Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ^.But Goethals is equally intolerant of opposition,argument, even advice from below. His is themilitary method of personal command and personal 330 PANAMA AND THE CANAL. Photo by Undericood & Underwood MARRIED QUARTERS AT COROZAL responsibility. I dont believe he is over-fond evenof the council of war. In a socialistic community,where every man had a voice in the government, hewould last only long enough for a new election tobe called. Though his popularity there is universal,it would not withstand the attacks of demagogueswere there field for dem
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ^.But Goethals is equally intolerant of opposition,argument, even advice from below. His is themilitary method of personal command and personal 330 PANAMA AND THE CANAL. Photo by Undericood & Underwood MARRIED QUARTERS AT COROZAL responsibility. I dont believe he is over-fond evenof the council of war. In a socialistic community,where every man had a voice in the government, hewould last only long enough for a new election tobe called. Though his popularity there is universal,it would not withstand the attacks of demagogueswere there field for demagogy. But what has been done, and is still doing, on theZone is not socialistic, because it is done from thetop, by the orders of an autocrat, instead of by anact of a town meeting. One might as well say thatthe patience, prudence, attention to detail, insist-ence on proper sanitation which enabled Japansgreat General Nogi to keep his army in the fieldwith the minimum loss from preventable sicknesswas all socialistic. Col. Goethals cornmanded anarmy. The Isthmus was the enemy. The armymust be fed and clothed, hence the communications must be kept open, hence thesteamship line and the railr
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