The sun., 1903-11-12
Full RECOGNITION OF PANAMA.
President to Receive Minister Bunsu-
Varilla Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1i.-Full and formal
recognition OF the de facto Government
OF Panama, with which the United States
has entered into relations" will he given
by President Roosevelt on Friday, when
NJ Philippe Bunau-Varlla will be re-
cnlvcd hy the President as the Minister
plauipotentiary and Envoy Extraor linary
of IT,, new republic. AS NJ Bunau-
V. .rila said this evening: from that
rluIlent the Government OF Panama will
cr'cr into the family Of nations"
The arrangements for the presentation
were made this afternoon at conference at
Secretary Hays house between MIR. Hay
an VI. Bunau-Varilla. The latter will
cali on Mr.. Hay at the State Department
auout o'clock on Friday morning. and at
go will be presented to the President at
,Ae White House by Mr.. Hay In handing
to the President his credentials, the new
Minister vii! make an appropriate address.
ami the President will respond.
NJ. Bunau-Varila is TO be recognized
as having full diplomatic powers. dis
hI,n on Nov. 8 by The Junta at Panama,
nalned him as Minister Plenipotentiary
and Envoy Extraordinary, and as such
hc will be received and his name entered
upon the official diplomatic list as member
to Lie ce.ving the Isthmian Government
las been made, or is expected, from Franco,
Of which country, he is citizen. NJ.
FuNau-Varilla said this evening that he
objection to a French citizen serving in a
civil capacity a government with which
F.ancc was on friendly terms.
&ecr,tary Hay and NJ. Bunau-y yarlla
discussed canal matters and other things
a. their conference this afternoon. Pre-
snmabiy as a result of that conference,
NJ }unau- Varilla sent a telegram this
"Tening to the Junta at Panama urging
hat the Junta receive Col. Reyes. the Vice
P'eedent of Colombia If he came accredited
i Was reported that Col. Reyes had started
IRON Bogota for Panama on peace mission
and tina; The Junta bad sent word 10 him
not to come. THE SUN learns from Gov
wollG suggest to the Junta that Col Reyes
be received. A refusal to permit him to
cone TO the Isthn.us would be inconsistent,
il was said, with the statement in the in
structi0"s from Secretary Hay to the United
States Mrister al Bogote that the President
most earnestly commends to the Govern
mento Of Colombia and Of Panama the peace
ftl and equitable settlement of all questions
at Issue between them"
rance has recognized the de facto Gov
cr0meLI OF the lstn.nus, and the German
l."ternmcnt has voluntarily assured the
u''ad Stat Ambas $ador at Berlin That II
la no intention Of interfering with 18TH
irrri diiairs. The recognition nv France
pa'es the way for the rest OF Europe. In
the words of Minister BunauNariila when
~" two nations most interested, France
an the United States, recognize the new
t"nublic, other nations will do the same,
feeling assured that the recognition would
not have been accorded unless the de facto
Government We're capable of protecting
the interests Of the United States and
France.
nHcial information of the action of
fra.!ce came to the State Department this
afternoon in the following message from
Zen. Horace Por er United States Am
tass s.dor at Paris:
The French people are much pleased
NNh events in Panama, and commend the
arllon of the United States there The
itCnch Government has entered into re-
Iations VITA the de facto Government
An unpleasant inc dent has been happily
ayerted by the departure from the Colom-
nlaN wort Of Bucua V,ntura ct the two
hliilSh merchant vessels which the CoioIn-
hlaN Govern 1.n:, &C, riding to report,
was to us" Ia transport troop- 70 the 18TH
mus, The State Department had been
rlorined that these vessels had been de-
ll"!ncd Ivy the Colombian authorities. and
lH" Department informed the British En-
,'ssY. iussructions woro sent by the
Navy '"i'ar' Tert - naval commanders
a. panama 10 prevent these vosses from
hEdiHP Colombian troops. Word came
I" ,he ht'ts Department to-day that The
vessels had been released but Rear