The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-06
RECOGNITION.
United States Recognizes De
FactO Government of Panama.
Instructions to That Effect
Sent to Both Capitals.
TROOPS HAVE LEFT.
Colombian Commander Aban-
dOns Colon to the Rebels.
Other Provinces Show No Sign
Of Joining Revolution.
BRIGHT FOR CANAL.
BRIGHT FOR CANAL.
New State Assumes All Former
Treaty Obligations.
United States Is Suspected of
FOmenting the Trouble.

Washington, Nov 6.-The United
States government has recognized the
de facto government of Panama. 1t was
announced at the state department after
the return of Secretary Hay from the
cabinet meeting that instructions have
been sent to United States Minister
Beaupre at Bogota, assuming that he
has not left the capital yet, and to Mr..
Thurman, the United States vice consul
at Panama and now acting consul there
to inform the governments of Colombia
and Panama respectively that the de
facto government is recognized
The following telegram was sent by
the state department today to Mr..
Thurman. the acting consul general of
the United States at Panama:
THE people of Panama have by an
apparently unanimous movement dis
solved their political relations with the
Republic of Colombia and assumed their
independence. When you are satisfied
that a de facto government, republican
in form and without substantial oppo-
sition from its own people has been
established in the state of Panama, you
will enter into relations with it as the
responsible government of the territory
tect the persons and property of citi-
zens of the United States and to keep
open the isthmian transit in accordance
with the obligations of existing treaties
governing the relations of the United
States to that territory"
Immediately afterward an instruction
was sent by telegram to Mr.. Beaupre,
the United States minister at Bogota,
in the following terms:
The people of Panama, having by an
apparently unanimous movement, dis
solved their political connection with
the republic of Colombia and resumed
their independence and having adopted
a government of their own, republican
in form, with which the government of
the United States of America has en-
tered into relations, the president OF the
United States, in accordance with the
ties of friendship which have so long
and so happily existed between the re-
spective nations most earnestly COM
mends to the governments of Colombia
and of Panama the peaceful and equit-
able settlement of all questions at issue
between them. He holds that he is
bound not merely by treaty obligations
but by the interests of civilization to
see that peaceful traffic of the world
across the Isthmus of Panama shall not
longer be disturbed by constant sue
cession of unnecessary and wasteful
civil wars"
TROOPS LEAVE.
Paris Nov. 6.-The French foreign
Office today received a dispatch from
the French consul at Panama confirm
ing the Associated Press dispatch from
that city and from Colon. The consul
says;
Colon has now followed the course
of Panama and is passing into the
hands of the reyolutionists. The trans
fer followed extended negotiations be-
tween the Colombian troops and the
revolutionary element. This culmi-
mated yesterday evening when the
Colombian troops surrendered and inn
medfately embarked. The change oe-
CURED without bloodshed.
"The u. S. gunboat Nashville and
the transport Dixie. with 450 American
marines are cooperating with the rail-
road company in maintaining ORDER
Another dispatch from the consul
says: "Frederico Boyd, Jose Arajano
and Tomas Arias, representing the
provisional government have come
municated with the eonsuls of the for
e1gn powers that the new state has
been constituted" The consul adds:
"The province of Cauca shows nc
sign of revolution nor has the revolu-
tien thus far spread to other provinces
The new state assumes all the former
bia.-
The last information is regarded by
the officials here as being most i'm
poruant as showing no disposition on
the part of the new republic of Panama
I'd to reDudiate the canal or other prop
erty rights acquired from Colombia
IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION
Washington, Nov. 6.-Assistant Secre-
tary of State Loomis has announced
that an official statement on the Pana,
ma situation will undoubtedly be ISSUED
from the White House innmediate teIx
after the cabinet meeting today Mr.
Loomis had an early conference witt
the president on the situation and or
leaving was asked if this statement
meant recognition of the new govern.
ment and replied that it undoubtedl,
does. He suggested that there were
many kinds Of recognition and the Uni
ted States probably would recognize
de facto government with which oul
coDsuls can transact current business
AS ii is, without recognizing a de factt
government, and as Colombia has with
drawn, there is now no government a
all there that we can transact busines
with. Mr.. LoomiS said that it is prob
able that permanent government vii
soon be established.
The Associated Press is enabled t.
state that this government win conduc
affairs with firm hand in the execu
ton of the treaty of 1876. Orders hav
manderS in the Caribbean that tn
Isthmus is to be policed the transi
kept open and also that bloodshed mus
be prevented at any cost This is fur
ther than the United States ever ha
gone heretofore, and in the opinion o
officials here indicates that the estab
lishment of the new government if
proves stable and orderly will have tn
good wishes of the United States an
our ultimate co-9reration in CONDUCTING