The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
NOT
I'm 1T WITH HIM
Roosevelt Running Things on the
lsthmUs.
SP00NER ACT is STRETCHED
EVERYTHING QUIET AT COLON
AND PANAMA.

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washington. Nov. Philippe y
bunau-N arilla. the diplomatic ,
agent of the new republic of Pan p
anna, arrived en- Washington late =
tonight Without registering he =
left his hotel in a carriage, saying =
> mat he would return i'm an hour =
re minated that he would see >
the president and state depart p
> ment officials tomorrow =
Shortly after midnight Mr.. Var =
lila informed the Associated Press >
y that he brought with him creden- =
uals and run powers as minister >
= plenipotertiGry and envoy extraor- ,
= binary cf the republic of Panama. =
He win call on Secretary Hay to- =
morrow and INFORM him that he =
is ready and empowered to begin >
y canal negotiations Immediately. =
He thinks the people or Panama ,
WIZ vote the new president full =
. power 20 ratify treaty at once. ,
III AsHINGTON, Nov. Today
w adyices To the state depart
mtnt officials indicated a reg
ular development of the new govern
announcement indicative OF speedy
establishment OF full diplomatic reIa
tlons with the new republic was TIE
appointment Of Philippe Eunau Varila
rs the agent of Panama I'm the United
states With him the United States
government win transact any necessary
business i'm an unofficial way pending
The appointment 0f regular ministers
plenipotenti7ry.
To-
general TO Panama. who sails tomOr-
row for that port. called at the state
department today for a further confer
ence with Secretary Hay. al whose in
stance he later conferred with the pres
idcnt over the situation
Great Britain's Request.
The British government has formally
requested the state department to look
after the British subjects on the 18TH
mus. and similar requests from other
European nations are expected, all Of
which VIII be promptly granted. There
are reasons why it lis desirable that n
large foreign naval representation in
isthmian waters should be discoura ged
Just now. and until The new govern
Uent is permanently established. Tt
s. expected here that there win be little
delay about such establishment. and
as soon as there is a regular govern
ment az Panama i'm place OF the pres
ent junta the state department eX-
pects 70 take up negotiations FOR the
execution of the canal project.
The state department has decided
that SO FAR as it is concerned &c re-
CARDS the treaties that governed CO.
lOmbia or as to- New Granada as still
I'm force and that therefore all of the
concessions. including that of the Pan
anna Canal company. are valid and in
force.
spocner Canal Act.
The state department also has de-
cidCd that owing 20 the fact that the
Spooner canal act in terms required
the United States government before
beginning the canal 20 conclude a
treaty with Colombia. the spirit of the
act VIII be met by the conclusion Of an
arrangement with the new state of
Panama on the lines of the SpOOner
act and 10 viii proceed to this end. IN
other words, il is held that just as the
engagements entered into by the United
States with New Granada have ever
since been regarded as binding I'm re-
gard 90 Colombia. so, accepting the
common law doctrine IN such cases as
binding. the department is authorized
10 read Panama" instead of Colombia
in the SpoOuer act. I'm this sense, IL is
pointed out the president will find it
unnecessary. unless he cares TO do so.
10 authorize the construction of the
Panama canal.
Walkers Part.
Significant Of the strength of this de-
CisiOn was the appearance at the state
department OF Rear Admiral John G.
Walker. IT, S. ~, retired, president OF
the isthmian canal commission. who
has been in frequent conference with
the president and Secretary Hay in the
past three days. UpOD him VIII prob
ably devolve the initiation Of the pTac-
teal working out Of the canal project
and he Be- keeping himself fully posted
as go every development here IN Wash
ingtons while Colonel William Black OF
the engineer corps of the army, who
happens To- be enga Eed I'm looking after
the physical aspects OF the canal jrob-
lem ON the isthmus for the past few
months has been furnishing informa-
tion from that quarter.
From Colon Consul Malmros reported
under today's date as follows:
Absolute tranquility IN Colon. Por-
fro Melcndez has been appointed gov
ernor of colon and proclaimed at 10
o'clock: English. French and Ameri-
can consuls being present. Launch has
been sent 20 BOCas del TOrO TO pro-
claim Independence there"
a cablegram from United States Min
ister Beaupre dated at Bogota Nov 9,
Stated:
There are TumOrs i'm BogOta Of seri-
Gus disturbance on the isthmus and
ft As thought there viii be an immedi-
ate movement for independence. Tt is
very difficult 20 obtain trustworthy in
formation
MAINE GOES TO COLON.