Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-06
JOSE A. arrange.
FEDERICO BOYD,
TOMAS ARIAS."
Conference Last Night.

Conference Last Night
At conference at the White House last
night of the President Secretary Hay, Sec
retary Moody. Assistant Secretary LOOMS.
Rear Admiral John G. Walker retired, and
Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, chief of
the bureau of navigation, it was decided to
make statement today regarding the Pan
anna provisional government. Secretary
Hay and Secretary Moody dined with the
PRESIDENT, and later were joined by the
other officials The conference ended short
ly after II o clock
A cablegram was received last night from
the American consul at Colon saying that
the 400 Colombian troops which arrived
there Monday on the Cartagena had sailed
away.
The departure of the troops from Colon
greatly relieves the seriousness of the sit =
uatfon, and the arrival of the Dixie relieved
the general apprehension here regarding
the safety of American lives and property
The Prairie will sail from League Island
next week with 300 marines for Guantana-
mo, ana In case the situation continues Sc
rlous on the isthmus the Prairie will pro-
coed thence to Colon and land additional
marines
Favorable to New Government.
Orders have been sent to the various ma
val commanders in the Caribbean that the
isthmus is to be policed. the transit kept
open and also that bloodshed must be pre-
vented at any cost. This is further than
the United States ever has gone heretofore
and in the opinion of officials here indicat ties
that the establishment of the new govern
ment at Panama, If it proves stable and or
derby, will have the good wishes of the
United States and our ultimate recognition
and cooperation in conducting an orderly
and permanent government on the isthmus
Advocates of the construction of the PAN
anna canal say this assures the execution
OF that project.
The dispatch received yesterday from the
executive board of the new government
announcing the establishment of the pro-
vislonal government of the republic of Pan
anna stated that its action was in response
to, a popular and spontaneous demand on
the part of the isthmian people and that
the board was assured OF the necessary
military strength to carry out its determi-
nation.
1t was first intended to send a reply to
the three consuls, but after the conference
last night 1t was decided that no announce
ment would be made as to the character of
this reply until today.
European Approval
This government, 1t was said last night
is interested, but not surprised to note the
European approval of it's policy as shown
in the dispatches from London, Berlin and
Paris but it added by a high official
that the restoration of orderon the isthmus
and its maintenance had been long desired
by the European powers, and that the
United States was in reality doing, them and
their interests a service.
DR.. Herran, the Colombian charge here
said last night he had not received any
more news from his government regar ding
the revolt in Panama, nor has he had any,
thing from the officials on the isthmus He
may make report to his government of
the conditions on the isthmus as he learns
them here and of the feeling of the United
VOL n ant in fba
Cable Communications.
The State Department has received infor-
nation to the effect that communication
with Buena Ventura. the Colombian port
on the Pacific coast. and with the interior
points has been restored. This has been
interrupted for time owing it was sup
posed. to the cutting of the cable by the
revolutionists. Recourse, it is supposed
has been had to another cable controlled
by the Central and South American Tele-
graph and Cable Company, which stretches
across the Pacific ocean from the CoIom-
bian shore to a point in the state of Pan
anna, but which avoids the city where the
reVolutloDistS are operating.
Freedom From Attack.
Owing to Colombias other complica-
tions, it would seem that the new claimant
will be free not only from attack from the
continental side, but need fear nothing
from the mother country from the sea
The army cannot move against Panama,
and the navy is as filled with the isthmian
spirit of revolution as are the people on
shore The gunners of the fleet are Amer
leans and Englishmen and the engineering
forces are also made up of adventurous
spirits from the United States and Great
Britain, who would welcome the opportu-
nifty to get back into an Anglo-Saxon land
without being compelled to move out of
the country. Friends of the revolutionary
movement say that the guns of the fleet
are more likely to be turned on the Colon
bian government than on the revolution,
and the latest advices seem to justify this
view of isthmian affairs.
Miles for Police Commissioner