacti form a barrier impassible by animals A STREET IN CHORRERA credit upon the diplomacy of Colombia. Thatcountry has neither threatened nor blustered—andthe undeniable fact that the comparative power ofColombia and the United States would make threatsand bluster ridiculous would not ordinarily deter aLatin-American President from shrieking shrill de-fiance at least for the benefit of his has been persistent but not has stated its case to two administrations and haswrung from both the confessionthat the United States in thatrevolution acted the part of aninternational bandit. Out of therecesses of the Department ofState has leaked the informationthat the United States has madeto Colombia a tentative offer of$10,000,000, but that it had beenrefused. But the offer itself wasa complete confession on the partof the United States of its guilt inthe transaction complained , Colomb

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