A ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien is the latest canal proposition. The project is being agitated by the Colombian Government, and is said to have the assurance of co-operation by other South American republics. It is claimed that the work can be done in six years, at a cost of $70,000,000, and be a sea-level thoroughfare. It is assumed that $50,000,000 can be secured from European capitalists. If the enterprise should be successful it would prove a shrewd retaliation against the United States for encouraging the Panama secession.