US Presidency
1903

Ehrman to Mr. Hay. ( TELEGRAM ) PANAMA, November 5, 1903. ( Received 9:42 p.m. ) Colombian troops re embarked per Royal Mail for Cartagena. Bogota supposed at Buenaventura. Quiet prevails. EHRMAN. Mr. Ehrman to Mr. Hay. ( TELEGRAM. ) PANAMA, November 6, 1903. ( Received 11:55 l933 ) The situation is peaceful. Isthmian movement has obtained so far success. Colon and interior provinces have enthusiastically joined independence. Not any Colombian soldiers known on isthmian soil at present. Padilla equipped to pursue Bogota. Bunau Varilla has been appointed officially confidential agent of the Republic of Panama at Washington. EHRMAN. Mr. Hay to Mr. Ehrman. ( TELEGRAM ) DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, November 6, 1903. ( Sent 12.51 p.m. ) The people of Panama have, by an apparently unanimous movement, dissolved their political connection with the Republic of Colombia and resumed their independence.