Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-11

after the return OF Secretary Hay from
the cabinet meeting, that instructions
have been sent to United States Minis
ter Beaupre, at Bogota assuming that
he has not left the capital yeti, and to
Mr.. Ehrman, the United States vice con-
sui at Panama and now acting consul
there, to inform the governments of
Colombia and Panama respectively that
the de facto government is recognized.
Dixie Arrive. at Colon.
The navy department has received
of the Dixie, announcing his arrival at
Colon, and that he has landed an ade-
Quate force of marines. He says that
the bluejackets which landed from the
Nashville have reembarked on the
Nashville. The Dixie carries 400 ma
rines
The cablegram states that the Co.
lombian troops have evacuated and tina,
the situation is quiet.
The navy department has also re-
| ceived cablegram from Rear Admiral
Glass, commanding the Pacific squad
ron, announcing the departure of the
Marblehead, Concord and Wyoming and
the collier Nero Thursday at Acapulco,
Mexico, for Panama. The squadron is
proceeding at full speed.
Events of the Day.
The events of the day as developed here
the recognition of the de facto govern
ment; receipt of dispatches from Com
mander Hubbard, of the Nashville; the
| arrival in Washington Of Consul General
Gudger, of Panama, and the issuing OF
| orders to Admiral Coghlan to proceed
forthwith to the isthmus with the con-
sui general.
Commander Hubbard cabled that the
Colombian government troops under
Gems. Torres and Tovar, $50 strong a.
Colon, had departed on a merchant ves-
sci. He stated that the isthmus from
one side to the other was in the hands
of the >revolutionists. This statement is
of the greatest Importance. The United
states government, being bound by
treaty to maintain order and preserve
free traffic across the isthmus, is now
under the obligation to prevent any hos
tile collisions either along the line of the
Panama railway or at the termini, Pa
mama and Colon. Thus, the future atti-
tude of the Colombian government to-
| wards the new republic of Panama be-
comes of little Importance, for it is
! practically impossible for it to go to war
| with Panama
Forced to Protect New Republic.
Officials here familiar with the coun-
I! try declare that it is impossible to move
a Colombian army overland to the 18TH
mus owing to the character of the coun-
try On the other hand, if an attempt is
made to bring troops either to Colon or
Panama by water the United States
naval officers at those points would in
terfere. The United States, by force Of
! treaty obligations, requiring the main
tenance of order across the isthmus as
a necessary condition of free transit,
the United States government practical
: ly has been placed in the position of a
protector to the new republic of Panama,
and that, too, regardless of any bias on
: the part of the United States govern
ment toward either party to the strife in
Colombia. A report was current that
the Colombian government very bit
terly resented this attitude on the
part of the United States government
holding that it infringed on Colombia S
! sovereign rights on the isthmus and had
1nterfered without allowing Colombia
itself to quell the revolution. But. DR..
Herran, the Colombian minister, en-
phatically denied that he had made any
such representations, W. lie the state de-
partment officials asserted that nothing
of this character had so far come from
the Colombian government directly or
| Indirectly.
Separation Is Complete.
So for practical purposes the separa-
ton of Panama from Colombia is COM
plete and is likely to be permanent ac-
cording to the official belief here. It
was authoritatively stated that though
the recognition of the new republic is of
a business character at first, consisting of
an authorization throughout to our con-
sular officials on the isthmus to do BUSH
ness with the new government as they
did>with the Colon bian government, this
will in due time be followed by full po-
litical recognition. This latter form of
recognition will be deferred until the
| government at Panama has taken more
regular form. It is presumed here that
the junta will very soon issue call for
a convention which will adopt consti-
tuition and provide for the selection of
president. Then it will be in order for
ministers to be appointed between the
two countries, the United States and
Panama, which will constitute full po-
litical recognition of the new state.
That condition will enable the conduct
of negotiations that may be necessary
to the successful. execution of the project
of the United States for the construction
! Of the isthmian canal and it is certain