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in such a situation?
Has our debasement reached such a point that for a mess of pottage we will sell the most noble, the most sublime and the most sacred thing possessed by man. Liberty?
The European nations are protesting against the fortification of Panama and Colón; they believe, with justice, that it is a Yankee fraud to fortify the canal. after their public assurances that it was being constructed merely for the extension and advancement of the world commerce, and now it appears that it is built as a strategic measure which will give them the military control of the seas.
After the fortification is made, as a necessary consequence will come the military occupation of Port Limón, San Juan del Norte and Port Barrios; of Puntarenas, Corinto, and Amapala.
What attitude have our Governments assumed and what measures have they adopted?
Shall we await our death with folded arms?
The Yankees wish with their fabulous wealth to buy our true independent life.
In the United States munitions o war are sold, vessels are equipped, and moral protection (not to call it by