The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-11-11
REPUBLIC IS RECOGNIZED
Special Action Taken at Important Cab.
met Meeting. 4e.
HERRAN MAY LEAVE WASHINGTON.
President Roosevelt aud His Cabl1et Decide
to Recognize the De Faeto Government Of
The New Republic Secretary Hay Clearly
Defines Validity OF Action Taksn-Cruiser
Dixie Reaches Colon.

Washington, d, c. (SpecaD The
United States government has recog-
nized the de iacto government OF Pan
anna.
1t was announced at the State De-
partment after the return OF Secre-
tary Hay from the cabinet meeting that
instructions had been sent 10 United
States Minister Beaupre, at Bogota
assuming that he has not left the cap
ital yeti, and to Mr.. Ehrman. the Unit
ed States vcc-consul at Panam, and
now acting consul there, to inform
the governments of Colombia and Pan
anna, respectively, that the dc iacto
government is recognized.
Dr. Thomas Herran. the Colombian
charge here, is prepared to leave Wash
ington on short notice, with his lam
lily. for Colombia. 1t may be stated
that instructions withdrawing him Will
cause no surprise at the Colombian le-
CATION. where il is believed that the
State Departments recognition OF the
Republic of Panama will cause intense
feeling in Colombia.
So far DR.. Hcrran has had no adj
vices from his government.
The decision to recognize the dc
facto government OF Panama was ar
rived at after protractcd session OF
the cabinet, at which every member was
present except Secretaries Root and
Wilson.
No other subject was considered. The
Cf
the recognition of the de facto govern
ment.
With the withdrawal OF the Colombian
officials, the sthmus was LETT entirely
without a government unless that estab-
lished by the seccssionists should be rec
ognized, and this step seemed necessary
for the transaction of the routine busi-
ness OF the United States on the isthnus
When the decision was reached the
following telegram was sent by the State
Department to Mr.. Ehrman, the acting
consul general of the United States at
Panama:
THE people of Panama have, by an
apparently unanimous movement. dis
solved their political connection with the
republic of Colombia and resumed their
independence. When you are satisfied
that de facto government, republican
in form and without substantial opposi
ton from its own people, has been es-
tablished 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 pro-
tect 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 gov
erning the relations OF the United States
to that territory"
Immediately afterward an instruction
was sent by telegram to Mr.. Beauprc,
the United States minister at Bogota, in
the following terms:
The people Of Panama, having by an
apparently unanimous movement. dis
solved their political connection with the
Republic of Colombia and resumed their
independence, and having adopted a gov
crnment of their own. republican in form.
with which the government of the United
States of America has entered into re-
lations, the President of the United
States, in accordance with the ties of
friendship which have so long and so
happily existed between the respective
nations, most earnestly commcnds TO the
governments Of Colombia and Panama
the peaceful and equitable settlement OF
all questions at issue between them He
holds that he is bound not merely by
treaty obligations. but by the interests OF
civilization to see that the peaceful traf-
ilc OF the world across the Isthmus of
Panama shall not longer be disturbed by
a constant succession of unnecessary and