Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-10

| April, Revolution; followed appa
| rCntly by counter revolution.
april. 1S73.-ReyOluton ana civil war
I which lasted to October, 1875.
! August, 1S7G-CiYl war which lasted IN.
, til April, 1877.
July, 1S7S.-Rabelllon.
| December. Is7S.-RevOlt
April, S79.-Revoution.
| June. .--Revolution.
! March, 1sS3.-rlot
| May, 1SS3,--Rlot.
| June, 1sSi.-RevolutlOnary attempt
| December, 1884. -Revolutlonary attempt
| January, 1885 -Revolutlonnry disturb.
! ances.
March, 1886. Revolution.
| April, l8S7,-Dlsturbance on Panama rail-
| road.
| November, 1887. Disturbance on canal
| January, 1Ss9.-Rlot
January, 1885, Revolution which lasted
March, 1896 -Incendlary attempt.
October, 1S99.-Revolutlon.
February, 1900, TO July, 900.--Reyoluton.
January, Collaboration.
July, 1901 --Reyoutlonary disturbances.
September 190l.-Colon taken by rebels.
March, 1902 Reyoutionary disturbances.
July 1902 Revolution.
inc above Is only partial list of the
revolutions, rebcllions, Instructions, riots,
and other outbreaks that have occurred
during the period In question yet they num-
Der 53 for the 81 years. 1t win be noted
that one of them lasted for nearly three
years before 1t was quelled; another for
nearly year. In short, the experience of
over half century has shown Colombia
to be utterly incapable Of keeping order on
the lsthmus. Only the active interference
Of the United States has enabled her to
preserve so much as a semblance Of sover
eighty. Had II not been for the exercise
by the United States of the police power
In her interest her connection with the
lsthmus would have been sundered long
aga In 1885, In 1860. in 1873, In 1885, In
1901 and again in 1902, sailors and marines
FNtt n1 Itky al,
to land In order to patrol the lsthmus, to
protect life and property, ana to see that
the transit across the isthmus was kept
open. In 1861, In 1862, In 1885, and In 1900,
the Colombian government asked that the
United States government would land
troops to protect Its interests aud main
tain order on the lsthmus. Perhaps the
most extraordinary request is that which
has just been received and which runs as
follows:
Knowing that revolution has al
ready commenced In Panama IAN eminent
Colombian says that II the government of
the United States will land troops to pre-
serve Colombian sovereignty. and the
transit, II requested by Colombian charge
dalfnlres, this government will declare
martial law and, by virtue of vested con
stItutionnl authority, when public order Is
disturbed, Will approve by decree the ratt-
tcatlon OF the cannl treaty ms signed; or,
u the g,nyernment OF the United states pre-.
fcrs VIII call extra session of congress
with new and friendly membersneXt May
TO approve the treaty tan eminent Col.
ombinn) has the perfect confidence Of vice
president, he says, and If 1t became neccs-
sary viii go to the lsthmus or send repre-.
sentative there to adjust matters along
above lines to the satisfaction of the peo-
pie there"
This dispatch Is noteworthy from two
stnndponts. Its offer of Immediately guar
antcchng the treaty to us is In sharp con.
trast WITH the positive and, contemptuous
refusal of the congress which has Just
IN IN nyII fn. a.
such treaty 1t shows that the govern.
mrnt which made the treaty really had alb
soutc control over the situation, but did
not choose to exercise this control The
dispatch further calls on MS to restore
order ana secure Colombian supremacy in
the lsthmus from which the Colombian
government has lust nv Its action decided
tn hnr MS by preventing the construction
of the cnnnI.
The control. In the interest OF the com
merce and traffic of the whole civilized
world of the means OF undsturhcd transit
across the isthmus Of Panama has become
OF trnnSccndent Importance to the United
Stntcs We have repeatedly exercised this
control by Intervening In the course OF do
nestle dlssonslon aud by protecting the
S r from rocGgp ho qyason In lSs
that we should not hesitate to maintain the
neutrality of the Isthmus In the case Of
war h"t~ecG Peru and Colombia. In 1864
Colombia, which has always been viginnt
to avail Itself Of lts privileges conferred by
the treaty, expressed Its expectation that
In the event of war between Peru and
Snnln the United Stntcs would carry into
effect the guaranty OF neutrality. There
have been few administrations of the
state department In which this treaty has
not either by the one side or the other
been used ms n basis Of more or loss i'm
nor'nnt demands. II was said Ivy Mr.. Fish
In 1871 that the department. of state had
reason to hrlrvn that nn attack upon Col
omhlan Sovereignty on the isthmus had on
several occasions. hecn Nverted by warn
ting from this government In 1886. when
Colombia was under the menace OF hostili
ties from italy In the Cerrutl case. Mr.
NNvaw expressed the serious concern that
the United States could not but feel TINT
European powcr should resort to force
against sister republic Of this hcmis-
phrrc, MS to the sovereign and winter.
ruptcd use OF n part OF whose territory we
nv" gnnnntors under the solemn faith of
trrntN.
The above recital of facts establishes be-
yond question; First that the United
states has for over half a century pa.
tlently and In good faith carried out its
obligations under the treaty of 1885, sec
ond. that when for the first time 1t became
possible for Colombia to do anything in re-
qutal of the services thus repeatedly rem
dcrrd TO II for fftyscNCn years by the
United States, the Colombian government
percmptorlly and extensively refused thus to
do its part, even though to do so would
have been to Its advantage and mmcasura-
bly, to the advantage or the state of Panama,
At that time under Its jurisdiction; third,
that throughout this period revolutions, RI.
OTIS and fractional disturbances OF every kind
have occurred one after the other in al.
most uninterrupted succession, some OF
them lasting for months and even for
years, while the central government was
unable 10 put them down or to make peace
with the rebels; fourth, that these dis.
turhnnCes instead of showing any sign OF
nbntlng have tended to grow more numcr-
ous and more serious In the Immediate
past: nth. that the control of Colombia
over the lsthmus Of Panama could not I've
maintained without the armed lnteryen-
ton and assistance OF the United states
In other words, the government OF Col.
omhla, though wholly unable to maintain
order on the isthmus, has nevertheless de-
clined to rntlfy n treaty the conclusion of
which opened the only chance to secure It's
own stability and to guarantee permanent
peace on, and the construction OF canal
across the lsthmus.
Under such circumstances the govern
ment of the United States would have
been guilty OF folly and weakness amount
Ing In their sum to crime against the ma
ton, had II acted otherwise than IL did
when the revolution OF November last
took place In Panama. This great enter
prise of building the interoctanlc canal
cannot be held up to crafty the whims,
or ont OF respect to the governmental i'm.
puteucc, or to the even more sinister and
evil political pecularltles, OF people who,
though they dwell afar on, yet, against
the wish Of the actual jewellers on the 18th.
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