US Presidency
1903

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, D.C.: Receipt of your telegram of November 2 is acknowledged. Prior to receipt this morning about 400 men were landed here by the Government of Colombia from Cartagena. No revolution has been declared on the Isthmus and no disturbances. Railway company have declined to transport these troops except by request of the governor of Panama. Request has not been made. It is possible that movement may be made to-night at Panama to declare independence, in which event I will... ( message mutilated here ) here. Situation is most critical if revolutionary leaders act. HUBBARD. ( TRANSLATION ) Colon, November 4, 1903. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, D.C.: Provisional government was established at Panama Tuesday evening; no organized opposition. Governor of Panama, General Tobar, General Amaya, Colonel Morales, and three others of the Colombian Government troops who arrived Tuesday morning taken prisoner at Panama. I have prohibited transit of troops now here across the Isthmus. HUBBARD. Colon, November 4, 1903. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, D.C.: Government troops yet in Colon.