Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-07

Ine sovereignty anu property over the territory. This was as against other and foreign governments"
 For 400 years ever since Shortly aft CT the discovery of this hemisphere, the canal across the isthmus has been planned. For twoscore years it has been worked at. When made it is to last for the ages. It is to alter the geography of continent and the trade routes of the world We have shown by every treaty we have negotiated or attempted to negotiate with the peo- ples in control of the isthmus and with foreign nations in reference thereto our consistent good faith in observing our obligations on the one hand to the peoples of the isthmus and on the oth- CT hand to the civilized world, whose commercial rights we are safeguarding and guaranteeing by our action. We have done our duty to others in letter and in spirit, and we have shown the utmost forbearance in exacting our own rights.
 REPUDIATION OF. TREATY BY CO., ~' LOMBIA
 Last spring under the act above re ferred to a treaty concluded between the representatives of the republic of Colombia and of our government was ratified by the senate. This treaty was entered into at the urgent solicitation of the people of Colombia and after body of experts appointed by our gov ernment especially to go into the mat ter of the routes across the isthmus had pronounced unanimously in favor of the Panama route. In drawing up this treaty every concession was made to the people and to the government of Colombia. We were more than just in dealing with them. Our generosity was such as to make it serious ques- ton whether we had not gone too far in their interest at the expense of our own, for in our scrupulous desire to pay all possible heed not merely to the real but even to the fancied rights of our weaker neighbor, who already owed so much to our protection and forbearance, we yielded in all possible ways to her desires in drawing up the treaty. Nevertheless the government of Colombia not merely repudiated the treaty, but repudiated it in such man. her as to make it evident by the time the Colombian congress adjourned that not the scantiest hope remained of ever getting a satisfactory treaty from them. The government of Colombia made the treaty, and yet when the Go lombian congress was called to ratify it the vote against ratification was unanimous. 1t does not appear that the government made any real effort to secure ratification.
 REVOLUTION IN PANAMA
 Immediately after the adjournment of the congress a revolution broke out in Panama. The people of Panama had long been discontented with the republic of Colombia, and they had been kept quiet only by the prospect of the conclusion of the treaty, which was to them matter of vital concern. When 1t became evident that the treaty was hopeiessly lost the people of Pan- anna rose literally as one man. Not shot was fired by a single man on the isthmus ill the interest of the Colom- bian government Not life was lost in the accomplishment of the revolu- ton. The Colombian troops stationed on the isthmus, who had long been un- paid, made common cause with the people of Panama, and with astonish- ing unanimity the. new republic was started. The duty of the United States in the premises was clear. In strict accordance with the principles laid down by Secretaries Cass and Seward in the official documents above quoted the United States gave notice that it would permit the landing of no expedi- tionary force, the arrival of which would mean chaos and destruction along the line of the railroad and of the proposed canal and an interruption. of transit as an inevitable consequence. The de facto government of Panama was recognized in the following tele- gram to MT. Ehrman:
 'SThe people of Panama have, by ap- parently unanimous movement, dis solved their political connection with the republic of Colombia and resumed their independence. When you are sat isted that de facto government, re- publican in form and without substan- t1al opposition from its own people, mas been established in the state of Panama, you will enter into relations with it as the responsible government of the territory and look to it for all due action to protect the persons and property of citizens of the United States and to keep open the isthmian transit in accordance with the obligations of existing treaties governing the relations of the United States to that territory
 The government of Colombia was notified of our action by the following telegram to Mr Beaupre:
 "The people of Panama having by an apparently unanimous movement dissolved their political connection with the republic of Colombia and resumed their independence and having adopted government of their own, republican in form, with which the government of the United States of America has en- tered into relations, the president of the United States, in accordance with the ties of friendship which have SO