The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-08
s s. ssn aise ea thu, svs% aat ssss, 81 4. r.
agery OF the threat. from ths -

81 o,,r Sign oh TINS outrage and Il. d
agery Of the threat svsn apart from 1, = :
Commando, n q Hsspss,s
This plain official acco,nt uuaAndtns
instead OF too much previ.s;am9oRIs thh,I
American government, the. nrdaa bytl
movement q American shins iordG
10y !ong .ueiaNed; there were Mug sto baa
tect American men and w vn ! 70 m
only the GOODNESS and eallen; ~
which this little band feraIa Ha w Nh
their NUMBER that prevented ! W. tim
phe. AT Panama there was ne scaatastp
man-or-War troops or sailors AAht.nlsslsl
LoIaInalaer hubbard acted WIN solaj
impart1aity towards both sidsEs tsa entfn
ing any movement. whether IL prevent
lomb.ans or the Pananans n, y The Ct
produce bloodshed. In the @Mvi ME- Swodl
Evening Post, under date ~ fsn Y yoaa
December 8, q special corresnnndlsaanafaa
forth AZ ~nnbearable oppressions y. ss1
lombia IN Panama. In This arfia,.oa q q
Interesting interview with n a nssshie lss
aman, IN part as follows: awe PAD
I'VE looked upon the hnI,din.
canal as q matter of life or deafsh y tM
We wanted that because It msant 70 gl
the United States in control ofSa sxtA|
n prosperity Tor US. PRESIDENT gsse
tNAA Gil lotilIIlllnE IN nv
ernor Of Panama: and We lo %sns gpE5
that as OF happy augury. Soon W. ba "
that the canal treaty was NOT III ". mead
approved at Bogota; next We MAJ, % "
our isthmlan governor, Obaldia s Mh. wy
power, was to be- snsss
seeded by q soldier from Bogota Y sssles1
notwithstanding all that lsoicna,,
drained us Of in the way Of reyen,,ess M
did, not bridge for US a single rivss' "a
maize 9 single roadway, nor erect !, sH
gle college where our children cnnis M
e eanca ohr nor ipd do anything at ali to " y
the new generals came we seized , sasa
was In JOY. Not a protest was rnaS Saaaa
cept the shots fired from the cnisn,, 81
gunboat Bogota, which killed ona .l cai1
nese lying in his bed. We were Minis mns
to encounter the Colombian troops a a. Nv
OF the United States cruiser oNsa ashlss.
forbade Superintendent Shaler t. sa a,as
the railroad to transport troops for s atSH
party. That Is our story s'uss
I call especial attention to the eo,j
Guiding portion of this interview r M
states the willingness OF the Panansn i Y
refusal OF Commander Hubbard tn NV y
nit them to use the railroad and ,h ~
fore to get into q position wharf X.
fight could take place. y y
The fact that in this last revolution ~
a life was lost, save one man, and 10 prep
erty destroyed, was due to the ar,n,
which / have described. ivy
I hesitate to refer to the in%1,,riops I,
situations of complicity by this rores n
ment In the revolution. They are AZ dssl
tute Of foundation as Of propriety. N
one connected with this government hsl
any part In preparing, melting, or On
couraging the late revolution on the Ish
rIy1 NJ , 4, a ~ n IT, n ND tb1 = r-,x r-I-.-NIt
reports Of u officers, given above. N
one connected with this government MI
knowledge of the revolution EXCEPT sci
as was accessible to any person who ,eai
the newspapers.
I have not denied either the validity d
the propriety of the general rule that
new state should not be recognized N
1t has shown Its AGILITY to maintain II
independence. But the rule is subject /
exceptions, and there are imperative rea
sons why a departure was justified IN iii
present instance. These reasons en1brac:
first, u treaty rights: second, our ma
tional interests and safety; and, third
confidently maintain that the recog
milton Of Panama was justified by the ii
terests of collective civilization. II eye
a government could be said to have II
ceived a mandate from civilization tosel
feet an object demanded In the intere:
VI Asl AZ a. IV4us tho
position with regard to the interoceani
canal. In order that no obstacle nigh
stand in u way, Great Britain Ii
nounced important rights under the CLAY
ton-Bulwer treaty.
The second pan-American conferenc
at the City of Mexico, January 2, i&
adopted the following resolution.
."The republics assembled at the intel
national conference of Mexico applau
the purpose of the United States goyerf
ment to construct an interoceanic cana
and acknowledge that this work will y
only be worthy of the greatness OF u
American people, but also in the hlghs
n a work OF civilization, and TO u
greatest degree beneficial to the deyelol
ment of commerce between the %44rlerlca
states and the other countries Of u
world"
That u position as the mandatary
civilization has been by NJ means misco,
ceiyed Is shown by the promptitude vii
which the powers have followed our lt
In recognizing Panama. Our action ~
been followed by recognition on the a
Of France, Germany. Denmark. RUSS
Sweden and Norway. Nicaragua, ger
China, Cuba, Great Britain, 1taly,sCos
Rica, Japan and Austria-Hungary. &
Theodore Roosevelt.
White House, January 4. 1904.