The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-04
PANAMA CORRESPONDENCE

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 which has not already been transmitted to the Senate, has no reference to the matters covered by the resolution and deals with military movements, and it is for that reason deemed incompatible with the public interest to make it pub lie at this time.'
 As a preface to the correspondence Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes a 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, 1S56 at the request of Panama authorities; the second in September, 1S60 with the sanction of Panama au- thorities. On landing were as follows: May, 1861; June 1862; March, 1865; in 1866, the month not given; in 1873, in November 1891 and in September 1902 The last mentioned landing was the on- ly one made without actual request from the government of the isthmus
 The secretary in regard to this says: Forces were landed to keep open the transit, the governor of the state being
 duly notified
 Acting Secretary Loomis says fur | ther:
 "The accompanying papers also show, as reply to the second request of the
 Senate resolution. that the United
 States has been asked by New Grenada and by Colombia to execute by armed force, the guaranty of the neutrality of l the isthmus or of the. sovereignty of l New Grenada or Colombia and the dates and circumstances of such re- quests particularly by the notes from jthe Grenada legation of May, 1869, June I26, 1862, September 1S 1862, and from the Colombian legation of April and A. 1885.
 Tn reply to the third request of the resolution it appears from the corre- lspondence that on one occasion United
 States forces were landed solely on the initiative of the United States-namely, l in September 1902-when the Panama authorities were duly notified of the proposed landing.
 | "The correspondence further shows, as a reply to the fourth request of the
 Senate resolution, that the forces of
 the United States have never been em- ployed in the internal affairs of New Grenada or Colombia otherwise than to
 protect United States property and
 maintain order and the freedom of the l transit on the isthmian territory under
 the provisions of the treaty of 1S46'' | The state department letters are
 thirty-six in number The first is dated
 October ?, 1856, and the last October 16, 1 1902
 | Secretary Moody sent the correspond- ence in the navy department relating
 to landings of marines on the isthmus
 and says that to answer fully the Sem
 ate resolution he will be compelled to include everything from 1S46 to 1886. This he said would demand the exam | ination of one hunrded inadequately in- tdexed volumes and the selection and I Icopying of proper matter. He sent to
 the Senate to-day the complete corre-
 from 1887 to date. that covering the pe-
 riod from March 3, 1902. to November | Is, 1902, being contained in a Senate
 document which is included. He says the correspondence since November 16 1902, has been transmitted from time to
 time as received.
 | The letters from the navy depart
 ment alone make more than 1000 type
 written pages.