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Show LOAN WILL AVERT CRISIS. Galapagos Island, Commanding Panama Pan-ama Canal Entrance, to be Neutralized. Neu-tralized. Washington. Negotiations are under un-der way through the state department whereby the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador and commanding the Pacific entrance to the Panama canal, will be forever removed as a factor to be turned against the safety of the United State In the event of war. Abandoning the old plan of purchasing pur-chasing the islands from Ecuador, Secretary Knox has called his "dollar "dol-lar diplomacy" Into play. Not only then will tho neutralization of the Galapagos Islands be accom plished, but one of the pest holes of the world will be cleaned up, namely, Guayaquil, the seaort of Ecuador, and control of the railway In Ecuador will be retained In American hands and tho stock and bondholders of this road will be fully protected in their rights. The long discussed $1,000 000 loan to Ecuador Is the means by which jtbese ends are to be brought about |