The sun., 1903-11-11
NJ, BUNAU. U.YARILLA EXPLAINS.
DIDN'T WRITE SENATOR MORGAN
AS PANAMA'S MINISTER.
Ills Letter Sent Just Before Secretary
Hay Received Him, He says-The Revo.
luton Over. He Says-He's Named q
Consul Here for tho New Republic.

United States of the new Republic of Panama,
who is at tho Waldorf Astoria, said last
evening that no was confident that he had
committed no breach Of diplomatic eti-
olette in writing as he had done to Senator
Morgan.
Il wrote to Senator Morgan" he said,
spurely in my capacity as an individual
and not as the representative Of the repub-
lie. was not its representative when n I
wrote the letter, which am sure he could
hardly regard as offensive coming from
q mere private person interested In the sue
cess Of the Panama Canal.
at is true that received my nomination
by telegraph on Saturday and that wrote
the letter to Senator Morgan on the follow
ing Monday. But at the time had not been
recognized by the United States. l sent
the letter to Senator Morgan by messen-
ger at II o'clock Monday morning. The
messenger came back with the Senator's
personal signature, showing that he had
received 1t before noon. l met Secretary
Hay-and it was practically the first time
Ihad ever met him-at o'clock in the after
noon and was his guest at luncheon. 1t
was not until that meeting that my official
capacity was recognized.
.In writing the letter wished to take
advantage Of the very short time when I
would stand, from the American point Of
view, as an individual, to present in public
way the appreciation due to Senator Morgan
by the canal cause, and wished to express
II in my own name, but in the name of the
Republic of Panama as we'll. l would
not have sent that message one minute
after had taken the first step, properly
speaking, into official life,
Il have not received any news either
from Bogota or Panama which has not
appeared in the newspapers. Gen. Reyes
who is on his way from Bogota as the
shepherd to lead the straying lamb back
into the fold, will fnd on his arrival that the
lamb will decline to go back into the fold.
1t W i'll amount to mere pleasure trip on
his part.
Il have studied this question very thor
oughly and there has not arisen nor is there
likely to arise feature of 1t which nave
not anticipated. Several months ago, be-
fore the Bogota Government rejected the
Hay Herran treaty, sent cablegram to
President Marroquin which was printed
in The sun and commented upon by that
newspaper at the time. In this message
lOlu IltslucNt iOiuIh tAhhV hSe SAAJ
the rejection. but even any modification OF
that treaty would inevitably lead to one OF
two thngs-either the construction of the
Nicaragua Canal, which would mean the
ruin of Panama, or the disintegration OF
the Colombian States, which would mean
the ruin of Colombia.
1T is quite true that the pivotal Issue on
which everything turned In the revolution
Of last week was the withdrawal Of the Co
lombian troops and officers. Under. the
treaty Of 1s46 the United States sta nds
pledged not only to keep traffic across the
lsthmus unimpeded, but. to protect the
Government having authority. over the
treaty was made with New Granada, and
when Colombia succeeded New Granada,
Colombia inherited the treaty.
Had the Colombian troope remained
position out Of gunshot range, say two
miles from the railroad property, then 1t
would have been the duty. Of the United
States to have prevented Interference by
troops did not do this, They withdrew
and left the country. Colombian authority
was no longer represented. The people Of
the Isthmus created new State and pro-
claimed their independence The Govern
ment of the United States had no other
"That Government inherited the treaty
obligations of the United States, just as
Colombia had inherited them from New
Granada, The. right to protection by the
part of that treaty and Colombia had be-
come a foreign State. Hence 1t became
the duty of the United States to protect
the Republic of Panama from acts OF aggres-
sion by Colombia. The attitude Of the
Tod otalh ha hoap ahaOliltn civ corract
"The revolution is over. 1t is an ac.
complished fact. Colombia can not send
forces to attack Panama by sea, for the
United States will not permit it. 1t can not
send an army overland for that is physical
impossibility, 1t is not the mountains
which are the insurmountable barriers.
it is the impenetrable tropical forest that
is in the way
+As to the time when work will begin on
the canal-that rests entirely with the United
States. lit rested with the Panama Repub-
lie it would be an affair Of hours My in
structions are 80 broad that / can say freely
that everything will be done to open the
way for the United States to act. We are
prepared to make the most liberal treaty.
Il am civil engineer myself and have
had much experience in Panama, 1t Is
highly probable that in the light Of this
experience ! might see concessions, even
beyond those which the United States
would ask. which would be important for
L
cessions will be suggested and offered,
even though they be not asked for.
This day is the one for which l have
been living for the last seventeen years
| have devoted my life to the construction
of that canal Yes, | have some of the
canal stock. put in 500 900 TO help save
the canal and have the stock which that
investment represents
Mr.. Hablo Arosemena- Picon OF 8S West
Forty-ninth street. has been appointed by
Mr. Bunau Narilla as Consul Of the new
le1ubic al New York. He is a mert hant
doing business in Panama, who came to
New York for his health several months ago.
He said that he knew nothing Of the Revo-
luton until he read Of it in the newspapers.
He will not open a consulate here until he
receives his exequatur from Washington.
The Yucatan Of the Panama Line, which
sailed from Colon on the day tho revolu-
ton occurred, Tuesday Of last week,
arrived here yesterday morning. The first
officer said that when the Yucatan left,
at / o'clock in the afternoon, nothing had
happened, though people on the dock were
looking wise and mysterious.
Mr.. Arturo de Brigard the Colombian
Consul-General at this port, said vest erday
that he had not received any communica-
tions from Bogota or Panama. He de-
cned to discuss further the statement,
attributed to him, that Colombian
commission would be sent to Germany
Offering territorial concessions in return for