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lease was added, and all this was in addi-
tion to the numberless benefits which would
accrue to the Colombian Government and
people from the construction in their ter
ritory of this colossal work. The treaty
was promptly ratified by the Senate OF the
United States and rejected unanimously
and without consideration by that Of Co
lombia.
"The suggestions which have been made
| to this Government since the failure OF the
treaty in Bogota Of a renewal Of negotia-
tions have been too vague and too extrava-
giant to merit the serious consideration Of
the United States, and they were such as to
create the impression in tho minds of the
people of Panama that there was no reason
able prospect of the accomplishment OF
the object upon which their hopes and
desires had been set for many years.
This brings us to the sudden and start
ling events which have so recently attracted
the attention of this country and OF the
world. Although there has been no lack
for many years past of numerous causes
OF discomfort and anxiety among the people
Of Panama it appears that the failure of
the Canal treaty convinced them that there
was nothing more to be hoped for in their
ment, which had never proved entirely
| satisfactory. They went to work with
that talent for prompt and secret organi-
zation to which there is no parallel among
people Of Northern blood; they prepared
the machinery OF revolution in advance.
and suddenly, in single day, without the
| firing of shot-with the exception of few
shells that were thrown into the city from
| C1l eto in tho horhnr ~
! Panama-they accomplished their indepen-
| dence.
a Government consisting OF the leading
| citizens OF the State was at once organized
and proclaimed to the world; a rart of the
Colombian forces Joined the revolution;
the rest returned to Colombia, and, so far
as we are able to Judge. the new republic
begins it's career with no organized
opposition throughout the entire extent of
the Isthmus.
"The course Of the President in this con-
Juncturc was marked out in advance by all
our principles and pre- ecedents. He gave
orders that traffic from ore side Of the
Isthmus to the other should be kept un-
impeded by either party, and charged our
officers on the Isthmus to use their utmost
influence to prevent any attack by one OF
the contending factions upon the other
which would be calculated to cause dis
turbance of traffic.
"When it was reported to him that Gov
ernment capable of maintaining order
had been established and was working
without opposition he did what is always
done under such circumstances. He di-
rected our representative at Panama. as
soon as he was certain that a Government
capable of maintaining the public peace
had been established by the consent Of
the people, that he was to enter into official
relations with 1t.
He also directed our Minister in Bogota
to inform the Colombian Government that
we had entered into relations with the new
provisional Government OF Panama. and
he took occasion. relying upon the ties
of friendship and the valuable services
which we have so often rendered to the
people of Panama and the Government
of Colombia, to commend to the respective
Governments the peaceful and equitable
settlement of all questions at issue between
them.
aHe took occasion at the same time to
give notice to the world that not only our
treaty obligations, but the imperative de-
mands Of the interests Of civilization re-
quired him to put stop. which we hope
and believe will be a final one, to the inces-
| SAINT civil contests and chickering's which
have been for so many years the curse OF
| Panama.
Having regard only to the present crisis
and the needs Of the hour, no palmer duty
was ever imposed.upon Chief Of State
than that which rested upon the President
Of the United States in the interest OF the
Isthmus, the people Of Colombia, the people
| of the United States and the commerce
Of the world, to preserve. for the benefit
of all, free transit over the Isthmus and
to do all that lay in his power to bring a
permanent peace to its people.
That the Government had determined
that the sovereignty of Colombia over
the Isthmus Of Panama should not be con-
tinued has been told in Washington de-
spatches to THE SUN. 1t was not expected.
| however, that the action Of the President
would be so quickly taken or 80 boldly
announced. To say that what he has done
has created sensation among public men
is no exaggeration. His course is being
discussed tonight to the exclusion Of every
other topic by newly, arrived Members of
| Congress and the many others whose pres
enoe in Washington is due to the assem-
| bling of the national Legislature.
WASHINGTON WAS PREPARED.
There have been number of happenings.
that may be mere condolences, which point
toward a foreknowledge on the part of
the Administration of the plans of the sepa-
ratists Nothing has yet appeared, how
ever, to show that the President and his
official assistants were parties to any revo-
lutionary plot. That the Government here
has known for several months that the re-
lection of the Panama canal treaty by
the Colombian Congress would be followed
by the secession Of the Isthmus appears TO
be the fact but the Colombian Govern
ment must also have known it. In fact,
there is every reason for believing that
DR.. Herran, The Colombian Charge DAT
faires in Washington. warned the authori-
ties at Bogota of what was coming. 1t has
been an open secret. or rather no secret at
all, in Washington that the 1sthmus was
preparing to revolt il the treaty were de-
feated.
It is true that the War Department sent
Capt. Humphrey and Lieut.. Murphy of
the army to the Isthmus last summer
to get military information and probably
to find out the sentiment Of the people