Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1934 — Page 7

DEC. 20, 1034

GUARD PANAMA CANAL. IS PLEA OF PUBLISHER

Twenty Men Could Destroy Pass in 12 Hours, He Asserts. (Copyright. 1934 t>v United Preset NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Twenty men, willing to risk their lives for their country, could blast the Panama Canal to pieces In 12 hours, and block the channel for months, according to Nelson Rounsevell, publisher of the Panama American By dint of prodigious energy and a natural resilence of spiri*. Mr. Rounsevell has made one of the few successes out of an Amercianlanguage newspaper south of Mexico and has preached the gospel of Panama defense for years in his publication. In an interview today, he repeated the charges he has made openly, and backed them with stories of his own "theoretical destruction'’ of the canal. Approximately. it was learned that the long ditch is now more closely guarded than ever in its history, largely through Mr. Rounsevell's exposure of its weaknesses. It is impossible, today, to approach the canal itself, by night, without running afoul of armed sentires. In other years a group of enemies might have run its entire length, sowing destruction where they pleased, without let or hindrance. •Destroyed’ by Reporters. Mr. Rounsevell brought this situation to the attention of the Panama Canal authorities, and to the Army and Navy, in a series of spectacular proofs that his charges were not nonsense. “Come with me.” he said to a group of his reporters one night. He and his stall gathered in an automobile and drove to vital points along the canal, depositing “explosives’’ as they went. Theoretically they destroyed the locks, the dams, and the power houses, poisoned the water supplies, shut ofl the electric power, blew down the administration buildings, and in general lay waste to the entire zone. Thereafter guards were placed along the canal, and when the United States fleet went through, in its last transfer from ocean to ocean, the zone witnessed the greatest protective display in the history of the canal. “But there are still vital ponts unguarded,” Mr. Rounsevell insisted today, "and twenty men. with a common plan of procedure, could put the canal out of business for months.” Strategic Points Unguarded “Al! the canal’s subsidiaries,” he continued, "are left completely unguarded. Pour men, willing to sell their lives for patriotism, could go to the hydro-electric plant any night, hurl nitroglycerine bombs through the windows, and destroy the station. Simulaneousiy they could destroy the Diesel-electric plant, and with this power shut off. all the lights and all the electrically operated machinery in the Zone would be useless. "Another group could poison the impounded waters feeding the entire population. Still another could hurl bombs through the unguarded and open windows of the machine sho|\s, and cestroy the dry dock at Balboa. “The Madden Dam. which will provide the auxiliary water supply for the Zone is equally unguarded and could be destroyed in an hour. The dam is nearing completion now. It would take two weeks, perhaps, to replace the railroad bridge which also mi ght be subject to instantaneous destruction. Japanese Spies Reported Active “At Culebra Cut the normal slides are bad enough. Two men could plant dynamite—if they had a slight knowledge of engineering—in the spot most likley to create a slide that would block the canal for a month.” All of this unguarded territory, in Mr. Rounsevell's opinion, provides an open temptation to envious nations. to descend upon the canal at the threat of war. "And before it would be possible to act. the whole canal would be out of commission—perhaps for six months,” he added. "As for the Japanese, it should be pointed out that 75 per cent of them in the Zone have no visible means means of support. They run barber shops in which they never cut hair, shirt factories that never sell a shirt, and restaurants that never serve a meal. “Their ’fishermen’—and I have proved this —go out in small boats off the canal and ’fish' with steel lines that have no hooks. Instead, they have lead sinkers, and it is obvious they are taking soundings.”

BEAUTY OPERATORS TO DISCUSS LEGISLATION Open Meeting: Called For Tonight at Lineoln. An open meeting for beauty shop operators and owners will be held at the Lincoln tonight. Miss Beulah Lee. secretary-treasurer of the newly organized Beauty Culturists Union, announced today. Efforts to draft a second charter and discussion of legislative proposals will be important subjects of the business session. Members of the Journeymen Barbers Union. Miss Lee said, will assist in perfecting organization plans but take no part in naming officers or formulating policies for the beauty shop group. Indianapolis Tomorrow Altrusa Club, dinner. Columbia Club. Delta Tau Delta, luncheon. Columbia Club. Democratic State Central Committee. luncheon. Claypool. Exchange Club, Christmas party luncheon. Washington. Optimist Club, luncheon. Columbia Club. Phi Delta Theta, luncehon. Board of Trade. Reserve Officers Assn., luncheon. Board of Trade. Sahara Grotto, luncheon. Grotto Club. Adjutant General's office, dinner Claypool. Democratic State Central Committee, luncheon, Claypool.

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