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The Atlanta Constitution.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.
VOL. XXVT. NO. 45.
SECESSION FLAG RAISED
ON ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
AND INDEPENDENCE WON
INDEPENDENCE OF ISTHMUS
PROCLAIMED LAST TUESDAY
Panama. Colombia, November 3.—The
Independence of the isthmus was pro
claimed at 6 p. m. today. A large and
enthusiastic crowd or all political par
ties assembled and marched t" the h ad
quarters of the government troops,
where Generals T-'v.ir and Amaya. who ,
arrived this week were imprisoned in the
name of the republic of Panama. The
enthusiasm was immense and 'it least
3,000 of the men In th< gathering were
armed.
The battalion >f Colombian troops at
Panama favors the movement, which is
also thought to meet with the approval of
at least two of the g vc-rcai’nt trans
ports now h' re.
Army Officers Imprisoned.
Washington. November 3.—The follow
ing cablegram was received at the navy
department tonight:
■‘An uprising took place at Panama to
night. Independence was proclaimed. The
rn I navy officials wo re
made prisoners. A government is to be
orgnniz d consisting of three consuls and
n cabinet. It is rumored at Panama that
n similar uprising was to take place at ,
Colon.”
Later the following official statement '
was made regarding the news from Pan- ‘
a ma:
'A number of confused .and conflicting ,
d matches ’.lave been reec ved from the J
isthmus indicating rather serious dis
turbances at both Panama and Colon.
Th< navy department has dispatched sev
eral vessels to those ports will: direction
to do everything possible to keep travel
open and maintain order along the line
of the railroad ”
The se sat'”sal advices from the b-th
ynue were not entirely usexpectc-1 In
view of other advices that had come tn
the department very recently,, The rc
cept’on of the news at; ■-<. a sadden c
burst of activity at the navy depart- ■
inent and at once on President Roose- ■
volt's return he was made acquainted
with the situation. Secretary Hay, As
sistant Secretary Darling. Assistant Sec
retary Loomis and a number of others
■were summoned to the white house and
measures were taken at once for pro
tection of American interests at the Isth
mus.
Roseveit Confers About Panama.
While the president was receiving the
election returns tonight he held a con
ference with Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Dialing and Assistant Seer tary
T.’.omis, presumably retarding the situa
tion at C don. and the necessity for naval
vessels there. Shortly before 10 o’clock
Lieutenant P.eikr.ap. th.’ cipher officer of
the bur. iu of navigation. <- m- over from
the navy department to the white house. ,
bringing a message. IP was followed
quickly by .A: distant S< retary Darling.
There was a hurried conference betv on j
the r.resid. :.r .id ti ■ two s--. rotaries fol- ’
fdl wing w ii Li-■ u-z.cit I: lk:..ip i
■turned to the navy dep..rtm-nt in great
haste. A few minutes iriir’r the confer
ence Admiral Taylor. chief of the bu
reau of navigation . ail. ] and was im
mediately a-in.itt-,1 to cabinet room .
where the pros:.bn; w:;, T’p t> 10 15
nothing "’1 b- learned regard::-? the
d -ti.ils .f tV ■ ’.m-r.-ip ■
The m-vy department r< ■••■ iv. 1 word t»-
frorn b- : cai-tain, i-inm-'ind-’r Hubbard.
The d* pm ; Ill’ *.* scam-i it m i v to
come.' ;■ purpo i’> <l:spat"htng tin.
Nash’iiio from Kingston to th. istlimu:'.
nr.d it was .-uppo- ■■■! ' -t ' ■ wa: or--
vor.ted from going to S'Hi Domingo b---
<-ause smie of b-t rn:s--D:>- ■ v was ■- .t
•>f order. As a. matt :- of fact the ad
vices received from I'nited Stat -.- vice
consul at I’anama m r- .in .- week
ago determined th • state d- partmeirt t >,
Lave some representative of .he United
States In the Isthmian waters. Indeed.
It Is probabi- that beginning wilt the
termination of the ceremonies it Guan
tanamo connecting with the turning over
the new coaling station Admiral Coghlan
will be required si-adib to maintain a
naval force on the Atlantic side of the
Isthmus.
Dangerous Conditions.
There are other reasons than the
Panama situation for this as the re
ports coming to the state department
from the Central American countries
north of Columbia reveal the existence
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of turbulent and dangerous conditions. ■
, Only this morning a cablegram came ■
1 from on.- of th” I’nit--.1 States consuls in i
; Honduras staling that the people there I
: were in a slate of exeit meet over tin: ;
| reported intention of Nicaragua to at- |
| tack Honduras. The Guatemalans also |
I are in a stat, of unrest, which is re j
j fleeted on us'.i.a'.i • peaceful Cos'-.i Ri”a.
i and the officials here would not be sur- ■
prised to see something like a guttural ,
■ Central American war result from the ,
i present conditions.
I: is positively stated that, these move- ’
■ men’s or. the part of our navy is in
no way connected wiHi a canal project, ■
and that there would be no attempt to I
' negotiate with Colombia further on the :
; subject until the government advances i
a reasonable proposition.
Dixie U nder Orders.
j Orders have be-ti issued by the s‘atc |
i department to the Dixie, which is n >w |
lon her way from Jnmie.n, to proceed a I
"neo t<> Colon, and to the P.o-ton, which ;
now at San Juan, to go to Panama. !
Th- ! * T *‘nore is now on in r way to j
Sioi Doimngo, be-.-ause of an outbreak |
and disturbed conditions there, but. upon I
Tier mil', il nt S.an Domingo probably .
i will be ordered to proceed to the istli
i mus. Tile Dixie, It is stated, lias 400
I marines on board, a force, that woulif
; come in very handy in the event it is
! decided to land a force on the Isthmus. ;
| Assistant Secretary of tin- Navy Darl
ing made a statement regarding the 10.-ation
.-ation of the L’nited States ships likely ,
to be called upon for isthmian service,
lie -aid:
•'The Atlanta is now at Jamaica, the
Dixie is supposed to b” in tch ricinlty
of Jamaica, the Nashville is at Colon,
Admiral Glass’ .‘ouardon. comprising the
Marblehrad Wyoming and Concord, is
at Acapulco, the Boston Is a little
forth’, i down tl.. eoast at t-'ai: Juan Del
Sur, Nicaragua.”
Herran Talks of Rebellion.
Dr. Thomas Herran, the Colombian .
’.■h.’irge, received his first information of j
, the revolution at Panama from the As- |
.-in iat’ ii Press. He was much interested, I
but not surprised, as ho has been aware '
for -omc Him of the desperate feeling j
of the. people of the isthmus, and had 1
■.l’-ne so far as to warn his government '
j that .some such occurrence was likely
I to take place.
Dr. Herran does not expect any speedy !
' recognition by tile I'nited States of a i
government formed at I’anarn;., but leal- |
| izos that this government will keep the I
.ransit op n on tlm railway and may find '
, it mcessary in so doing to support any }
goyirnmeuc in th ” city of Panama that
is in control, which would b< greatly to
tin- advantage of tli” revolutionists.
i The slate of Panama lias a popula- ;
■ lion of a..out 250,000 peoph and it is ;
dvl.'iii d is r.'.ilp. tlie poorest pot lion
jof th.- republic of Colombia. There has
1 been some sympathy with I’anama. and '
trcti’i toward imtep.-'ndeiice of those j
;i Illes w-'st of tli-‘ mountains on the I'a- ■
citi. i-’idu ami bordering on the Caribbean I
’ s-a OU the AtJ.-:nth: side. These states |
;.;i. also interested in the construction '
of th.- eina wl.il. Hi, peoph , : Panama I
think the canal is a life and death issue. I
Dr. il’i'r.m al tribni’-s the uprising to the ]
! . d>’.l th” p.,it of the people i
■ lb- isthmus forth- .’ons: met lon of ■
... and hi) tim- a.-co f. •■]!> that
H . tt ”. -mi lit is none serious than the j
uilempt'd revolutions heretofore
Ping of New Republic.
In Panama th- IDg of th-- new republic :
. ii. colors of led, white and blue. Hosts |
or. i th.- government buildings. The j
iceoi in” I. for independence has been tai I
o-ogres- since the rejection by the con
gress at Bogota of the Hay-Herran canal i
' treaiy. but its sudden ripening last night |
was due t . the new.s of the unexpeet.-d
arrival .it Colon of the Colombian gun- .
boat Cartagena with Generals Tovar and ,
i Amaya .and a number of troops. The i
movement has been promoted by proml- I
‘ nent and wealthy Isthmians and G vernor '
I Obaldla, of the department of Panama. |
; who arrived at Panama at 5:30 p. m. >
■ Tuesday, on computing the troops and ■
■ citizens in favor of independence, found I
they numls’red at least 1.500. The advo- ’
.-.ites of independence >ot’n at Panama 1
land Colon are jubilant. The presence of I
■ tile I'nited States gunboat Nashville nt I
I Colon is believed to have resulted in the [
I avoidance of s->ri.'>us trouble Colonel ]
j Torres, commanding the troops at Colon,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1903.
| ha.s s int to Panama a. representative to
! confer with General Tovar, whose uncou
i ditlona.l release is demanded.
Peaceful Results Hojicd For.
j In reliable quarters it is believed that
peaceful results will follow a proposal
j just made to and accepted by CoU.nel
I Torres that Hie American troops wl’l re
. turn to the Nashville if he guarantees
jto maintain ord : Tin Brlt.s’i consul
| has suggested tli.it if requested a eontin
: -.l’-nt of troops will be sent tn Colon from
the British cruise. Amphimi now at Pana
; ma. It is believed the Nashville will be
i hardly s-ufficient tor all erne: gei.cie.- It
is f ported that the I’nited States gm
, boat Dixie will soon arrive here.
Public alarm in Colon Is now somc-
I what abated The announcement of hide- 1
: peiidtnce has just be. n signed at Panama.
INDEPENDENCE DECLARED
BY THE PEOPLE OF PANAMA
• Panama, November 4. The following i
an extract from the document proclaim
! ing Hie independence of tin’ isthmus ot
! Panama:
| “Jlovcd by the necessity of satisfying
i • ■•bliga t ions aid ot tiromoi ing within the
■ bosoms of the people respect for right
’ and libertv, tne municipal council of the
: district of Panam i. faithfully int• rpr -t-
I ing the sentiment of the people it repi’.'-
1 scuts. declati’S in solemn for-n tb it the
I peoples within its jursdietion snail, fr. ni
■ ida and forevermor<>. ep irate them
selves from Hu republic of Colombia
■ and, limiting to it tins state of Panama,
shall create with tin- o a.- populations
of til' 1 department of Panama who a;
cepl .- -. ;iar.ition, a r. public, tills republic
to have an independent, democratic and
r.’pn sentative government to asmirc tin?
happiness of natives an.l other inhabi-
. tants of the isthmian territory. In or
der practical! to give effect to this res
olution. tiie people of Panama wld havo
ro emancipate themselves from the gov
ernm.nt of Colombia ami found a na
tional:',v fre. from the intt rferem c of
foreign powers.
'The municipality of the district of
Panama, in its own name and that of
other municipal councils, commends the ;
administration mid direction of affairs. .
pending the constitution of the new re- '
pubic, to a j 'litn com■ .osed of Jose Au
gustin Arango, Eredeiic I’ioy.l- and so-
■ mus Aria-, to whom shall lie delegated
'all pow-rs necessary for the fulfillmn’V
of the duties commended :o them in the
I name, of tin country. ’
, The proclamation was unanimously ap- ■
i proved by the council. Kverybody Is :
■ signing tiie act of independence. The
■ provisional government of Panama lias :
I notified the agents of tiie steamship com- I
: panics not io accept Colombian passen- ;
' gers for Colombian ports unless they can |
'■ s'how passports. ;
FORTS OF CITY REPLY
TO FIRE OF WAR SHIPS
Panama, Colombia, November 4.- Tiie
| ri volution which ocetirr 'd yesterday and
’ which resulted in tiie proclamation « f
: independence of the isthmus of Pan
ama. was not unexpected. Since Sunday
: last all kinds of rumors had been in cir
i culation, but it was not until Tuesday >
nigh: that Hie hour long looked forward ■
to by tiie inhabitants of Panama arrived. '
; Per two days pr vlotisly groups of people i
j had been gathering about the town dis- ;
; cussing the situation, which caused alarm
i np..:i the part of the atiHmriH'.s, for Hie i
I b’.-.-.'s of I>r. Manuel Joseph
> Arango -u.d h'lOd. ri •■■ Boyd and other 1
leadi-r.- of the popular movement, were -
i wat.h .1 by tiie jollee, but the revo
! lutionisis, fearlessly, in and outside of
j H-.,.;r r. sid n•• s. issued their orders and i
| their plans w-ic earth'd out.
Signal Is Given.
i Th,. r< volulionists di aided upon 3 p. m. .
ias th> hour to pro. laim tiie inib piimi- |
I i-nee of -the isthmus, but a change oc- i
■ .’iirr.ii in tii'ir p,.i.s mid wo.d wo- s-ut
; to Saul.’. Anna, wip-r... over 2.000 men :
; ii.id eongregati 4. for the revolutionists
' t > disperse until 7 p. m.. but they w”re
i already marching low .rd the Plaza i.’lii
i ri.; si. .-he.-ring enihusbisti• ally for the in
'di p-, adetice of tiie isthmus. Thereupon. '
' signal was given to Genera! Huertas, of
■ the revolutionary forces, who, in Hie
; name of < > republic of Panama, ari’e.sted
i General Tovar and his s’.aft and es- i
! corted them to police headquarters amidst :
wild cheering for the new republic, for
i Dr. Amador, and for the otli<-v leaders of •
- the revolu’ipn. Tiie flag of tbe republic ■
t of Panama was then formally hoisted. ;
Tile cause of the revolution may bo ,
I brii fly summed up as being the result ;
j of the action of the congress of Co- |
I lombia a.t Bogota in rejecting the Hay- 1
t IJerr.in canal treaty. The Panamans 1
lai’e almost to a man in favor of the eon- !
struction of tile canal by the I’nft«d ;
States, and it had r‘’pemedly been prophe
sied before end afi : the meeting of
• ongret:.’ that Pan:i:i i would sec.de if
Hie ir>.’.:.’. was reject. . and would prob
ably ’OlllO I” torms wi :. tne t rdted States
for the I ’.hiding of great isthmian
gale way.
The rcvolutioi’. iry ua is composed of
Jose Augustin Arjaiio Krederjeo Boyd
and Toma ■ Ari is. wh ■ have cjiarge of
the i ”i •■■. iim.’.i:.
Iftenilcrs of Revcltp ionary Cabinet.
a he- oiucial j i'icn -i tiie provisional
.-.! am-. :s as : ■
Al.id-or -'f lb” <:• riino.’.nt—’Huslu-
Minister of I'm me Dr. Mutul Ama
dor.
list.-r ot Foreign Relations F. V.
D. I.a 11
AHnisP i o’- J istie.’ . Mendoza.
M---...1, ■ ct Publl l tructii n N. Vi -
' '.Miui.-t. r .- A i" imi Marin ■ De (Jbar
vio. Jr.
J. A Arango was mimerly .1 .senabir
from Panaimi. and is local for
■ ;l,” Pm’.am.i Hal.road ■ .ai.cny He l s a
.-.Hi:.’ r\ 11;v .
Ib iderieo Boy.i is the son of an A mer
ii< an. mid a nephew . H-e late Jam. s
|:.w.,!, f”'.i:i'i’. :• of The i'n .in.'a St:ir and
Herald.
Tomas Arias was .- .’ary Un.,nee
. a few years ago. lb ■ 1 C”nservatlve.
Dr M imi’ : Amador. i ■ ■of tin.'-mce.
Great Mavnl Demonstration.
Il is gibe evident ’ .it Hie navy is
making pr’ilhms 11 larger demon
itration in IsHimian waters than it has
made for mm. years and file fact is
no' disguised that al: >f Hie infornia
'.'on that li.i.-- come from the se.:ret agi.nts
of the government pope to the ultimate
nil,■ ■. s . f the r.’voi >. on.
''Yau will protect. American interests
at ill points and do rything possibl
to avoid bloodshed,” is the substance of
. the in.-tmotions cabled by the navy de
partment at the inst. . ” of the state
liepartment to the 1 ai comrnan<ers
now at Hie isthmus or 11 their way. The
List part of tiie instrn "Hons is partlcu
i larly significant, for it forecasts a more
j active interposition by ihe L’niied States
; goveriimiTit in the ebles on the isth
mus than lias p ihaps ever before been
displayed.
Will) tie Atlanta, Dix:.- and Nashville
there will be a naval force- on the gulf
, side of tiie isthmus sufficient to meet
. any probable emergency. The presence
th” 400 Colombian government troops
it Colo: makes the situation there at
mMCREMZEDBY
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
By Jos: Ohl,
1 Washington. November 6.—(Special.)—
I Tiie United States government has rec
| ogniztd the de facto government of
I Panama. It. was annotinced at Hie state
department today, after tiie return of
I Secretary H iy from tii.- cabinet meeting.
, that instructions have ben sent to I’nited
States Minimer B-auor-. at Bogota, as
suming Hint in iri.- n>t left tiie capital
y< r, and to Mr. El rinan, tiie I’nited
■ States v I consul at I’anama. ami now
. acting consul there, to inform the gov
l ernments o:' Colombi: and I’anama. re
| speetfvely. that tli.- d- lacto government
l is reeogmzi’il Tiie :• gram to Mr. Eht ’
■ man tollow
”Ti>e people of Panama have by an ap
parent!.' t.o.itiimO”’ movement disolvod
their poi’it.li’ul com ’ tioii witii the It- pub
lic of Colombia and I’sumed their inde
p I'.il' UC’’. When \ are -atistied that
■ a de facto government, republican in form
and without substantial opposition from
Its own people, has been established in
th- state of Panama, . ,u will enter Into
‘ relations with it ns tiie responsible gov-
I ernment of the ■tcrrlt ’ w and look to it for
I all duo action to pr--net the persons and
property of citizens of the I’nited States
I and to keep open th- Islithmian transit in
in-eorilai■.”<! with tin- obligations of exist
ing treaties governing tiie relation of tiie
■ I’nited States to that territory.”
1 The telegram to Mr Beaupre is In tho
j following torms:
' "The people of Panama, having by an
'apparently unanimous movement, dis
[ solved their political connection with the
’ republic- of Colombia and r-sumed their
i independence, and hating adopted a gov-
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present more dlffi-nlt than on the Pan
ama side. It will probably oblige the
' I'nited States to take temporary pos-
■ -sicri - f lie railway, as traffic -annot
. ' ” maintained with one end of the line
I In possession of the government, forces
I and tiie other in the hands of the revo
lutionists. The eftoct of such selzuie of
I the road would be to prevent the snove
( meiit of any body of troops carrying
arms from one side of the Isthmus to
I the other.
t ernment of their own. republican in form.
I with which tiie government of the United
: States of .America, ha.s entered into rela
■ tions. tiie president of tiie I’nited States,
j in accordance witii Hie ties ot friendship
i wliicii have so long and so happily existed
.between the respe-'tivo nations, most earn-
■ div commends to tiie goven in-’Uts of
, Colombia and of I’anama th-, peaceful and
I equitable settlement of ali questions at
i issue between them. He holds that ho is
: bound, not merely by treaty obli.-ntions,
; but by the interests of civilization, to see
that th- peaceful traffic of the world
l across the Isthmus of I’anama shall no
b-nger be disturbed by a constant succes
sion of unnecessary and wasteful civil
i wars.”
j Th- friendly rob-:ions which have long
I existed between tho I’nited States and
the repulilic **f Colombia may lie sev-
I • r.'il at any moment Dr. Herran. the
- ’olombiun charge, is expecting un order
for bis recall to come at any time. In
! tense indignation against the course ot
the United States is being manifested at
Bogota and Minister Beaupre may have
i been given his passoprts before this.
| The Colombians are charging all sorts
i of bad faith on the part of their govern
• ment. They evidently believe that the
j United States has fomented the rebellion
I at Panama, and Is back of the new gov
| ernment. and there can be no question
I that they havo a good deal of eircuni
i staiKtal evidence to support their claims.
i <if course Secretary H ty enters strong
denial to these charges. H- contends
that today's orders to Ehrman and Beau
i pre do not constitute recognitii n of the
new governmen’t. but are merely tiie
; steps made necessary by force of cireum-
I stances. The withdrawal of Colombian
| troops from Colon, taken in connection
: with the announced pmiey of this gov
i e.rnmi nt. seems to absolutely insure the
' stability of the new r ;?, tinder a
sort, of Amer.’c;>n prole- ’ rate, ’tol’-mbia
cannot send troops to Panama ov.-rlapd,
because of the character of the cunntrr.
She will be prevented from landing !.■ r
iroops at I’inama or C”l.in • n th
that their presence would bring on iilood
sh-ii. so the Panama people 1 an go on
witli he formation ,f their own guv. n
rnent undisturbed unless Colombia in
duces some other government to inter
fere or can force submission of their
case to arbitration. As yet n , formal
protest against Hie Am- ri’an programme
has been received. Init it is expected soon.
Morgan Criticizes Roosevelt.
Senator Morgan said to-lay that soon
I offer congress convenes j n extra session
Ihe will introduce a resolution calling
i upon the foreign relations committ’ e of
1 tiie senate to obtain from the state de-
I partment a. detailed report of the rela
: tions between Hie I’nited States and
: lontbia under Hi” treaty of 1846. Aceie d-
Senator Morga tht- attit
i country is not justified by a careful con
; struction of the provisions of the treaty 1
1 and is at variance with precedents laid
I down by the I'nited Stat”.-’. In di- .issing !
I the situation today lie said:
"This is the fourth time the ITnifed
t States h;ls landed troops on the isthmus
I under cloak of the treaty. Herelofore it
i has been for Hie suppression of rioting
; and for the protection of Colombia. Now
. that it is against the wish of Colombia it
i undoubtedly will provoke a just protest.
I "Colombia means to go to war. Os that
j I am certain.. This government will
; find that it will have a series of com-
I plications on its hands nor. unlike that
, offered by the Indians when they we
! nu t with the territorial nggr-ssion of this
j government, and Hie trouble the Colom
| bians will make will be similar tn that
i of tiie Filipinos with the eonduet of war-
I fare more difficult.
j ”i believe, howev.-r. the administration
i will not have thi.- matt. 1 to <J. . . : - It
! is n question for coii.gp ss ami Hi.it bo,!-.- ,
! i g not likely to shark the re ’loiisiliility.” I
! Commander Hubbnrd cabled that th-’ I
1 Colombian government :r< op u und r 1
| Generals Torres and Tovar, 450 strong
at Colon, had departed on a. merchant
vessel, lie stated Hint the isthmus front
one side to th” other was in the hands
of the revolutionists. This statement is
of the greatest importance, the I’nited
States government being bound by treaty
to maintain order and preserve free traf
fic across Hie isthmus, is now under the
■ obligation to prevent any hostile colli ■■
I ion either along the line of the panama
: railway or at Hie terminals. P.inam.t and
i Colon. Thus the future attitude of the
Colombian government towards the new
i republic of I’anama becomes of little fm-
■ parlance, for it is practically impossible .
, fo>- it to go to war with Panama.
• Officials hero familiar with tie- country
■ drclare that it is impossible to move a
I Colombian nrmv overland to the isthmus
owing to the - haracier of th” • >'tni:v.
I fin the other hand, if an attempt is made :
' to bring troops either to Colon or Pana-
I ma by witl i- the I’nited States naval
; of livers at those points would intcrf.’te.
; Thus by force of treaty obligations re- -
I quiring tiie maintenanc” of order
< across tiie isthmus as a very
. necessary end to free transit, the United
1 St.ite.i government ui’.o H ally h.'is been
)in th-’ position of a protector' to Hie new
; republic of I’anama. and that, too. re
i gurdless of any bias on the part of the
, I ’nit.States government towards either
' party to tiie strife in Colombia.
‘ It was aiithoritafivel'.- stand to-lav that. !
I though the recognition of tim new repub- :
' it - is of a business character at first. <■ >n
, sisting <if an authorization th. oiighcnt
• our consular <dli -iais on the isthmus t . Io ;
business with the ic w government as th- • ■
! did with tiie Colombian governmenf. this ■
I will in turn be follow-d by fall politl -a! ,
| recognition. This latter form of recogm- !
I Hon will be deferred until ill- governm ”’t {
iat Panama ha:-- taken a m-U'e regnler ,
I form. It is presumed here that the junta i
i will very soon issue a -all for a conven- ;
• tian which will adopt a eonstitu-fon and ;
I provide for the l-’.’tion of a pr- .-lilent. ,
• Tl. ii it will hi- In ord- r fur mh.’-i-’rs to i
Ibe appointed two-■. tin- two countrle-. 1
the I’nit- .i States and Panama, wld-h *
will constitute fui! political recognition !
f-f th” new state. That condition wi’l '
enable Hi- enndue' negotiations t! at i
may be nce -ssary to the .'ssful -’o’.,
elusion of tit- project of the I'nited Sta'-'s i
for tin construction of th. isthmian . I
nal, and it. Is a certainly that existing :
I concessions will not suffer. I
I The secretary of state made the follow-
I’RICE: FIVE CENTS.
Ing statement, in regard to affairs on
! the Isthmus of Panama:
"The action of the president in the
Panina matter is not only In the strict
. est accordance with ths principles ot
; justice and. c -ity, a:.d In line with all
I the best precedents ot our public policy,
i but it was the only course he could have
taken in compliance witli our treaty
. rights and obiigajions. By our treaty,
! entered into with New Granada in the
i year 1846, New Granada guarantees that
( ’the right of way or transit across th”
Isthmus of I’anama upon any modes of
. communication that now exists, or that
: may hereafter be constructed, shall be
: free and open to the government and
. citizens of tiie United States.'
"This is a right which wo acquired bv
' the treaty, not gratuitously conferred,
i but in return for an important compet -
, nation, for. in Hie :-:ime article, the gov
. ernment of the United States guarantees
‘positively and efficaciously to New Gra
i nada by the present stipulation, the per
i feet neutrality of the beforementionc 1
i isthmus with the view that the free tran-
I sit from one to the other may not be inter
! rupt’d or embarrassed in any future time
1 while this treaty exists; and in ”onse
. qii.’nee the United States guarantees in
I t’-.e manner tiie light of sovereignty and
property which New Granada has and
over the said territory.’
j "These considerations, the control!!)g
■ nature of which were at once recognized
1 so long ago, havo become more and mo’ ■
important in every year that has elapsed
: since til-' treaty was written. Our acqui
sition of Hawaii and tiie Philippines Lr.s
: given them a greatly enhance-! validit?
i Tli” control! -i interest of the commerce
I end traffic of the whole civilized W’.'rl,!.
of the m-.'ins of undisturbed transi:.
a.-ross the isthmus of I’anama, has be
j-ome m' tra'isceudant importance to the
j I'nited State-'.
| "■i'll”’ right to tin- control we hax s
I ne'er forfeited by any laxity of our <>wi .
I either i.i the assertion of our rights, or
in th-- performance of our duty under the
ir-aty In 1853, Mr. Everett assured tiie
.Peruvian minister that he should not hes
itate to maintain the neutrality of the
istnmus In the case -if war between Peru
a:ui iT-lombia. Iu 1864, Colombia, which
Jias always been vigilant to avail itself
I oi its privilege eonferr-d by the treaty,
- xpressed its e-xpecta tion that In the
event of war between Peru and Spain
th- f’ ited States would carry into ef
fect tile guarantee of neutrality There
i have been few administrations of tho
i state department in which this treaty
has not, Cither .y tiie one sl-le. or the
j <>t!vr. been used as a basis of more or
less important demands. It was said Dy
, Mi. 1-isn, in 1871, that the department of
, stat, had reason to believe that an at
: tack upon Colombian sovereignty on tiie
■ isthmus had, on several occasions, been
ett”d t?y warning from tills govern
: merit.
In 1886. when Colombia was under the
tm nace of hostilities from Italy in the
1 err.iti case, Mr. Bayard expressed th-'
s’rious concern that the United States
- iiuld not but feel that a European power
should not resort to force against a sis
ter republic of this hemisphere as to the
I sovereign and uninterrupted use of a
. part of whose territory we are guaran-
■ tms unde.- the solemn faith of a treaty.
i lie I. nited Slates has not only constant-
I !y protected Colombia from foreign Inva
> sion. on the strength of the rights and
I the duties created by the treaty of 1846.
| Kit lias time and. again intervened to
I preserve the freedom of traffic from dis
l turbance in the course, of domestic dis-
■ sessions. In these cases, we have inter
i veiled sometimes at Hie suggestion of Co.
I lombia.. sometimes on our own impres-
■ sion of the nee-'.-si ties of the case, but al
i ways to the profit o: Colombia, as well as
j of universal commerce. The position of
. the I'nited Stat’ ” was -'learly set forth.
I Mr. Seward iv the.-, words:
"The i’nit: ,i States havo taken, ami
I will Ink . -io Oner- <t in any question of
I internal :-volution in the state of I’ann
| m: . or any slate of the i’nited States o'
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