This latest outrage brings to my mind a famous incident in American diplomatic history which occurred just 56 years ago. The Republican Party was holding its national convention in Chicago in June President Theodore Roosevelt was at the convention seeking the nomination of his party. The President received a cablegram from Morocco that a naturalized American citizen named Perdicaris had been seized by a Moroccan bandit and was being held for ransom. The Sultan of Mocorro pleaded inability to do anything. "Teddy" Roosevelt called his Secretary of State and dictated a fiveword cablegram to the Sultan with a copy to the U.S. consul general in Morocco. It electrified America and compelled respect for this country throughout the world.
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