Excerpt from America and the Canal Title: Or an Examination, Sifting and Interpretation of the Data Bearing on the Wresting of the Province of Panama From the Republic of Colombia by the Roosevelt Administration in 1903 in Order to Secure Title to the Canal Zone In this book the writer shows that the Roosevelt Administration in 1903 collaborated with a small party of separatist on the Isthmus, Bunau-Varilla acting as intermediary, for the purpose of devising a plan to wrest the Canal Zone and littoral from the Republic of Colombia by force, and that it gave assurance to these separatists that it would protect secession in Panama. It did actually do the latter. In doing so, it (1) violated international law, (2) violated the Treaty of 1846, and (3) rent asunder a sister republic. The critical reader will want to know how the damaging evidence found in this book that is not in the nature of an original official document was obtained. This has, of course, a bearing on its credibility. It was obtained through rogatory proceedings, instituted by the New York World on the Isthmus while preparing its defense for libel in an action brought against it by the Federal Government. 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.