Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-07
HIDBEN DECLARES +
DU BOIS FALS|F led
Ex-DipIomat Supports Colonel
Roosevelt in coIombia-Pan-
anna incident.

NEW YORK, July 7.-Paxton Hi
ben, ex-secretary Of legation at Be-
gotta and charge d'affaires Of III.
United States in Colombia. toes Ara
1909, fully sustains ex-Presids.t
Roosevelt IN the Colombia-Eana
incident, upon which James T. d
Bots, one-time American minister 3
Colombia, recently made charges r.
f1ecting upon the Roosevelt admit s
istration, those charges being bo.
stored up by the New York Wof1t
IN daily publications and NUMEROUS
editorial articles.
Mr.. Hibben's statement, AZ given
out over his signature, says ia part.
Mr.. Dubois displays such ihexaat &
knowledge Of matters Of which his
information, like mine, is al best
second hand, that 1t Is scarcely fair
even TO Colombians that their side Of
the Panama controversy should be
presented by one who does their
claims such scant justice.
He says that be can prove that a
handful Of men who were the direct
benefieiaries Of the revolution con-
ceived the revolt OF Panama Nc
doubt. The same may be said Of the
American revolution against Great
Britain. Men do not undertake. revoz
great material advantage TO accrue
to themselves and their fellows Il
the event Of success. The advantaga
in the American revolution was free
dom from the tyrannous Domination
of Great Britain. The advaf1taEe III
the Panamanian revolution was frees
dom from the venaI domination 81
the Bogota politicians.
knowledge Of Revolutions Wide. s
If, as Mr.. Dubois stated. he can
prove that not a hundredfh part Or
the inhabitants of the isthnus knew
Of the revolt until an American arlnx
officer raised the Panamaniaa fag
they were in different case from tue
inhabitants Of Bogota. who had beer
aware for months that the revolt
would occur II the bIackmaI1zne poszz
ticians of Bogota let their greed COR
troll them in sacrificing the interests
of the people of the isthmus 10 their
hope of securing a little more money
from the United States for their own
pockets as the price Of raxfTyfng fhe
Hay Herran treaty. This Is 3 mat
ter of public record in Bogota. ana
Mr.. Dubois cannot be ignorant OF Il E
IF the execution of the orders Of
President Roosevelt to the commaf-
der Of the Nashville constituted a.
act Of war, as Mr.. Dubois ingenu
ously says, what pray. were the
landings of American troops on the
Isthmlls on seven previous occasions
to keep open the way across the
Isthmus?
TT is a matter of record says MfI
Dubois, that Colombia never seri-s
ously intended to seize the French
company's property 1t Is q matter
of record--and the record Is that 81
the Senate of Colombia-that the Cos
lombian Senate seriously discussed
the confiscation of the French com
panys property by the fraudulent
I method Of multiplying the arransement
made by Colombia herself to extend
that company's franchise.
Dubois Called Inconsfstenf.
Mr.. Dubois is NOT even CONSISTS
ent. He points out that the true in-'
terests of 100000 innocent and hap<
less people were being destroyed b
the selfish disputes Of less than
gress and reproaches FrezidNn<
Roosevelt for refusing to pex11fz
these unquestionab1y selfish IndifIa-
uals to sell cut the interests Of khez&
same 100000 OF their compafriots.
Mr.. DuBois's observation that f1s
Colombian Congress adjourned with-5
out considering the treaty Is an ex@
former minister's citations throuaI1
out his public statement. During - 4
entire session OF almost four month";
the Colombian Congress did liftis be-
sides consider the treaty.
"At the same time, Mr. DuB0ie;t
further remark that. within a shof<
time of this adjournment. the United
States was urged by Colombia to ~
open negotiations can, I fear, be rs
garded only as purposely misleading
The adjournment took place on C.
tober 81, 1908. On November 3. 1903
the independence of Panama was pres
claimed.
"Colombia's urging. two days later
that negotiations be reopened t61E
the form of an illegal proposal 4
declare martial law and ratify thf
Hay-Herran treaty by dictatoriai de
cree, in open violation Of the Col
ombian constitution. if the Unife<
States would assist Colombia to -
tain her lost state by force OF arm
It is 70 the eternal credit Of tb<
United States that, though bettei
terms were then offered by Colomhis
than were afterwards made witz
Panama, for the construction Of Tin
canal. President Roosevelt refused Z
be party to any such high hande<
and immoral proposal as that whief
Mr.. Dubois seeks TO conceal under
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