The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
ORDERS WERE
ALL WITHHELD
Presidents Reply TO Senator
Germans Resolution.
NOTHING NEW GIVEN OUT
REAL TRUTH WILL LIKELY RE-
MAIN UNKNOWN.

tkIASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The presi-
; wv dent sent to the senate today a
mass Of correspondence in re-
Spouse to Senator Germans resolution
calling for the dates and circumstances
under which the United states used
military forces in the internal affairs
: OF New Granada or Colombia. and
whether such uses Of military forces
were on the initiative of the United
states by the request of New Granada
Or colombia, or in consequence Of any
othclaf representation Of either The
resolution also called for copies of the
oFuers by the navy department relat-
ing 10 such use Of military force.
me circumstances under which forces
were landed are given by the president
~ detail, but orders by the war and
navy departments concerning the work
ngs of such departments and which
WI constitute a part Of the records Of
the offices Of the military and naval in
telllgeHce, are withheld on the grounds
that the disclosure Of such confidential
matters would be incompa tibIe with
the public interest.
Letter Withheld.
The president, in his letter of trans
initial, says:
The correspondence. since Nov. Is,
lS02, referred to in the letter Of the sec
rotary Of the navy which has not al
ready been transmitted 10 the senate
has no reference to the matters Gov
cred by the resolutions, and deals with
military governments, and for that rea-
son 1t is deemed Incompatible with the
public interest TO make it public at this
time
As a preface to the correspondence
Acting Secretary Of State LOOMS
writes q letter in which he says all the
correspondence on record in the de-
partment of state IS given. and that
from this it appears United States
forces have been landed on the isthmus
Of Panama ten times The first was IN
October. 1886, at the request Of Panama
authorities: the second in September,
1850 with the sanction Of Panama au-
thorities. Other lands were as fol-
lows:
May 1851: June. 1862: March, 1865; in
1856, the month not given; in 1878: in
1885; in November. 1901, and in Septem- /
Der, 1902. The last mentioned landing
was the only one made without actual
request from the government OF the
isthmus. The secretary, in regard to
this, says: Forces were landed to
Of the state being duly notified"
Used Armed Forces.
Acting Secretary LOOMS says. fur |
Their: THE accompanying papers also |
show as a reply TO the second request !
Of the senate resolution, that the United 4
states has been requested by New !
Granada and Colombia TO execute by (
armed forces the guaranty for the neu- /
. 4 .
eighty of New Granada or Of Colombia. /
and the dates and circumstances Of /
such requests, particularly by the notes I
from the GFanadian legation Of May. /
1869; June %, 1852; Sept. IS, 1862, and I
from the Colombian Legations Of April 4
and 4,.1S65.
IN reply 10 the third request Of the 4
resolution it appears from the CORE
spondence that on one occasion United
States forces were landed solely on the
initiative of the United States-namely-
IN September, 1902-when the Panama
we're duly notified Of the
proposed landing.
THE correspondence further shows, I
as a reply 20 the fourth request Of the
senate resolution, that the forces OF
the United states have never been en-
Dloyed in the internal affairs OF Newt
Granada or Colombia otherwise than
10 protect l nlIeQ states property ana
maintain order and the freedom of the
ransit on the isthmian territory under
he provisions of the treaty of 1875"
Letters Number Thirty-six.
The state department letters are
-hirty-siX in number The first is
lated Oct. 2. 1856, and the last Oct. t.
1902. Secretary Moody sent the copy
n the navy department relating 10
andings OF MARINES on the isthmus,
and says that to answer fully the Teso-
ution he VIII be compelled 10 include
everything from 1916 to 1886 This. he
;aid, would demand the examination of
loo inadequately indexed volumes and
he selection and copying Of proper
matter. He sent to the senate today
he complete. correspondence in the
lies of the department from 1887 TO
late. that covering the period from
March 3. 1902. TO Nov. IS. 1902, being
IN a senate document which
5 included. He says the CORES pondence
since Nov. is. 1902 has been transmit
ed from time 10 time as received The
etter from the navy department alone
makes more than LOCO typewriter
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