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the other hand. If an attempt is made to
bring troops either to Colon or Panama py
water the United States naval Officers Rt
those points would, as one naval officer on
high rank declared Shoo EN- on. Ihus
by force of treaty obligations requiring the
maintenance of order across the fsthmps
a necessary condition to free transit, the
United States government has practically
been placed in the position of protector to
the new republic of Panama, and that,
too, regardless of any bias on the part or
the United States government toward elther
party to the strife in Colombia.
A report was current to the erect that
the Colombian government very bitterly re-
sented this attitude on the part or the
United States government, holding that 1t
had clearly infringed Colombia's sovereign
rights the isthmus and had interfered
without allowing Colombia to quell the rev.
olution herself, a task perfectly within her
powers. But DR.. Herran, the Colombian
minister. today emphatically denied that he
had made any such representations. while
the State Department officials asserted that
nothing had so far come from the COlom-
bian government directly or indirectly Of
that character.
So for practical purposes the separation
of Panama from Colombia is complete and
likely to be permanent, according to the
official belief here
As Regards the Canal.
1t Is now in order for the United States
government to look to the future, particu-
larly with reference to the projected 18TH
milan canal. A high official stated this
morning that the first thing to be done
would be recognition of the new republic,
and though this recognition would be of a
business character at first, consisting of an
authorization throughout for our consular
officials on the iSthmus to do business with
the new government as they did with the
Colombian government, this would in due
time be followed by full political recogni-
ton. This latter form of recognition, ne
n I1nti fha
government at Panama had taken q form
more concrete and regular than a mere
junta such as is now in control 1t Is pre-
sumed here that the junta will very soon
issue call for a convention which will
adopt a constitution and provide for the
selection of president. Then 1t will be in
order for ministers to be appointed between
the United States and Panama which will
constitute full political 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 canal, and it is a certainty that exist
ing concessions will not suffer.
Consul General Gudger's Arrival.
Consul General Gudger arrived In Wash
ington this morning from Asheville. n. c.,
and received instructions preliminary to his
departure Sunday for the Isthmus of
Panama.
1t was said at the State Department
when Consul General Gudger appeared this
morning that his leave of absence from his
post a Panama would expire within week
and he would have sailed for the iSthmus
within that time, regardless of the stirring
events of the last few days. However. the
consul has hurried his movements after
consultation nth the officials of the State
department, and. as already stated, it was
arranged that he should sail Sunday. As
there is no available merchant steamer for
AZ Il
mral Coghlan to take the consul aboard as
a passenger The admiral was in Wash
ington at the department and received his
orders orally His flagship Olympia on
which he intended to sail originally for |
Guantanamo, is at the Norfolk navy
yard for repairs which will consume good |
many days So the admiral concluded to |
leave without his flagship. and the Navy |
Department assigned to his use the Presi- |
dents own yacht, the Mayfower, which |
now lies at the Washington navy yard. |
Commander ,Gleaves, her captain, has al |
ready been in consultation with Adj |
miral Taylor and Admiral Coghlan, and in |
consequences IS hurrying supplies aboard |
his ship. Admiral Coghlan will probably ar
rive at Colon. aboutthe 18th instant, but he
VIII not be the ranking officer on the 18TH
mus, for Admiral Glass, commanding the
Pacific squadron who announced his sail
ing yesterday from Acapulco for Panama
Is said at the Navy Department to be due
at that port about the Eth instant and he
is Admiral Coghlan's senior
Marines From the Dixie Landed.
The Navy Department this morning re-
ceived a caplegram from Commander De-