The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-02

reason the treaty we have. negotiated I with Panama was so quickly accepted by | the Junta. s7 'f'Hif.f 2z
 Looking at the situation from our own standpoint, in full realization of the causes Panama had to revolt against Co., lombia, we would have been foolish, n- deed, had we not acted as we did. Speedy l recognition of the republic, thereby aiding it to gain it's feet, has given the United | Staes more perfect control over the | Isthmus than it could have secured by the payment of $5O,cco.oOO to Colombia. What We Gain. ..-- In the first place. the people here look | upon us as their friend and are. ready to rely upon and trust us implicitly. In Che | second place, the Canal Treaty is so lib- | eral in it's grants to us that we could not l have asked more, except we had asked | a cesslon of the entire territory. We are l free under the treaty, and in return for l the same terms offered Colombia. to do exactly as we please over the canal strip; to make and enforce sanitary regulations over the zone and fin the cities of Panama and Colon; to bring into these ports free of duty all the supplies needed in the ca- nal work, and we secure the islands Tn Panama Bay, lying just off the entrance to the canal. and a little work will con- vert these islands into veritable Gibral- tars. Our dominion over the canal strip Is. in short, virtually complete This we could not have secured from Colombia. In securing 1t as we have done we not only get that but at the same time we get dominating influence over the gov ernment of the country through which the canal is to run. That we could not have secured from Colombia, for the Gov ernment, had the Hay-Herran Treaty been ratified and the revolution of No vember never taken place, would have centered at Bogota, far from our inhu- enee and control. To anybody familiar with the craftiness and trickery of Latin American politics this. advantage, will ap- pear as1 a most important one.
 That we shall ever have occasion to take up arms against Colombia to sus- taih thIs republic is a suggestion one nev- CT hears on the Isthmus save among the members of the American colony in this city. Rumors of all sorts are current in this regard, but none of them are defin- ite. It Is said that Colombians are al- ready moving toward Panama; their camps have in fact been located, and tales of invasion and coming warfare are cir- culated.
 War Not Thought Of.
 The knowing-the native PanAmaiahs-- only shrug their shoulders at these tales. In GSOVernInenI circles there IS some 'HIfl6 show of resistance in preparing for re- sistance; but this is a blum equal in size to that which Senor Jose Agustin Arangoi passed to Colonel Torres over the teie- phone wire between Panama and this city on the evening of the 4th of November. Colonel Torres had been demanding that he be allowed to communicate with Gen erals Tovar and Amaya. The demand was refused, but as a substitute he was allowed to talk to Senor Arango. After little preliminary. palaver Colonel Tor res. in trying to convince Senor Arrange of the folly of the revolution, said:
 ''I have 5000 troops"
 "We have 4,0OO," answered Arango, quick as a flash: "all armed and equipped for active service|
 T shall march upon Panama tomor- row" said Torres
 ''Why wait until tomorrow asked Arrange. I've are not waiting. As talk our 4OOO men are marching past this building, taking the road for Colon to attack you and drive you out of the coun- try"
 Every we'll" said Torres, q shall move with my 5000 at once and meet you half way"
 ''Cie. senor," answered Arango. That Is agreeable. We shall meet along the line of the rairoad-yOur 5000 and our l.OOO-and there we will fight
 The Situation is Simple.
 Torres had 4jO half grown boys. Ara IL