Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-12
PANAMA REPUBLIC.
1t Has Been Recognized by the
United States Government.
Colombia VIII Not he Allowed TO ATT
tack It-Admirai COghian Ordered
to Proceed 10 the Isthmus 80
Protect the Interests OF
Our Country.

tive to the situation on the isthmus
were the recognition of the de facto
government at Panama; the receipt
of dispatches from Commander Hub
bard, of the Nashville; the arrival in
Washington of Consul General Gud-
ger, of Panama. and the issue of or
ders to Admiral Coghlan to proceed
forthwith to the iSthmuS with the
consul general.
Commander Hubbard cabled that
the Colombian government troops un-
der Gems. Torres and Tovar, 450
strong at Colon, had departed on a
merchant vessel. He stated that the
isthmus from one side to the other
was in the hands of the revolutionists.
This statement is of the greatest inn
portance.
The United States government be-
ing bound by treaty to maintain or
der and preserve free traffic across
the isthmuS, is now under the obliga-
ton to prevent any hostile collisions
either along the line of the Panama
railway or at the termini, Panama
and Colon. Thus, the future attitude
of the Colombian government towards
the new republic of Panama becomes
OF little Importance, for it is prac-
tically impossible for it to go to war
with Panama. Onicials here familiar
with the country declare that it is
impossible to move a Colombian army
overland to the isthmus, owing to
the character of the country.
On the other hand, if an attempt is
made to bring troops either to Colon
or Panama by water the United
States naval officers at those points
would interfere. Thus by force of
treaty obligations requiring the main
tenance of order across the iSthmus
ms necessary condition to free tram
sit, the United States government
practically has been placed in the po-
sition of protector to the new re-
public of Panama and that, too, re-
gardIess of any bias on the part of
the United States government to-
wards either party to the strife in
Colombia.
\ report was current that the Co
lombian government very bitterly re-
sented this attitude on the part of
the United States government, hold
ing that it had infringed Colombia's
sovereign rights on the isthmuS and
had interfered without allowing CO.
lOmbia to itself quell the revolution,
but DR.. Herran, the Colombian minis
ter, emphatically denied that he made
any such representations, while the
state department officials asserted
that nothing OF this character had so
far come from the Colombian govern
ment, directly or indirectly.
1t was authoritatively stated that,
though the recognition of the new re-
public is of business character at
first, consisting of an authoriza-
ton to our consular officials on
the isthmus to do business with the
new government as they did with the
Colombian government, this will in
due time be fouowed by full political
recognition. This latter form of rec
ognition will be deferred until the
government at Panama has taken
more regular form.
1t is presumed here that the iunta
will very soon issue a call for con-
vention which will adopt constitu-
tion and provide for the selection of
a president. Then it will be in order
for ministers to be appointed between
the two countries, 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 eXecu-
ton of the project of the United
States for the construction of the
isthmian canal and it is a certainly
that existing concessions will not suf-
fer.
Panama, Colombia, Nov. 7.-Gen. II.
o. Jeifries, a graduate of West Point,
who was appointed commander of the
Pacific fotilla by the provisional gov
ernment of the republic of Panama,
has left here on board the gunboat
Padilla with orders to capture the
Bogota.
Nearly all the municipalities of the
isthmus have now joined the republic.
Colon, Nov. THE avoidance of
bloodshed in Colon following the
proclamation OF the independence of
the isthmus, the maintenance of per-
feet order and the withdrawal of the
Colombian troops from the city are
looked upon as in great part due to
the courage and ability displayed by
Commander Hubbard, of the United
States gunboat Nashville, to the Drav-
cry of her officers and men and to the
tact of Col. Shaler, superintendent of
the Panama railroad.
Col. Black, OF the United States
engineer corps, and Senor Melendez,
the new governor of Colon, also rem
de-ed signal service during the criti-
cal situation, which found its peace
full settlement in the embarkation OF
Col. Torres and his troops on the
Orinoco. The embarkation took
place just prior to the arrival of the
United States cruiser Dixie. whose
marines guarded the town Thursday
night. All of the Dixie's marines
have now returned to their ship.
Parks IL Sentenced.
New York, Nov. 7.-Sam Parks was
yesterday sentenced to two years and
three months in Sing Sing prison.
This sentence was passed on the
charge of extorting $500 from the
Tiffany Studios.
Decided Against k1ryan.