Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-13

PASS VINO were most concerned as TO the
new oruer or things, and which the Co
!ombian authorities now recognize as be-
ing so good that they are willing to prom
Use Use Its It's, unconditional ratification If only
We Will desert those who have shown
those who have shown themselves un-
I pass by the question as to what assur-
ance we have that they would now keep
t cne pledge and not again refuse to
Of s eay viii 'n ney f eso one
States committing an act of such base:
Panama.
rhird.-Finally the congress definitely
ffe e e1 where the canal was to be nu'it:'
made TOR U Building 1 the canal n ACROSS the
able lime Inc It proved impossible to secure
Nicaragua. The treaty has been made;
Ior 1t needs no argument to show that
the intent Of the congress was to insure
tne republic, granting the title was called
New Granada. Colombia or Panama mat.
ter tered ~, not one whit. AS events turned ed
not no. enter into the matter at all: AL
enousn: as the months went by; it BE-
eams Inc Increasingly improbable that the the
equivalent thereto yet ali chance tor
nt the co4 1e eass closed at the end Of
after the revolution in Panama had
pendent state, and the control Of the ter;
ritory necessary for building the canal
then became obtainable. The condition
TO Nicaragua thereby became Impossible
Of fulfllment. If the pending treaty with
ranama should not be ratified by tn. the
gress has decided the route, and there is
TIE presaen a"0s says HAT after the
ratify the ne treaty , it seemed that the gov
pduc oa and Sa to he ns made
along that line. This was one Of three
ment. Another was that the people Of
Panama might take the protection Of
their own interests into their own hands
and willing. to do its. share in the CON
struction of the canal. This is what &C.
CURED. and made the reverting to, the
fact, impossible under the authority of
the president as vested in him by the
action Of congress.
Report Of Commander Hubbard.
The president emphatically denies that
this government had any hand In the
as all the world did. that such was i'm
minent. and the navy department took
necessary measures to protect american mean
copies Of the orders sent to commanding
officers of American warships, and their
various reports upon the situation. He
war upon the United States at Colon, and
6ard. of the Nashville. dated November
Commander Hubbard says. in part:
currences Of the last three days in Colon.
N1lH III f,,111y Vv,xyS 70 <hA
date Of Wednesday, November 4. which
to the making of Of
officer in command Of the Colombian
troops in Colon. At one O'Clock, p. m. on
the United states consul. Vice consul and
Of the Panama railroad; The, consul in
from the officer commanding the Colon
bian troops, Col Torres; through the the
Amaya who had been seized in Panama
on the evening of the Sd Of November by
were not released by two o'clock p. M.
Of Colon and kin every United States
action were requested. advised that all
fss r it 7bs bsd Of tSa
tense. and that would Immediately land
such body of men. with extra arms tor
arming the citizens, as the complement
of the ship would permit. This was
agreed to and I Immediately returned on
fSs arriving at a;1s p M The order
at 1:3o p. m. the boats left the ship with
q party OF = men under the command Of
Midshipman ]. P. jackson as second in
command. Time being pressing, l gave
verbal orders to Mr.. Witzel to take the
the best state Of defense p POSSIBLE Rb and
protect the lives Of the citizens assembled
there-not firing unless fired upon. -
ing of the railroad company almost i'm
mediately after we had taken possession
and for about one and a half hours their
seemingly their purpose to provoke an
attack. Happily our men were cool and
w1 Hs, the aSat
p. m. Col. Torres came into the building
for an interview and expressed himself
that the whole AFFAIR was misappre.
hension and that he would like to send
the alcalde of Colon to Panama to see
continuance of the show of force. A spe-
guaranteed; At about $50 p M aoA Col.
Withdraw the Nashville's force and leave
the town In possession Of the police until
Of the 5th. After an interview with the
United States consul and Col. shaler as
% no ss OF a seea iht in ae
disparity in numbers between my force rec
to one. making me DESTROYS of avoiding
conflict so long as the object In view,
the protection s;'t9 of American citizens. was
II am positive that the determined at
titude Of our men. their GOODNESS and evil
dent intention Of standing their ground,
on the immediate situation and was the
ta! step th in the fr6n6s sns
II feel that I cannot sufficiently strong
ly represent to the department the gross
ness of this outrage and the insult to our
disni tSytss even apart from the savasery of
In view of the reports Of the various
naval officers in Panama waters the presi-
dent concludes that, instead of there hav-
ing been too much provision by the Amer
lean government for the m;aai ain OF
and the Of M s {or
movement Of the American warships had
been too long delayed; so. long. in fact,
available to land and protect the lives Of
American men and women. 1t was only the
GOODNESS and gallantry with which this
un nis faced ten mes their namSef Of
armed foes, bent on carrying out the afro
cious threat of the Colombian command
err that prevented a murderous catastro-
phe: At Panama, when the revolution
of-war and no American troops or sailors.
At Colon Commander Hubbard acted with
entire impartiality towards both sides,
preventing any movement, whether by the
Colombians or the Panamans, which
would tend to produce bloodshed. On No
vember he prever' d body Of the rev.
olutionists from LANDING at Colon"
No Completely in Revelation.
Referring to the charges of completely
of this government in the revolution the
president says:
II hesitate to refer to the injurious in