| Show JI V OF WAR REC U rh canal met every demand that was mado made upon it QUIM PASSAGE machinery had hardly neon been ao ind than tested when it was ca called upon to so do yeoman service for tho the 1 1 cause witnessed fewer un pleas I 1 ant incidents than my any place place un ur I 1 der american flag f N the Ther anama rua i canal force Is f proud t of the way ay the big ditch behaved durao log ing tho anvar it was comil completed eted barely in time to play its part n n affording quick parsagh to the tha nitrate alp 1 ai carrying carrein their indispensable cargoes from chill to tile united visited states staten rhu and europe and Us its machii iery had hard ly been more than tested before it A was called upon to do yeoman service for the cause tho the departure of general also put a new governor nt at the heads fl of the in this critical f period but governor hardings land hand at tho holin helm has been no less success suc cese i ful tenn was that of his predecessor f to in making the canal tile tho period tile the war lins has witnessed fewer incidents hero here of un tin unpleasant character charach I 1 r than ihn any other under bia theamer er atif lean ican lilt hug g th 0 ra have be been en no frona the sides il cutno cut no arother or other labor ti leg no sabotage no Interrupt interruption lon lu traffic no shortage ageos of slip supplies plies no lack of adequate provision in ili arranging tor for nil all the needs 0 of tho I 1 P 0 zane enemy plots frustrated germans were promptly interned y and all suspicious deport ed Fre cautious against epics were re ab BO yf thorough that the impossibility af ofil getting by the alie zono zone police has been a subject of comment on all sides tons 0 of german propaganda were intercepted and all sorts of f tentative plots nipped in tile tho bud A revola 7 1 1 tio flonary movement against i v engineered by political exiles here i was wag promptly squelched i 4 volunteer news service awas ewas 0 or by canal employees employee sand and a counter against german propaganda wua was carried carrie d on all over latin america ain erica which has hag bad good results in ili the attitude of many ot of the governments in south and cantral america moro more than 10 per tent cent ortho of tha canal went to the war those remaining whining re worked overtime in every tho the coultes gave gave iu year to ro tho the cited crass subscribed ai 41 n nearly in all to the liberty e r v loans all and nover never once complained ddn A about high prices price 4 or grumbled over in conditions imposed b by the war None otie of them showed alarta over tho the sub 1 ai lok i murine marine menace niena cc y women do their share r a alio tile women knitted and sowed bowed for the cited cross and entertained thy tho ar Brit lidi wounded on their way to aus ads tir tirrilla tilla and N new lew zealand with a hoppl which hus has been commented upon in the newspapers of those countries bouti and officially recognized by their governments the health depart department meni has been r nota notably illy indent the malarial rate has been lo lower werthan lhnn at cinci the Amert american can occupation tho the influenza epidemic emle was so eo handled as f to 1 l 1 be practically negligible the theoplus Theo opium plu m and cocaine trade was broken up and dds the soldiers and sailors protected protect i t from other forma of 0 dangerous vice tens of tho af acres of jound in thin zone were eledred cleared and pla planted n t e d or turned into pasture and stocked with cattle any an possible block ade the fishing business was deveir devel 1 aped with the same end in view 1 i v altogether the little lattie AmerI american call cox col ony on the isthmus limus feo feel that the they y have kept their work gol going figat at a high pitch of effle efficiency lency and the abe big dem deia held an the victory days were full of evidences of their loyal P ty and enthusiasm I 1 in it the V parades the speechmaking and the be absence of any t ya k t jarring ja arine note T i AW |
