The sun., 1903-11-13
PHILIPPE BUNAU.VARILLA.
The Real Man Beautifully Exhibited by
the Hon. John Btgel0w.
From the New York Euenino Post.

FROM We NeD OTk HUeN'hO fOdt
The writer OF the article in your paper OF
last evening entitled plot Laid Here" has
fallen into errors which / trust you will not
be dspleased to have corrected. and which.
as personal friend Of many years standing
Of Mr.. Bunau-Varilla. ! should be sorry to
have gain further currency. He speaks OF
Mr. Bunau-Varilla s having passed all last
summer at the Waldorf-Astoria plotting the
Panama revolution. which he says was
Matched in New York quite in the manner
of a Wall Street coup" 1t so happened that.
with one of my daughters. ] passed part
OF the summer as the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Bunau-Varilla at their charming homo In
Paris, and l have had the privilege and the
honor OF welcoming both with their children
at my country home upon their arrival in this
country during the latter half Of September.
where they remained until We closed our
country homo and, his new Official duties
called him to Washington.
1t is not difficult to find where the Panama
revolution was hatched without pretending
that 1T was done in a corner" Our revolu-
tion in l77e was Matched in the heart OF every
American citizen when he discovered that 1t
was no longer a virtue to endure the oppres-
sion OF the colonial policy Of George III.
The revolt in Panama had the same. If not
greater, provocation. The Colombian Senate
laid the eggs from which the revolution Of
Tuesday week was hatohed when 1t refused
to ratify the treaty which its agents had ap-
proved and agreed to. and assumed position
which. IL adhered to. would have indefinitely
deferred. II it did not prove fatal TO- the con-
structon of the canal through Its terrttory.
The heart OF every man who wished an 18th
mian canal was responsible for hatohing this
revolution. II Mr.. -Varilla has had
a lvelier interest than some Others In this
revolution. it was only because he had
more profound and educated sense Of the
importance to the whole world as well as to
Panama of this marriage OF the waters OF the
Atlantic with the Pacific.
think am personally warranted In pro-
nouncing your Wall Street imputation not only
unjust, but an entirely gratuitous indisnity.
NV acquaintance with Mr.. Bunau-Varilla
commenced at the time when his youthful
and master hand was holding the reins OF
what It will scarcely be regarded as an ex-
aggeration to describe as the most important
industrial enterprise Of the last century.
The acknowledge superiority Of his teohni-
cal genius as an engineer and OF his marvel
lous talent for directing men had put them
into his hands. NJ. Rousseau. then dele
gate of the French Government. whom met
on the Isthmus at this time. and who Hnce
died Governor General of lndo-Chna. wrote
and has publicly declared that Mr.. Bunau-
Varilla's management had honored France
More recently, in this country. the eminent
and regretted engineer, George Morrison.
a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
proposed to tho Geographical Society to give
the name of Bunau-varlla to the island that
will be formed In the middle Of Lake Bohlo In
Panama, ito commemorate. as No said.
"the brilliant Frenchman who consecrated
his life to tho Panama Canal and TO whom
we owe much" -
Mr.. Philippe Bunau-varilla. whose hfA9
know almost Ike that Of son, IL tnAn'of shA
loftiest ideals. He has contributed mora
perhaps, than any other person to rende{ :
canal at Panama possible. He fought WITH
nature the terrible battle Of the Culeh9as
which was deemed. until he personally TOOK
It In hand, an impossible barrteN Ha y
was who solved the Chagres ufoblenk and
his solution s the one adopteddn ftA essential
features by our Government. And. what u
of even greater Importance TO our oountrN
he rescued us from the delusione under NhScn
our Government. until recently ~ss laborne,
in favor Of uniting the waters OF the AuanNd
and Pacific through the Republic ot NnaA
ragua. .
Colombia has behaved too mudA meIM4
dog in the fable. who took the fedsutton o.
his bone In the stream he was crossing fot
it's duplicate. to merit your sympathy eeiu
less need you apprehend any serious dis"
turbanoe Of our relations with heA for wa
have given her no provocation nor any pre-.
text for such disturbance, which Ii more than
she can say for herself to us. Her states.
men will have enough to occupy all their
energies for some time to come In dealing
with the enemies Of their own household.
NEW YORK Nov. 10. JOHN BI0RLov.