Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-06

Commander Hubbard. after he ha.
given written orders to Colone
Shaler, superintendent of the rail.
road, not to transport the Colombian
troops, sent Off the following cable.
Colon. Nov. 4, 1908
"sacnav. Washington:
provisional government was
established at Panama Tuesday
evening; no organized opposition.
Governor of Panama, General
Tovar. General Amaya, Colonel
Morales and three others of the
Colombian government troops
who arrived Tuesday taken pris-
oners at Panama. 1 have pro-
hibited transport of troops now
here across the isthmus.
HUBBARD.
Commander Hubbard forced the
Colombian troops to withdraw before
he returned aboard ship with his
marines.
Meanwhile the organization of the
Panama republic was proceeding, but
with no funds.
"On the morning of November the
Ehrman Bank of which United States
Vice-Consul Felix Ehrman was the
senior partner, had to be called upon
to provide eight boxes of Colombian
silver in order that the rank and file
of the Colombia" regiment might be
given the bride money. $50 apiece,
they had been promised.
Roosevelt Has Made Good,
This had been done first thing in
the morning. Doctor Amador had
gone to the Chiriqni barracks little
after s o'clock. The Colombian bat
TALON. drawn up under Huertas,
formally recognized him and prom
Used to support the junta He made
this speech from written notes:
{, "'Boys1 AT last we have carried
through our splendid work. The world
is astounded at our heroism. Yester-
day we were but the slaves of Colom-
bia; today we are free. Have no fears.
Here we have the proof (holding up
some sheets of paper on which was
the American coat of-arms that our
agent in the United States, Senior Blu
nau-Varilla, gave us. Panama is freei
The cup of gold for Bogota has been
drained; therefore the United States
are aiding us. Here you have proof
has made good, for there. you know,
are the cruisers which defend us and
prevent any action by Colombia. They
have worked skilfully in order to
avoid shedding Colombian blood, for
in no other way could the American
government aid us. Free sons of
Panama, I salute you. Long live
President Roosevelt! Long live the
American government
After the applause of the soldiers
had subsidized, Doctor Amador turned
to General Huertas and asked him to
appoint a paymaster, as they had in
the treasury the funds sent from the
United States to pay the soldiers.
Doctor Amador said: They sent the
by draft on the Bank of Ehr-
man in gold, and there it was
for us in Colombian silver.
Immediately the payment Of the
soldiers began, each man receiving
$50 Columbian silver. The officers and
others who aided the cause of inde-
pendence were paid later by Senior
Don Eduardo Ycaza by checks on
Brandon & Bros, although there was
no money on deposit there and nons
left to speak Of in the treasury. but
Brandon honored the checks and was
afterward paid out of the first mil
lion dollars placed by the United
States to the credit of the republic
Of Panama with Messrs. J. p. Nor
gan & Co. In this manner Don Ed
lardo Ycaza disbursed on November
and days following more than
100000 silver, besides which the
Brandons let him have $4,000 in
American gold.
Most of the officers were given $10,-
700, although some got more. Among
those who got $4,000 were Captain
Luis Gil, Captain Forget, Comman-
der Rojas, Captain Marco Salazar.
Captain Clodomiro Alfonso. Comman.
der Leoncio Tascon and Captain
Ramon Garcia. Among those who
were contented with less, Captain
Perez and Captain Jose
Manuel Rodriguez seem to have been
with $4,000 apiece. A num-
Der of men who seemed to be Of
hcers' got more, but did not tell how
much they were paid.
Money was given away with the
most extreme liberality, as a simple
order written on any old piece of
paper and signed by Huertas was
enough for the fortunate one to get
the money he asked for
1.-TWO payments of $4,000 and $35, 900
in all was paid to General Ruben
Varon, the commander of the Padilla.
Afterwards Huertas got an addi-
tional s5o,e00 in American gold
And then, the farce being ended,
Amador, on November 7, set down and
wrote to Prescott, who had returned
to Colon, laconic little note. The
chief conspirator congratulates his
chief aide-de-camp for the manner he
during the conspiration.'
This is the sorrowful story of how,
In the words of President Roosevelt,
the people Of Panama rose literally as
one man. Senator Carmack was not
far wrong when he said that that one
man was Roosevelt"