The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-15

nunder which alone We could have gone
20 Nicaragua thereby became Impossible
| Panama should moi be- raiincd 6v The
senate. this would not alter the fact that
Ne could not go to Nicaragua Tho con
grcss has decided the route, and thcre T.
| no alternative under existing legislation
| The president says that after the
allure OF the Colombian congress TO
| fatify the treaty IL seemed that the gov
| eminent would have to go Go the Meat
| tsun route. ana that he had made the
| original draft Of his mcssng" to congress
| along that line. This was onc OF three
| alternatives that confronted the govern.
iucnt. Another was that the people 81
| their own interests into their own hands
and cetahlls. n government. competent
and willing 70 do It, share In the con
CURED, and made tho rcvcrtinE 20. the
| Nicarauuun route unnecessary. and. In
fact. impossible under the authority Of
the president us vested In him by tho
action Of congress.
Report of Com mn ndrr Hubbard.
The president cmphEtlcally denies that
this government had any hand in the
lnstigatlng Of this revolution. lie knew
~ all the world did. that such was I'M
mlnent. and THE nav department took
necessary measures to protect american
Interests, but nothing further. lie gives
| copies Of the orders Eant to commanding
officers OF American wnrshlps, aud th.ir
various report. upon the situation ~.
war upon the United states ut colon, and
quotes tho report Of Commander Hub
/ bard OF the Nashville. dntcl November
!, TO sustain this charge. In this report
Commander Hubbard saya IN purii
Pending n complete report ct the .oc.
cuftcncps OF the lhat three days In Colon,
colombia. I most respectfully invite the
departments attention to those ~ the
date ~ "wednesday. November which
Si,PD a%a.sSinS%9 ihS rn.tSsd State by the
officer IN command OF the Colombian
troops IN Colon. A. one O'Clock. o. ~. on
| tina date I was summoned on shore hy a
prccUuCcrtcd signal, and on landing met
tho United States consul. vice CONSUL iinl
Col. Shaicr. the genera! SUPERINTENDENT
Of tho Panama railroad the consul ~,
formed me that he had received notice
from the officer commanding the Cplpm'
bltn troops. Col TsrrOs, through. the
tui1mb an officers. GcnH Tohl aud
Amayn. who had BEEN seized la Panama
tho independents hpd held az prisoners,
were not released - twO o'clock y. NJ
he. Torres. would open nrc on ~" town
citizen In the place. and my advice and
action were rogucyied. J advised maj AZ
tho United STATE; S.tiScns should axe
road company, . stone building susc.pt-
iblc OF being pul int, good state ior, dc,
tense. and mat : would immediately LAND
arfnlng the citizens. us the complement
OF the ship would permit, This was
Tor iandins .aA Immediately given, and
At igO y, ~. The boats left the ship with
4 party OF - men under the command Of
Lieut.. Com nAndcr ". NJ. witzcl. with
Midshipmal, J. H.. Jackson rs second In
command. Time being. pressing. save
building sbovo referred to. TO put Il into
the best state OF defense possible, and
protect tic lives OF the citizens assembled
thcrc-nyt nring unless nrci upon.
The Co.umbians surrounded tn" build
Ing OF the railroad company almost I'M
mellat,ly after We hgd taken possession,
aud fC about one and u hall hours their
attituLe was most threatening, IL huluk
Sccm.ngly their purpose TO provoke an
attack. Happily our men were cool aud
great no shot was fired. At about 3!l5
= al. col Torres came into the building
~ most friendly o. Americans. claiming
That tho whole s1hlr was "a misappro.
heugion and that he would ike to send
Goa, Tobal and hay. him direct the dis
continuance OF the show OF force. a spec
cisl train was furnis he'd and safe conduct
guaranteed. ~ about $50 y. ~. Col
Torres made the proposition u withdraw.
lng, his troops 20 Monkey nm. n I would
Withdraw the Nashyillc'A force aud leave
thc town In possession OF the police until
the return Of the alcallr ~. tho morning
% the oh, After an Interview will the
United states consul and Col. Shulpr AZ
10 the probability Of good faith In the
matter. / decided to accept tho prDposl.
non and brought my men on board, the
Hh"NNAAHN - NAAAh - Ah1 NNTAf
and that Of the ColomblanN nearly ion
TO ono, making mo dcsiruus OF avoiding
a conflict 80 long as tho object In view
tho protection Of American c~ltlzenn, was
not Imperfect,
II am positive that tho determined at.
titudo Of our men, their coolncss and owl
dent intention Of standing their Erouni.
had u most s~nlutary and decisive effect
on the immediate situation aud was the
initial step IN tho ultimate abandoning
Of Colon by those troops and their return
TO Cartagena the following day.
II feel that | cannot sufficiently strong
~ represent To the department tho gross.
ness of this outrage and the insult TO our
dignity, even apart from the savagery OF
In view OF the reports Of the various
naval officers IN Panama waters the presl-
dent concludes "tnat, instead Of there hnV-
lean government for the mnlntcnauco Of
order and TIVE protection OF ne and prop
orty on the isihmus. tho orders for the
movement OF tho American warShips had
been too long delayed 50 long. ia fact,
that there were but ~ marina and sailors
available 20 land ana protect the lives OF
coolncss md. Eal!antfy with which this
Ntte buui or men wearing the American
uniform faced ten times their number Of
armed foes, bent on carrying out the afro
clous threat or the Colombian command
cr, that prevented n murlCrous cntnstrO-
phe. Al Panama. when tho revolution
of-war and no American troops or sailors
At Colon, Commander Hubbard acted with
preventing any movement, whether By the
Colomblnns or the Pnnnmans, which
would tend to produce bloodshcd on No
vember Q he prevented a body Of the rev.
olutionisis from landing ut Colon"
No Completely In Revolution.
Referring to the charges OF completely
OF this government In the revolution the
president says.
II hesitate 20 refer 10 the Injurious In
situations which have been made OF com
pliclty by this government 4. the revolu-
tiOnnry movement IN Panama. They are
40 destitute or foundation a. OF propriety.
The only excuse for my mentioning them
Is the fear lest minimizing persons might
mistake for acquiescence the silence OF
mere self-respect. ! think proper to say,