Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
No Reputation of Treaties.

facto government is recognized.
No Republication of Treaties.
Paris, Nov. 6.-The French foreign
Office today received dispatch from
the French consul at Panama confirm
ing the Associated Press dipatches of
yesterday from that city and from Co
Ion. The consul says the revolution
has not spread to any of the other
provinces. The new state assumes all
the former treaties and legislation of
Colombia. This information is re-
garded by officials here as being most
important as showing no disposition
on the part of the new republic to re-
pudiate the canal or other property
rights acquired from Colombia.
Dixie on the Scenc.
Washington, d. c., Nov g. The
navy department received a telegram
from Commander Delano of the Dixie
announcing his arrival at Colon. The
Colombian troops have evacuated and
the situation is ouiet.
pelano Lands Troops.
~ y3seiaIs9 lsle,,tt.a ct. tiaat hs
Y fff22iss landed an adequate force of ms-
I.rines from the Dixie and that the blue
Jackets who landed from the Nashville
! have re-embarked. The Dixie carries
/ 400 marines.
Other Ships Enroute.
The navy department today received
| a cablegram from Rear Admiral Glass,
4 commanding the Pacific squadron, an
i nouncing The departure of the Marble
\ head. Concord and Wyoming and the
t Collier Nero yesterday from Acapul-
( AGO, Mexico, for Panama. The squad
\ ron is proceeding at full speed.
Recognition Was imperative.
/ The decision to recognize the dafac-
10 government OF Panama was arrived
+ at after a protracted session OF the cah-
met at which every member was pre-
( sent EXCEPT Secretaries Root and WIZ
4 son. The president emphasized the
importance OF the recognition OF the
defacto government since BY the with
drawal of the Colombian officials the
isthmus was left entirely without a
d government unless that established by
! the seeessionists should be recognized.
and this step seemed necessary for
: the transaction of the routine business
of the United States on the isthmus.
Gudger viii Start Sunday.
4 Consul. General Ctudger has arrived
in Washington from asneyiile, N. g,
to receive instructions preliminary 70
his departure for Panama. Rear Ad-
iniral Coghlap says he received orders
: to convey. Gudger to the isthmus on the
Yacht Magflower, which will sail from
the navy yards Sunday for Colon at
: full speed,
7 l-ierran Ready to Leave.
The Associated Press learns that
DIR. Thomas Herran, the Colombian
charge. has prepared 10 leave WASH
ington on short notice with his family
for Colombia Instructions Withdraw
ing him will cause no surprise at the
Colombian legation, where it is beliey-
: ed the state departments recognition
of the republic of Panama will cause
r intense feeling in Colombia.
Satisfaction Felt in Colon.
Y Colon, Nov. 6.-The government OF
a the republic of Panama last night ap,
pointed Senor Porferi Melendez civil
and military governor OF Colon, pend
ing the appointment OF the new oil
icials. Those OF the old government
\ aaye been impotenr since the troops
left. The protect, and the aicalde are
nonenites. Melendez has notified
the officials that they may remain al
their posts for the present if they
swear allegiance to the new republic
The new republic is doubtlessly firmly
{ established There are no Colombi
an troops on the isthmus and satisfac
ton is everywhere expressed at the
new order of things.