Show GIVES CREDIT TO GORGAS GORBAS america will get all the credit perhaps for completing tho the panama canal but in giving praise where it la Is due the work of the french eligi and those engaged in the early digging of the canal ought not to be ba overlooked remarked henri hoagla go of parts paris an engineer recently tho the french overlooked tho the most important requisite in the panama canal ac zone that of proper sanitation had our engineers been supported in their work by a colonel gorgas tho the amor lean nation might not no have had tile tho opportunity to buy the canal 1 I think it only justice that some eoma tribute be paid the ar french for their share in this great project it Is truo true they failed but not through lack ot of funds as am la Is proved by the beautiful palace the magnificent gardens and the record of sumptuous living ot of the officials neither was failure duo due to it the unwillingness of tho french frenca peasantry to contribute of their brawn evidence of which Is seen in tho the overfilled graves th tha a success of the american was not wholly due to his greater knowledge ot of engineering nor to his improved machinery neither was it due to his bis ability to get into his hands large amounts of money but to the victory over the humble bumble mosquito the strength of this tiny enemy the french neglected to appreciate this then was waa the cause of their Ign ignominious ominous defeat in the work the panama canal Is one of the greatest engineering undertakings lu in I 1 the history of the world there can be no question of that |