Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-04

would approve by degrees the ratill-
cation Of the canal treaty as signed; or
II the government of the United States
prefers, would call extra session OF
the congress-with new and friendly
reimbursement May to approve the
treaty"
CANAL DEFINITELY LOCATED.
"Thld--Flnally the Congress defn-
itely settled where the canal was to be
built. II was provided that q treaty
should be made for building the canal
across the isthmus Of Panama; and IT,
after reasonable time, 1t proved impos-
sible 10 secure such treaty, that then
we should go to Nicaragua, The trea-
~ has been made for It needs no argu-
ment to show that the intent OF the
Congress was TO insure a canal across
Panama
PANAMA BECOMES INDEPENDENT
The president relates the delay Of the
Colombian congress in taking action on
the treaty and the breaking out OF the
revolution three days after that body
ended its session in October without
passing upon the document. panama,
he says, became an independent safe
and the control Of the territory neces-
sary for building the canal then be-
came obtainable. The condition under
which alone we could have gone to
Nicaragua thereby became impossible
of fuhlment II the pending treaty
with Panama should not be ratified by
the senate, this would not alter the
fact that we could not 90 20 Nicaragua.
The Congress has decided the route
and there Is no alternative under the
existing legislation
COLOMBIA REPEATEDLY
WARNED,
The president says that Secy. Hay
had repeatedly warned Colombia that
grave consequences might follow from
her rejection OF the treaty and although
the administration has special means OF
knowledge, no such means were neces-
sary in order to appreciate the POSSIBLE
ity OF revolutionary outbreak.
Quotations from daily papers. said
he, could he indefinitely multiplied to
show this state of affairs ahd the
president quotes dispatches sent by
special correspondents TO Washington
and New York papers under dates ex-
tending over q period from Aug. 81 to
oct. 26, telling of the stirred condition
OF affairs,
REVOLUTION FoRESEEN.
The president had also, on Oct. 10, at
the request Of Lieut. Gen. Young, seen
Cant II. Il, Humphrey and Lieut..
Grayson Mallet- Provost Murphy, who
had lust returned from iOur-mOnths'
tour through portions Of Venezuela ana
Colombia. They had Informed him that
Il was the general belief that the reN0-
luton might break out at any moment.
"In view Of all these facts, says the
president, II directed the navy de-
partment to issue instructions such as
would insure your having ships wlthlh
easy reach Of the lsthmus IN the event
of need arising"
Then on Nov. 9, when II was evident
that the outbreak was imminent, In
structlons had been sent to the com,
nander of the Boston, Nashville ana
Dixie to maintain free ana unln'eI.
rupted transit, If interruption Is
threatened by armed force, occupy the
line OF railroad Prevent LANDING OIL
any armed force with hostile intent,
either government or insurgent, az any
poInt within 80 miles OF Panama
PRACTICALLY MADE WAR ON u s.
ON Nov. 3. Commander John Hubbard
nj the Nashville, had reported TO the
navv department that 400 Colombian
troops from Cartagena had landed IN
Colon and that the situation was most
critical The president then quotes
from commander Hubbards repor on
Nov. g. 10 the navy department. III
,vhich the commander said the occur
rences of Nov. g. had amounted 10
practically the making OF war against
,he United states by the officers III
command of the Colombian troops IN
Colon" The United states consul mad
received notice from Col Torres 10 lne
effect that " the Colombian oihcels'
Gems Tobal and Amaya, who had peeh
seized in Panama on Nov by the M
dependents were not released by
clock he. Torres, would open IRE on
the town OF Colon and kill every United
States citizen In the place C0mmander
Hubbard then relates the landing OF
the AZ marines, under command OF
Iieut. Commander Wit1el, as told IN
the press dispatches at the time, ana
The threatening attitude OF the native
soldiers while the United states ma,
rines were intrenched In the railroad
companys shed where our citizens mao
,oknn refuge. Commander Hubbard
fold also Of refusing to allow Supl'
Shaler OF the Panama railway TO lrahs-
,.o,t ,rnnpu for other side,
ORDERS TOO LONG DELAYED
The president continues; This plain
ofllclal account Of the occurrences OF
Nov, 4. shows that Instead OF there
having been too much provision by the
American government for the malnlen-
once of order and the protection or lie
and property on the lsthmus, the or
dera for The movement Of the American
warships had been too long delayed 80 80
long, in. fact, that there were put "
marines and sailors available TO lahu
and protect the lives Of American men
and women II was only the colness
and the galantry with which TINS llttie
band OF men wearing the American UNI,
form faced 10 times their number OF
armed foes. bent on carrying out lne
atroclous threat Of the Colombian com.
mandcr, that prevented a numerous
catastrophe. At Panama, when me rev
olutlon broke out there was no Alneli.
can man-of.Yar and no American