Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-06
PANAMA TRANQUIL.
General Tovar and Staff Leave
 For Cartagena. ..
STABILETY0F NEW REPUBLIC ASSURED
General Rejoicing In the City and Throughout Interior Provinces Over the News of the DecIara-
 ti0n of Kndepen6eDce.'


 tion of Independence. PANAMA, Colombia, Nov. 6.-Gener- al Tovar and his staff have at last been convinced of the uselessness of their resistance to the provisional gov ernment and have accepted the terms offered by the junta. They have left for Colon on an express train and will embark immediately on the Royal Mail steamer Orinoco for Cartagena. The arrangement to this end was made through the efforts of Commander Hubbard of the United States gunboat Nashville, Superintendent Ehaler and Assistant Superintendent Prescott of the Panama railroad, who guarantee that both parties will fulfill the agree ment.
 There is great rejoicing all over the city because the stability of the repub- lie now. seems assured. The fact that l troops were already moving toward the 1 line probably decided General Tovar 1 and his staff to accept the terms of the | junta. s | All was quiet in Panama, and there have been no further disturbances.
 Photographic adfices' received from | the interior provinces say there was i great rejoicing there when the news of 1 the declaration of the independence of | Panama became known. The govern l ment troops stationed at Penonome | have joined in the revolutionary move ment, and almost every moment tele- grams are received from the most i'm | portant men in the interior announcing LcIoSn 1T A- 4I1ov
 The revolution has been practically bIoodless, as only two Chinamen were l killed during the bombardment of the l city by the government gunboat Bogo- l ta. The fire of the war ship unroofed 1 one house, shell hit the tower of the 1 cathedral, and another fell on the house l of Frederic Boyd. member of the rev olutionary junta
 | The foreign consl1ls promptly sent 1 communication to the commander of | the Bogota protesting against his ac | tion in opening fire on the city without, i giving proper notification of his inten- i ton to do so
 The manifesto issued by the separat- l ists refers to the fact that the isthmus of Panama netted Colombia large sums in customs dues. adding that while the junta did not wish in this exposition of facts, which will be handed down to posterity, to be regarded as being nov cd by mercenary spirit. nevertheless 1 it was but just to point out that in spite of the large sums of money col lected from the isthmus for fiscal pur- l poses the latter did not receive the benefit of even bridge over any of it's l rivers the construction, of single road l between any of the towns of the isth- l mus, the erection of any public build ings, the establishment of single col lege nor of any other step tending to advance the industries or intellectual development of Panama. as not even the most infinitesimal part of the large sums collected had been applied to- ward benefiting Panama in any shape l or form.
 The failure of the Hay-Herran canal l treaty to meet with the approval of the l congress at Bogota is touched upon It is pointed out that only a few public l men were opposed to the treaty and ] that their opposition was due to the fact that it was alleged that Panama l would be the only part of the country l which would receive direct benefits 1 from the building of the interoceanic canal. The manifesto then continues:
 ''The people of the isthmus in view l of this notorious situation, have decid- ed to recover their sovereignty, in or der to work out their own destiny and 1 to insure the future of Panama in manner in keeping with the evident destiny of the country, its vast terri 1 .;<1>n
 itiators of the movement aspire to as, sist in this work and also to take part in the foundation of republic where the law shall be the unfailing guide of 1 those who govern and those who are governed, where effective peace will be 1 established and in which all interests will join in the work of civilizat ation and progress which must result in perpetu- | al stability. ..-
 "The separation of the isthmus from Colombia was accomplished without any feeling of hatred or any sentiment of joy. Just as a son withdraws from the paternal roof the isthmian people, taking their chosen path, have separat- ed themselves from Colombia.
 ''We therefore now begin to form one I of the free nations of the world We consider Colombia as being a sister na- ton with which we shall be in sym pathy whenever circumstances may re- l quire it and for whose prosperity we i have the most sincere wishes''
 General H. C.. Jeffries. a graduate of West Point, has been appointed com mander of the Pacific fiotilla by the 1 provisional government. Carlos Con- stantino Arosemena has been made as- sistant secretary of foreign relations. 1 The provisional government has all l ready organized the military division of Panama, commanded by General | Domingo Diaz. All the soldiers form ing the division fought either with the ] government or the Liberal army dur
 ing the last revolution. They are, l therefore, already trained and accus- | toned to military discipline