Show DANGER CONFRONTS US It is 15 extremely fortunate that the six sixteen sixten sl teen ten big battleships composing th the At Atlantic Atlantic lantic fleet neet are hurrying homeward Panama has demanded a retraction on the part of the United States for words used by b Congressman Rainey In a a re recent recent recent cent speech and an apology for an ap al alleged allege alleged lege insult The horrid possibilities involved in an Insistence upon compliance compliance ance anc with wih the demands made must not be too lightly estimated To begin with the puissant power which surrounds the canal zone on the Isthmus of or Darien Daren might lay ly violent hands upon Taft ltd hold him as a I hos boa hostage tage the people armed arned ared with shovels might assemble some tome dark night and flU fill fU up te ditch dich Uncle Sam S m Is digging they ther might conclude to rejoin the pres pre present ent eat state of ot Colombia Colombia and take the American Am millions with them In fc fact theres any an number nUt er of things that might happen to us unless we make haste In the tie matter mator of tending tendering an apology and retraction Perhaps it I would be well to give Wil William Wi liam lam Nelson Nolson Conwell carte care blancha blanch with wih full ful authority to fo form a syndicate and start him at onto once Our coun country countr country try tr must must be b saved s ed |