Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-07

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 March, 1S65.-Revolution and United States troops landed
 August, 1S65.-Riots; unsuccessful att tempt to invade Panama.
 March, ,1866.-Unsuccessful revolution.
 April, 1S67.-Attempt to overthrow gov-. ernment.
 August, 1S67-Attempt at revolution.
 July 5, ,1S68.-Revolution: provisional gov- ernment inaugurated.
 Aug. 29, 86S-Revolution; provisional government overthrown.
 April, 1871-Reyolution; followed appar- ently by counter revolution.
 April, 1S73-Revolution and civil war which lasted to October, 1875.
 August, 1875-Civil war which lasted un- til April, 1877.
 July, 1878.-Rebellion
 December 1878.-Revolt.
 April, 1879.-Revolution.
 June, 1S79.-Revolution.
 March, 18S3.-Riot.
 May, 1883.-Riot.
 June, l884-Revolutionary attempt
 December, ,18s4.-Revolutionary attempt.
 January, 18s5.-Revolutionary disturb ances.
 March, ,18s5.-Revolution.'
 April, 1ss7-Disturbance on Panama railroad.
 November, 1887. s7.-Disturbance on line of canal
 January. 1889.-Riot.
 January, 1S95.-Revolution which lasted until April.
 March, 1s95--Inoendiary attempt.
 October, 1899.-Revolution 6
 February, 1900, to. July, 1900-Revolution.
 January, 1901.-Revolution.
 July, 1901.-Revolutionary disturbances.
 September, 1so1.-City of Colon taken by rebels.
 March, h,1902.-Revolutionary disturbances X July, 1902.-Revolution.
 The above is only a partial list of the ,1snh fr11v iNv1e riots and other outbreaks that have oc- cured during the period in question, yet they number fifty three for the ffty-seven years. 1t will be noted that one of them lasted for nearly three years before it was quelled; another for nearly year. In short, the ex- perience of over half century has shown Colombia to be utterly incapa- ble of keeping order on the isthmus. Only the active interference of the United States has enabled her to pre- serve so much as semblance of sover- eighty. Had it not been for the exer- else by the United States of the police power in her interest her connection with the isthmus would have been sum dered long ago. In 1856, in 1860, in 1873, in 1885, in 1901 and again in 1902 sailors and marines from United States warships were forced to land in order to patrol the isthmus, to protect life and property and to see that the tran sit across the isthmus was kept open. Tn 1861, in 1862, in 1885 and in 1900 the Colombian government asked that the United States government would land troops to protect it's interests and maintain order on the isthmus. LATEST PROPOSITION OF COLON
 BIA.
 Perhaps the most extra ordinary re- quest is that which has just been re- ceived and which runs as follows:
 Knowing that revolution has all ready commenced in Panama Ian emil nent Colombian1 says that if the gov ernment of the United States will land troops to preserve Colombian sover- eighty and the transit, if requested by Colombian charge d'affaires, this gov ernment will declare martial law and by virtue of vested constitutional au- thority, when public order is disturbed, will approve by decree the ratification of the canal treaty as signed, or if the government of the United States pre- fers will call extra session of the con-. gress-with new and friendly members next May to approve the treaty. [An eminent Colombian] has the perfect confidence of vice president, he says, and if 1t became necessary will go to the isthmus or send representative there to adjust matters along above lines to the satisfaction of the people there
 This dispatch is noteworthy from two standpoints. It's offer of immediately guaranteeing the treaty to us is in sharp contrast with the positive and contemptuous refusal of the congress which has just closed its sessions to consider favorably such a treaty It shows that the government which made the treaty really had absolute control over the situation, but did not choose to exercise this control. The dispatch further calls on us to restore order and secure Colombian supremacy in the isthmus from which the Colombian government has just by its action de- cided to bar us by preventing the con- struction of the canal.
 IMPORTANCE OF UNDISTURBED
 TRANSIT.
 The control, in the interest of the commerce and traffic of the whole civil lized world of the means of undisturb- ed transit across the isthmus of Pan anna has become of transcendent i'm portance to the United States. We have repeatedly exercised this control by intervening in the course of domes- tic dissension and by protecting the territory from foreign invasion. In 1853 MT. Everett assured the Peruvian minister that we should not hesitate to maintain the neutrality of the isth- mus in the case of war between Peru and Colombia. Tn 1864 Colombia, which has always been vigilant to avail itself of it's privileges conferred by the treaty, expressed its expectation that in the event of war between Peru and Spain the United States would carry into eff feet the guarantee of neutrality. There baya 4haan faw adniniStraf fiaps of tho