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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 ■ Aav^ie^ . i Jbn T San Juan -»*<>' • c G " /< ' /7,a^ ou Tw vl ■■ * 7// .•!. 7<■' Y *‘' “ A A <7 * 4k **is ’ '£? - 2 Xl >tcl CXtlora 9 : gW^WW<* s^7^! WJi . ’ : ” A > : <t_m _Sd : * 6 Panama Canal as Laid Out by French Proposed Route of Nicaragua Canal * ‘ << opyright by Rand, M' Nally & Co.) Copyright by Rand, McNally & Co.) • • ■•■•■•••••■• •••• •• ■• ••• •••■•■•■•■•••••■••••• ■•■»■•■ 9■•■t-»- »•.••••••■«■ »••■•••■ •••••■•■• ■»■•■•••■•■• •«■»■••»•••» ••» »•••»••■• •■»-t-9 ■•■9.t-ti-o-^.t-9-,. » t I 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- • ft O-e a A ® •-A * <■• | ' »• ••• • e • ••• • e«• ® t> ®o-o o. o .«• oo eo 00.00- oo- ® oo- e••• •o- 9 c. o ••••••• » ••• « j W * « ! • i I ’ s 61 j z i ' ‘ l/ll II '• V 7 Z i ; -JSO' " > UZ ■ i X ? !< ,z-z” j. - • ■-VZZ’ ; Vi.' ZAal/ " : 's'” ■■■ ■ ■ >- i : T . Zbu\-- tWwTO® : ■ --’.a. J *rr i fMiHEr/<77C > >• • ♦i ; “A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.” e O’® . « •.®oflO’ 90. •’« ®® O’® ®..,0... ®O»V. c O’®O 0® O ® o-e . ® O’®-«e O’® O’® O’o O’® O-® ® O.®O v ... w ... w - V - V a 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' i Continued on Page Threa.