Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . olombia to employ her owntroops for the suppression of rebellionin her own territory. As President,and later as private citizen, was always exceedingly in-sistent that he had adhered to thestrictest letter of the neutrality law—always that is except in that one im-petuous speech in San Francisco, inwhich he blurted out the boast, Itook Panama and left Congress todebate about it afterward. Mr. Roosevelts protestations of in-nocence had, however, little effect up-on his own friends and party asso-ciates, for early in the Taft adminis-tr
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . olombia to employ her owntroops for the suppression of rebellionin her own territory. As President,and later as private citizen, was always exceedingly in-sistent that he had adhered to thestrictest letter of the neutrality law—always that is except in that one im-petuous speech in San Francisco, inwhich he blurted out the boast, Itook Panama and left Congress todebate about it afterward. Mr. Roosevelts protestations of in-nocence had, however, little effect up-on his own friends and party asso-ciates, for early in the Taft adminis-tration the conviction became general among men inhigh station that reparation of some sort was due toColombia for what was—to express it guardedly—our connivance at a conspiracy that cost that repub-lic its richest province—cost it further a lumppayment of $10,000,000 and an annual sum of$250,000 to eternity. The records of diplomacy areenmeshed in many concealing veils, but enough isknown of the progress of the negotiations to reflect.
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