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Excerpt from A Chapter of National Dishonor
In a recent public statement ex - President Roosevelt declares: It must be a matter of pride to every honest American proud of the good name of his country, that the acquisi tion of the (panama) canal in all its details was as free from scandal as the public acts of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. Interests of the American people de manded that I should act exactly as I did act. Every action taken was not merely proper, but was carried out in accordance with the highest, finest, and nicest standards of public and governmental ethics. The (1903) orders to the American naval officers were to maintain free and uninterrupted transit across the Isthmus and, with that purpose, to prevent the landing of armed forces with hostile intent at any point within fifty miles of Panama. These orders were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
