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Show H PANAMA-COSTA HIGA H Panama ami Costa Itlca aie both memherH of tho M' l Lcaguo of Nations, yet Hhots were fired, men were m killed, ptlsoncrs were taken and territory changed H, !' hands. Tito league did not function even to the ex- H tent that war would be deferred as President Wilson H clulmed It wuuld. lu fuel as far us the activities or M these two Itttlu republics were concerned, they went H right ahead Just as If there were no League of Nu- H. tlons. And while tho League woh deliberating the H United States acted. M , . And, loo, It Is refreshing to nolo the dispatch H H with which the United State acted. Within an hour H. after Secretary' of State Hughes was sworn In he had Hi l lllu matter In hand, and before tho first day was dono B . i " ' ' ' ' he had dispatched n final messngo to the two republics repub-lics The message waB distinctly n Hughes document nn ultimatum It you plenBo, and not a dlssoitatlon on international law that would call for a series of "notes" surh as President Wilson distinguished hlm-telf hlm-telf In the Uuropenn war. The Hughes message wns final, and In tho hopes of finding a chance to break In between the president of Panama has appealed per-soally per-soally to the president of ttio Unjted 'Stales. Without delay tho president has replied, backing his scctetnry of stale to the letter and declnrlug that tho nrblra-ment nrblra-ment of tho Chief Justice of tho Supteme Court of thf United States must be respected. This will, no doubt, be tho fintil act In thecontroversy, us Costa Itlca will be the final net In tho controcersy, as Cosln Ulcn will live. Costn Itlca has u little army but Puuamn has none. Hotter still, Pannmn 'has a ttcaty with the United States, the first articles of which reads: "Tho United Stales guarantees' and Will maintain the Independence Inde-pendence of the Itepubllc of Pannmn," which means thnt the United Stales cannot and will not permit any liup.iltnirut of her Independence. Hut in order to know Jubt what the United States must maintain. II is necessity for tho boundary to be fixed. Tho beginning of tho present dispute slotted twenty-oW jenra ago, nnd tho matter was submitted to Piesldcnt Lpubot of Franco for adjudication. His decision did not bntlBf and In 101 1 both countries lequested Chief Jiistia-Whito Jiistia-Whito to nibltrale It. It appears tha even Chief Jus-lice Jus-lice While's derision did not satisfy nnd It has taken the strong arm of the' president of tho United States to finally say that the 'decision 'of tho Ciller Justice of tho United Stutes, lu tin nt nitration submitted to him and leached after exhaustive study and lendered In fullest devotion to Justice, must ho the unalterable position of this government." Thus tho Holding administration has stalled out to perform the duties or tho hour with Justice and dispatch. v V-i |