THE PANAMA CANAL

AND OUR RELATIONS WITH
COLOMBIA

PAPERS

RELATING TO

The acquisition of the Canal Zone, including an extract from
the message of President Roosevelt, December 7, 1903, and
the message relating to the Isthmian Canal, January 4, 1904;
an address by the Hon. Elihu Root before the Union League
Club, on the "Ethics of the Panama Question;" an editorial
from The Outlook of October 7, 1911, on "How the United
States Acquired the Right to Dig the Panama Canal;" the

letter of Mr. Hay, Secretary of State, to Gen. Rafael
Reyes, dated January 5, 1904, and an extract
from the autobiography of Mr. Roosevelt

PRESENTED BY MR. LODGE

APRIL 23, 1914.-Ordered to be printed

WASHINGTON

CONTENTS.

Page.

Extract from Message of President Roosevelt of December 7, 1903..

Message of President Roosevelt of January 4, 1904.....

The ethics of the Panama question, by Hon. Elihu Root..

How the United States acquired the right to dig canal, by Theodore Roosevelt.

Extract from the autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt..

Letter of Secretary Hayes to Gen. Reyes....

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