New-York tribune., 1904-09-22
RANG PANAMA FIRE BELL
SIGNAL FOR REBELLION
Duqus Says Cr0nlzueU Offered
Presidency of Republic.

T. GABRIEL Duqus. E6itor OF "The Panama s.ar
ana Herald" arrived yesterday from Panama on
the Advance. with John F. Wallace. engfzaer IN
charge Of the canal construction. He has been
q resident Of the izthunus for many years ard at
the time ef the revolution he was chief Of ths
Panama Fire Department. and as such had a
hand in the making Of the new republic
Mr. DuGue says he was on "the inside ot the
revolution. and consequently Is able to ada some
new light on the situation immediately before ana
after the separation Of Panama from COIomria.
He saws that the revolution was accomplished
through a lavish expenditure Of money. and he
does rot hesitate TO say that a large sum. 70 Be
raised in the United States. was offered to him.
with the Presidency Of the new republic g he
would consent TO head the revolution
I helped all could to bring about the rebsi-
Hon., he said. without g0ins tar as to actually
bear arms William Nelson Cromwell offered ms
the Presidency OF the republic IL I would lead
the rebellion / did not accept his offer. for
own much property there. The men who did lead
the rebellion. In fact all the rebel generals With
the exception Of President AnaadOr. received from
$4,000 to 5000 apiece for their work The Cuitaa
states was cOgnizant OF this believe. Il has been
said that had made agreement with Secretary
Hay. but this IS false. although we knew that the
United States would not allow the Colombian
troops to enter Panama. once we had frmly seized
the reins Of government
II vas the chief of the Panama Fire Department
at that time When al was ready. I rang the fre
alarm bell in Panama There was no fire. and when
the men got out they found il was the signal for
the revolution I supposed that the revolution was
TO begin at o'clock in the morning. but after
had my in readiness learned that IL had been
postponed for two hours. I sent the men back
70 their stations. to wait for the signal
The rebellion became an accomplished fact by
liberal use Of money. We bought this general
and that one 5000 here and 5000 there After
the capture OF the treasury. in which there was
about sS50O00. did not need any OF Mr.. CTom-
wells money All the Colombian officials got a
raks-ofr': even the Colombian general who was tC
burn Panama down over our heads. got Ss0o0 &c
feed his men, besides some 5000 in gold"
The friction which report has said existed be-
tween Governor Davis Of the canal zone ard John
T. Wallace the engineer in charge. AR DUQue
says. has been adjusted. The Slight frictiou. he
said. developed through a misunderstanding of the
extent OF each others authority
There is no serious trouble between the two
countries" he said. The right OF the United states
60 Open CrsstobaI and Ancon as free ports Is SET
forth clearly In Section Of the treaty Outside
of the government oflcals few Of the colombiazs
have read The treaty. and most Of them have an
idea that the United States simply leased ths eana
zous
"There is only the slightest opposition 90 the
established government OF Panama. despite the in
fammatoEy prouunciaraentos which have been
posted in Panama The opposition consists of only
three men. professional rsvolutoniSrs These three
men-PabIo Arossuiena. first viee-Dresidsut: pr-
ROrvas. who is not a citizen of Panama. and one
Cthef-aTo their own Io4lO~4Az L1ey h1lOW Cil@1
could never incits = revolution. because they are
afraid OF the United States. mention the
thar they could not raise an army The Arnsricazs
do not speak Spanish: they hang you' IS ROW a.
mosr a prOverb in Panama The real cause of the
opposition 20 the government Is the personal dis
IKE % these uen for Tomas Arais. secretary OF
The government. although they have raised the cry
that AmadOr Is selling the country 70 the Au1sri-
I am tola that the work the canal IS bsins done
very cheaply. The estimated cost o. excavation
was 50 cents a cubic yard I understand thar Y
July 10 was down 20 y cents. and the report
for August shows cost al only o. cents The
French company had twenry-seven sXcavaung ma
chimes. When one goC out OF order they took the
broken part from another machine taslead O. re-
pairing the broken one. The Lntcsd states has
gone 60 work repair them. and now has ssse1 n
good condition
making bOTings and studies Of soil conditions Ihe
United States gave the French company SAOoO.O9
for their studies which bad been extensive u
was found, however that they studied 50 Tar ard
ala the rest by estimate The engineers axe nOw
going over the ground and verifying these scudiss
John F. wallace came UD On the AdTa1ee 70
or6er water pipes for Panama he Ttl hrSt and
out whether Il is CHEAPER 70 buy up piping already
marufactured have II u1anu1aetuFed 70 order
He Is also here TO seek four or ave en2ineerS @
act in an advise ~ capacity At salary Q. SeoO eacA
MI wallace would not discuss his plans in detail
After visiting Jhs zn giaeerS' Club be went @
washington early IN the afternoon