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tAhllsh q government. This occurred.
Everyone knew II was . possibility. Quo
dednitely muitiplied 10 show this state OF
.onSOctobsr Is Commander Hubbard. Of
The navy: notified the navy department
On October Is &C the request Of
Humphrey and lieutenant !Grayson NAL
from . -four months 0 through the
northern portions of venexuela and Co
lombia.. They stopped In Panama on their
return 1ee t,m IN the the latter tier part Of sspt ensps h AZ
been no thought Of their going to Panama.
and their visit to the isthmus was but an
unprecedented incident of their return
anyone at Washington regarding the pos
eibiltty of q revolt. Until they n at
Colon they q no knowledge that q rev.
had gained from the Newspapers. What
they saw In Panama 80 impressed them
that h reported thereon to Lieutenant
General Young. according to his emo
became. satisfied beyond question that,
owing largely to the dissatisfaction be-
cause OF the failure of Colombia to ratify
party was In course OF organization hav-
ing for Its object the separation OF the
state OF Panama from Colombia, the lead
s sov ss,ns y Pr B.. Richard Ia, Arsnso; : former rTass
LIZA WASAA SAAS WSAW
on the isthmus arms and ammunition were
being smuggled into the city of Colon In
piano boxes. merchandise crates. etc, the
Gras French rifle, the Remington. and the
Mauser: that nearly every citizen in Pam
anna had some sort OF rifle or gun in his
that In the city Of Panama there had been
organised q nre brigade which was really,
intended Tor q evolutionary military or
gsnization; that there were representative
or the Favn1Hffnnnr yy Nrno rlRh ttn~ = = all
points on the isthmus: that in
Panama. Colon and the other. principal
places OF the isthmus police forces had
dictionary forces: h a the people on the
isthmus seemed to be unanimous in their
sentiment against the Bogota government,
and their disgust over the failure of thai
ing for the construction of the canal, and
that. q revolution might be expected Inn
mediately upon the adjournment of the
the treaty.
In View Of all these facts I directed this
navy department to have ships within
2 when it was evident the outbreak was
imminent, and when 1t was announced
both sides were ready, the following in
structions were sent to the commanders
Maintain free and Uninterrupted tram,
sit. II interruption is threatened by
armed f9 r. oecapy the line Of railroad.
= ASNSAAt AdlA0AIl6 u ally armed IOrC0 WITH
hostile intent. either government or in
surgent, at n point within fifty miles Of
npsanmnanmh,an,r Govsrnmsnt force reported: ap.
their landing II. in your judgment, the
landing would precipitate q CONFLICT"
These orders were delivered in pursuance
OF the policy on which u government had
On November 3 Commander Hubbard
=r rgs% hs SAYING that tefoTe the tele-
Colon; there had been no evolution but
the situation was critical II the revolu-
tionary leaders should act. On this same
date the Associated Press in Washington
received q bulletin stating that a reVolu-
tionary outbreak had occurred. When
this was brought to the attention of Mr..
LOOMS. he prepared the following cable
the consul at Colon:
Uprising on isthmus reported. Keep
o1par.ment promptly and fully informed.''
.v Seiore mis- telegram was sent. how.
m at Colon. as follow:
force On the , imausn' about G0y seo mens
t uneir F Shnci e.: omised support revolu-
We'll organized and si' favor f reWolntio ~, core are
m vessel, C%artagena. with about
c cS men. arr " cb early r tGday With new
expected until November 10. Tobar's ar
rival is not probable to stop revolution"
- n .sd ca y sao n was received at 2:s5 p:
telegram which he had already prepared
to both Panama and Colon. Apparently,
howevsr, the consul general at Panama
bodied in the Associated Press bulletin.
upon which the assistant secretary Of
state based his dispatch; for his answer
tboue mat tba there s't,,, was Vas no uprising. al
answer being received at BIS p. m. Im-
mediately afterwards he sent another dis
patch. which was received at $3.50 p. M.
saying that the uprising had occurred.
and had been successful. with no blood
shed. The Colombian gunboat Bogota
next began to she'll the city of Panama,
The consul general was directed to notify
her to stop firing. Meanwhile, on Noyem-
Der 4. Commander Hubbard notified the
department that he a landed a force
to protect the lives and property of Amer
lean citizens.
Before any step whatever had been
taken by the United States troops to re-
landed Colombian troops had INDUCED in
wanton and violent threats against
American citizens. which created serious
reported in his letter Of November S, this
officer and his troops practically began
war against the United States. and only
shed. The letter Of Commander Hubbard
follows:
~. S. 8. Nashville, Third Rate, Colon,
Y. .. Colombia, November 5. 1903.-Sir:
Pending a complete report of the occur
ences Of the last three Jays in Colon.
Colombia, / invite attention to those OF
Wednesday, November 4, which amounts
ed to practically the making of war
against the United States by the Colom-
bian troops in Colon. At 1 D. m. I was
summoned on shore and met the United
States consul, vice consul and Colonel
Shaier, the superintendent of the Panama
railroad. The consul had received notice
from Colombian Colonel Torres that IL
the Colombian officers, Generals Tobal
and Amaya. who had been seized In Pam
anna and held as prisoners, were not re-
leased by 2 o'clock p. m. he. Torres,
would. open fire on Colon and kill every
United States citizen. I advised that
United States citizens take refuge in the
shed OF the Panama Railroad company, q
stone building susceptible of defense, and
that I would land men with extra arms
for citizens. I Immediately returned on
board, arriving at lis p. m. At 1880 the
boats left with AZ men under Lieutenant
Commander Fl. NJ. .Witzel. 1 gave verbal
orders to take the building referred 20
and protect the citizens assembled Their
not firing unless fired upon. The women
and children took refuge on the German
steamer Marcomania and Panama rail-
road steamer City OF Washington. The
Nashville / got underway and patrolled
the water front ready to use small arms
or s%hrapnel. The Colombians surrounded
the building OF the railroad Immediately
after we had taken possession, and for
bou one and a half hours their attitude
was most thraofoptnp AZ hofpD Soortrrly