The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-05


d, .,,,.n.. n .,ns a matter or
wv :, % '.a tn,,ott, Quotations from the
~ n, ',,arars rn,,id tc indefinitely multi
,N,aa ta show Ills state Of affairs h
p ..s, . =. eli .,,,,,rn n
VIII ie g, ", sH,u ~ &c snntcbcs to
p,a ~, sb,,,rton !: post md some nf tile
Nav yort ,Snrs ia show that there was
!, s,.n,,s rsa,inr ~ ,,nrest md a senti-,
=, "a Sf,s ,.ni,ni,,i,nn ~ tl,c tsthnl,,s "A
Quotations, he saws could DO multi
n,ic,l irdefinitely.{ Suffice it Z say, that
L wns notorious that revolutionary trou-
Bio q serious nature was VA, Impending snrss
upon the lsthinus. ~, 'l,Mus ,.oe
sarS to rely eSclusiveiy upon sur,. sst,
ernl means of Information i, on oetoner
.ubtif,n,l thnF Navy Department that,
,s.a.l.' ~. s,.as .,,,ia, ~ lin 18TH.
."us ..,s, w H., ,,ro,,c mi in ne
State OF Catca Oh October 18TH, at tho
saw captain c. y. Humphrey and Lie,i-
t,nan, erayson Molet pre s,d,,, Murphy Fa,
who had Just returned IRON, iouf
months tour through inc hor,ncrh ~, poi,
stor,ned in Panama on their return III
~, IN ia, r.rt RI snpte,nber. At the
M, M they ,v ere sent dnwr there had been
no thought Of their going to Panama
ana their visit to the Isthmus was but
an ,,npremeditated Incident Of their re-
turn Journey; nor had they been spoken 1il,
to BY anyone ut Wash.i,Eto" l,.,ii 49,.
the possibility of revolt Cntia .l,es
landed at Colon they hno no MnoW'e ease
:, -, t,,s.. ,,ni Ira,ne, from the nawspa-
W. NJ WI. WS,t 't thaS saw in panama 50 i'm
Pressed press them tia that they reported thereon
to Lieutenant-G q enc Young acco' u''is
~ T., ms ,,,, ~ rs,,rs thcv became
.a y :, -. so,,nr,a onestnn that. osing
"a relv n lie diss;itisfaction because OF
the III, : failure of Colombia to r.tify the
Hny-Herran treaty, q retolutonary parry l
was IN course OF oIsati la ~ ,a stnfo
lot n.s op'. 800. ,,.e ~ lie ldtr he
- ire ~. Richard Nrango, a former gov
eri1or of Panama: that when they. were on
the isthmus arms and amrnuliil. ~ WI j.,
being smuEgieu mo VIZ ,e oI ma
pno poAes' NY hn,,,,- min cinauv Ire
S Ina T rrnnch rine ne Renilna ton ana
he Ma,,ser.i that nearly every cit zen II
Panama had some sort of rifle or gun IN
his posses sion, with ammunitio ,tneret !, 4
that IN the CITY o. f ,tinaha 1,,jcb ,v,,
r uesn 4, Stenaed for revoiutionary mi
tary orga ,iizat on I; that there were rep
resentatives Of the revolutlo. airy o. or
ganization 7 all important rGi,..s ~ va ~,
sthlnus; thal IN Ia,ai,ta; 10 ethn,,'s M
H;t a nan IN hee, orranszea which were
in realty Revolutionary forces: that the
people on the isthmus. seemed t. Pc
unan nous In their sentiment asliii li.,,
Bogota sos t,,r 81 4,,at roVeranen7 TO
-, the trcatv nrovitlinr for the con-
struction of the canal. and that a revolu-
ton might be expected Immediately u on
the adj9urnment O. ne Coio ny t'nl;i "a
s'ess w" ~ I...a,.t,,,oa -
VI MY dl LII .'e e'"ie -
Northumberland Young regarded
their report as of such Importance as to
make it advisable that should person.
ally see these officers. They told me
what they had already reported to the
lieutenant-general, adding that on the
Isthmus the excitement was seeth'ns,
and that the Colombian troops were re-
ported to be disaffected. In response to
q question of mine they Informed me
that it was the general belief that the
revolution might break out at any mo-
ment, and If 1t did not happen before
would doubtless take place Immediately
after the closing Of the Colombian Con-
Eress lat the end of October) If the canal
treaty were not ratified. They were
certain that the revolution would oc.-
cur and before leaving the Isthmus had
r,ade 1tho,r ovn Reckoning as to the time,
.auI ' .M Jnd 81 down heinz nroba.
- Il, ftar thai,a
bly, from tnree 70 TOUR WEEKS ~ 49, ny" ,Ht
leaving. The reason lhey SET thls as .!te
probable inside limit of time was that
tLey reckcned that ii would be at'least
thre, or four weeks-say not until Octo-
be-, 2Oth--beforc Il sufficient quantity of
arms and munitions would have been
landed.
In view OF all these lacts ! u.recteu
the Navy Ceparttieh' ~ .sSe 49, ha,,,,, :.
LILIES Sucn uS "ouiu
I n tfa svs,,i ot need arising. orders were
s,ven IN October 10Th 10 the Boston to
proceed to San Juan del Cur. Nicaragua;
to the Dixie to prepare to sail from
League Island and to the Atlanta tofp pro,
the Nashvills was ordered to proceed to
Colon. on november "a "heh' tne "a :.
lcmelan Congress hav'ng ,o au'uu,,'I - =, =
nent. and when it was announced that
,,eth sidos ,yero mn xiv ready forces whose
.sea,i,,t. ,,c,,lG ma, h,oodshed ana dis
lHee.ins G,lanahI,n troons havino been
order' me ooioiilo.a,l u1oro tdiIon.i,,,, In.
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