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our engagements under which Great Britain placed herself and her 

 interests upon an equality with us and with our interests in Central 

 America. The situation is one that we have created for ourselves. 

 It is not a question as to whether we made a good bargain or a 

 bad one, but it is a matter of the greatest importance to the American 

 people that the Government of this country shall fulfill its engage- 

 ments and carry out always and in every particular its international 

 obligations. 



Philadelphia, 

 April 17, 1913. 



