The Isthmus of Panama

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 8, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 44.

The Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama.—The fortifying of the Panama Canal is becoming one of the great questions. There is little doubt of the ability of the United States to fortify the canal effectively; but whether or not it has the right to do so according to the agreement with Great Britain, is a more involved question. The fortification is urged by President Taft, who has decided to visit Panama sometime this month. Nations of the world are watching to see what steps will be taken at the next session of Congress, for world politics are involved. Preparatory work has begun for the opening of the Government lands of the Canal Zone to settlement and cultivation. The Bible societies report a good sale of Bibles in the isthmus. One man, a West Indian, follows the zone pay-car and sells books on the street to Negro workmen. At other times in the month he visits the Negro quarters and outlying settlements and villages. A conservative estimate of the yearly sale of Bibles in this way is four thousand.