Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-21
THE SITUATION IN COLOMBIA TO-DAY

that the military at Panama had been suborned, had rebelled and had pro- claimed the independence of Panama owing to the belief that another mlll- tary force, arriving that very day at Colon, would be disarmed by the Nash ville's marines, this intervention pre- venting the re-establishment of con- stitutional order. :
 The Colombian minister then said the United States immediately after wards entered into relations with, the rebels, indicating that Colombia must accept the situation or engage i'll a civil war, the action of the United States also meaning that it would not allow the Colombian government to take military measures to suppress the rebels and reintegrate the nation. The United States thus became the ally of the rebels and severed her friendy ties with Colombia.
 Minister Rico then asserted that this action of the United States was in con- trast with the steps taken when Texas declared her independence. which, he said, was not recognized by the United States until two years later, and re- ferred to the treaty of December 12, 1S46. between the United States and New Granada, quoting article 1, and saying that the United States by it's action towards the Colombian forces on the isthmus had clearly violated that article.
 The minister then quoted the final part of the article 35 of the treaty of 1S46 and said the obligation of the United States to maintain neutrality and Colombian sovereignty was clear and could not be misinterpreted. He afterwards referred to the other treat ies between the United States and CO- lombia, asserted that the treaty of 1S46 was in force and that if the Unit ed States government doubted that the recognition of the independ" of Pan anna was against this treaty and wished to submit the point to the arbi- tration of another power or to the Hague arbitration tribunal, Colombia would willingly agree to it. The for eign minister next touched upon the civil war in the United States and said:
 'When England and France recog- nized the belligerency of the confeder- ate states American diplomacy was so astonished that MT Seward would not listen to the reading of the instruc- tions received by the ministers of those powers because the union was divided into belligerent factions. declaring that it was not admissible, and to Mir Ad- ans the American minister in London, he said, quoting dispatch previously addressed to the American minister at Paris:
 "'Here only one political power eX- ists and it is recognized by all na- tions.' ....,..
 "We hope that the United States will apply the doctrines which it up held during the war of secession, and not oppose the right of Colombia to suppress rebels, and not recognize their belligerency
 The Colombian newspapers express the hope that the American press will help the cause of Colombia. It Is an nounced that the entire country rejects the independence of the isthmus and demands that the Colombian govern ment send troops to check the secession movement ..... .e Volunteers. without distinction of DO ! litical parties, are enrolling with en- 1 thusiasm, and the liberal leaders, who have been the enemies of President Marroquin. have offered him their ser vices.
 Two popular meetings were called to protest against the presence here of | the American minister but the govern ment issued orders forbidding them to | be held -.
 A battalion of troops is on duty at the United States legation. r' Public opinion here demands that Panama be compelled to submit to the government of Colombia, which will ! then conclude canal treaty with the United States.
 The population of Bogota Is quiet