But the unprecedented thing was that this same nation had exposed its fault boldly to the world--had lifted up its hands and cried, "We have sinned!" and then had publicly undone its error.

Proud as Page had always been of his country, that moment was perhaps the most triumphant in his life.

The action of Congress emphasized all that he had been saying of the ideals of the United States, and gave point to his arguments that justice and honour and right, and not temporary selfish interest, should control the foreign policy of any nation which really claimed to be enlightened.

The general feeling of Great Britain was perhaps best expressed by the remark made to Mrs.Page, on this occasion, by Lady D----: "The United States has set a high standard for all nations to live up to.

I don't believe that there is any other nation that would have done it." One significant feature of this great episode was the act of Congress in accepting the President's statement that the repeal of the Panama discrimination was a necessary preliminary to the success of American foreign policy.