Show AT HOME AND ABROAD It Is barely possible that should the compromise canal bill pass Congress President Roosevelt will wUl be saved the trouble of ot worrying over a a. choice between between between be be- tween the Nicaragua and Panama routes It is lg reported from Washington Washing Washing- ton on what seems to be good authorIty authority authority author author- ity that the South American State of ot Colombia through whose territory the thede thede thedo de do Lesseps ditch has been projected and anda a a. little of ot It constructed will refuse to cede or grant a long lease of the land which must be under the control of this Government in order that the waterway waterway waterway wa wa- wa- wa and its approaches can be p po policed policed po- po and protected According to tho the current story Colombia Is willing only to give a right of way which of course Is nonsense We could take the area wanted and the whole Isthmus to boot with a landing party of marines and Jackles jackies but that would not accord with either our principles or practice In dealIng dealIng dealing deal- deal Ing with weak neighbors Nicaragua ua and Costa Rica are more sensible In their attitude Should the Nicaragua ua route be selected these little republics are willing to allow us anything we need or want wane In the way wy of ot territory which is more like business |