The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-05

vice-consul offered protection to British subjects as directed Tn tne Departmenras cablegram. A copy of the Brltish vice consul acknowledgment Is hereto ap- pended. The Nashville l got un-er way as on tine previous day and myved Goose in to protect the water front. During tne afternoon several propositions were made to Colonel Torres by the representatives. of the new Government, and he was nnaiE ly persuaded by them to embark on the Royal Mail steamer Orinoco wlta all ms | troops and return to Cdrtegena. The Orl- noco left her dock with the troops--474 all told-at 7:3o p. m. The Dixie arrived and board and acquainted the commanding officer with the situation. A portion Of the marine battalion was landed s-s the | Nashviles force withdrawn.
 '.3. On the evening of November 4 Maj.s William M. Black and Lieut.. Mark
 Brooke, Corps of Engineers, U. 8. Army came to Colon from Culebra and volun- teered their services. which were accept- ed, and they rendered very efficient help on the following day.
 A. beg to assure the Department that had no part whatever in the negotias , tions that were carried on between Col onel Torres and the representatives of the provisional government; that landed an armed force only when the lives or Amer drew this force as soon as there seemed to be no grounds for further apprehenslon of injury to American lives or property that relanded an armed force because of the failure of Colonel Torres to carry out his agreement to withdraw and an nounced intention of returning, and that my attitude throughout was strictly neu-s tral as between the two parties. my only purpose being to protect the lives ana , property of American cit4ZeIfs- and to prer serve the free and uninterrupted transit
 (signed) John Hubbard.
 commander, U. s. Navy. Commanding.
 The Secretary of the Navy,
 Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart partment, Washington, D. c. a l This plain onicial account Of the occurs
 of there having been too much provision l by the American Government for the maintenance of order and the protecuoia
 of life and property on the lsthmus she | orders for the movement of the American war ships had Leen too long delayed; so long. in fact, that there were but forty. two marines and sailors available to lana
 and protect the lives of American men
 and women. It was only the coolnesS ana gallantry with which this little band ot men wearing the American uniform faced ten times their number of armed tod1s bent on carrying out the atrocious threat of the Colombian commanUer, that pre- vented a murderOuS catastrophe At FAne
 anna, when the revolution broke out. there was no American man-of-war and uos American troops or sailors. At Colon, Commander Hubbard acted with entire
 impartiality towards both sides, prevent Ing any movement. whether by the Cos Iombians or the Panamans. which would tend to produce bloodshed. On November 9 he prevented a body of the revolutions. ists from landing at Colon. ThrSushous he behaved in the most creditable mans
 ner In the New York Evening Post, un- der date of Panama. December 8. there
 Is an article from a special correSpondenS
 which sets forth in detail the un5earabis oppression of the Colombian government in Panama. In this article Is an inter
 esting interview with native Panaman
 which runs as follows:
 'S . We looked upon the building of
 the canal as a matter of life or death 70 | us. We wanted that because it meant
 with the United States in eontrtl oe ity
 peace and prosperity for us Presiuens
 Marroquin appointed an Isthmian to he Governor of Panama; and we looked upo9 | that as of happy augury. Soon We heard that the canal treaty was not likely to De approved at Bogota; next We heard that our Isthmian Governor, Obaldia, who ha4 ] scarcely assumed power, was to pc su1 ! perseded by a soldier from B0gota.
 | Notwithstanding all that Colombia has
 drained us of in the way of revenues
 she did not bridge for us a single river nor make single roadway, nor erect q
 single college where our children eoui4
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