The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
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maintained & Ills placid detretl,itr ana
uunllty or sgontlc speech. Carefully ana
Quietly Ito dctnllcd Tho circumstances M
\ tcndnilt upon tho revolution8of tho day
|3prcreding, sand clearly demonstrated 20
i tho Cnrtagchn's icomtiunder that there
was no governor of Panama. hence there
was nobody OH the istllmus who cotid
I{Euniantee tho payment of The rallrpad's
| lbl |. for 81, OOO.a1t was all nicely done,
ana tho Colombian wus brought to ny.
rrerlnte Just why 1t was TINT lie rail-
road could not rofll tho CartaEcna'.a
| tunks.@ There was some further talk
betwcci, tho 4 two men, and tho Colonl-
| bin,,S naval captain then left Colonel
SLATER going directly to Ills ship. which
sailed DIT Of tho port u fcw minutes
later, without Having communicated with
lECO!Onel Torres. anu leaving the troops
! she had landed the duy before TO snltt
| for Themselves u a . I. &, 4. "a
lin WAS PAID no LEAVE.
with tho Cattngena gone, uno With
! the freight house In control OF and strong
Nv bnrrlcadcd by tho American force.
Colonel Torres consented late Oh the III
1ornoon }of tho fourth Of tho month %
irclnU his car to Mollcndcs' arguments
Ilc, TOO, was brought to sec tho futility
Or opposing tho inevitable anu already ne
coInplished Independence of Panama, and
at la consented to rc-emba,k his troops
. =
5000 (gold).s The Royal Mail steamer
Orinocu (Engllst) was ut her dock at the
time. and as tho charge for returning
thc t-oombinn battalion 10 .Casagenn was
only about $500. (goltD, hero WIS a good
margin OF profit in tho bargain Torres
had driven, but to the discoura cement or
such patriots, It may be stated that the
Colombian government earning o. ~. ano
transaction through the wldc publiclt!
given TO It, compelled Torres to disgorgc,
when he reached Cnrtagena. The deal
having been made. the question was 10
raise the $1,000 necessary to make aF ~
effective. That amount in gold IS not TO
DO Lad on tho Isthmus Of Panama upon
demand J, and Nlollendes was IN some SOM
r1at OF ~ uuandary. There are. now y
ever. various ways out ola dilemma, ana
N1o]lrndcs fbetlOuGht lilllsell u -:
Shalcr. .35st,, e, I, I,
n .hn,opcned, very fortunately. that the
Panama Railroad had 5000 gold on, hand
nj the time, but that corporal Ion as 8, ilob
In the business OF Transporting
COLOMBIAN, soldiers at It's own expense.
rho money was Forthcoming, however,
ana i, very pfetty story WIS hen - il =.
up and sent TO tho press IN ms e, 9.ao.s
about the generosity shown 5byNtie me, meI-
cha1,tr OF Colon, and tho promptitudc,
With which they raised $4,000 gold (eaua y
IL, $4,000 in Colombian currency TO sat
isry Colonel Torres. That story was pure
Roiicn. The fact is, that when Mollenaes
reported his demands to CHonel snaler
that gentleman telegraphed 70 the hrllls
Of Isaac Brandon & Brothers ana uehiy
r,hrman. bankers, OF Panama, who held
~, ID poslt nj tho public money on Inc
5istl,m,ls. in this telegram Colonel Shalers
slated that the islhmus could 10 clcaiee.
ne3C,olombIun soldiers by tho payment OF
IS. do (gold), and asked IL the bankers
would reimburse the railroad from the
rubl.c funds IL it advanced the sum
needed Brandon & Brothers ana Eli
man lost no time In answering IN Line
ifi,.mntivc and the 5000 was delivered
nv he Panama Railroad to Governor
Alollendes, who turned it over to Col-
onel Torres. II @ ~
LOOKING AHEAD.
Thls transaction completed, the Colom-
hinn troops marched from the barracks
Ia the Royal Mail dock TO board the
steamer for Cartagena This dock runs
Albright angles to the freight mouse OF
the Panama Railroad, distant only ABOUT
on, hundred feet. and 3. the Coiomo pa = !
troops had no sooner marched out onto
tho dock than Lieutcnnnt-Co Commander
Nttzel and Colonel Black swung the line
or the American barricade out so as to
close ana command the dock on which
the Colombians were 1nassed. Y was
the morning OF the 9Th OF November be-
fore all or these details had been at.
tended to, the opposing forces having
rested on their arms during tho night OF
the 9TH. After reaching the dock ana
t,ang Just ready to so aboard the Eng
lfsh steamer, the Colombian troops threat
cned to revolt because the captain OF
the Orinoco demanded that they surrcn-
der all their arms into this ships charge
fore coming aboard. rho delay was
pro tractcd tho American force standing
guard behind its barricadc while 1t
lasted The Colonbians conceded the
point in the end, however, and stacked
arms on tho dock, leaving tito the steve
dores to take charge OF and store them
IN tho hold, Very soon thcrcaf ter the
British steamer sailed away, and tho Sc
cesstonlsts were left in absolute and I'M
opposed possession Of the entire 18TH
mus, not shot having been fired by
them in the achievement of their indie
pendence.
Such Is the story, In It's various phases
as have given 1t In this and the precctt-
ing letters, of tho recent revolution on the
Isthmus. That it brought into existence
g. new republic is n matter Of secondary
consideration to the isthmians, who count
only upon the fact That they have
brought about condition under which
the shin canal is certain to DO con-
structed. For their political liberty they
care nothing for the canal they are
willing to play In desperation, no matter
how high the stakes may be fixed, and
now that they have accomplished their
primary purpose and secured the estab-
lishment Of an American protectorntc
over TIL, Tsthmus they are willing to
abandon the Isthmus to Its fate, Sc
renely confident that the United States
will preserve its integrity and indcpen-
dencs and regulate whatever may, per-
chance, happen to go wrong,
Among the isthmians themselves talk
is already current OF the coming of that
day when tho United States will, from
self-ntercst, be compelled toaannex this
country and create It into an American
territory; and that prospect stretches
away In tho distance Just rs certainly
as does the construction Of he canal by
American enterprise, ingenuity and capl-
tai Measuring this prospect against al
that has been done in the last few
months, eliminating In tho revolution OF
the 3d of November, one must set down
the Republic of Panama as n contra
diction OF the most stupendous character
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