The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-03
PANAMA INDEPENDENCE WAS BORN IN A ROOM IN
 A NEW YORK HOTEL

| This is Independence Day in the
 republic of Panama, when the "Spig- | goties'' of the little nation will cele- l ibrate the eleventh anniversary of that
 rebirth of freedom by which they l threw off the hated yoke of Colom- l bia- It was a b1ood1ess revolution, | that of the third of November, 1903, l and not a life was lost by the trans fer of governmental authority Un- der the protecting wing of Unclae Sam the new republic has hourished and waxed prosperous and hea1thful. From
 one of the plague spots of earth it has become a health resort, with the
 greatest canal in the world as an add ed attraction.
 If we are to believe M. Philippe Bunau-Varil1a, the chief engineer of the old French Panama. Canal com the citizens of the republic will cele- brate today with a gorgeous fiesta was not a native product, but was cradled in Room 1,162 of a certain prominent New Y York hotel. This room was then
 occupied by M. B1lnau-Varilla, who has written a. draInataic book telling all about 1t.
 The French engineer modeStly de1 cIares that My efforts brought about the defeat of the Nicaragua project, " and My efforts brought about the creation of that new republic of Pan anna. without which the French enter prise would today be dead and for gotten"
 It was in his room in a, New ork hotel, according to Bunau-Var11la, that Dr. Amador was given full de- tailed instruct ons for the revolution Colombia had made such demands up on the United States in connection with the canal project, that the French engineer feared the whole, plan would fall through, so he called in Amador an other Panama patriots and orered them to start a revolution It was in this same hotel suite says the Frenchman. that the government Of the proposed new republic was provis- ionally organized, an a constitution adopted, based on that of ClIba- Dr. Amadors then returned to Pan anna to start his revolution, and on November 3rd, the day seta the ma chinery was set in motion The revo- luton revolved perfectly, without a hitch, and a. new flag was hoisted to the breeze.
 | Mir Bunau-Varil1a- was forthwith appointed the first Minister P1enipo- tentiary of the republic of Panama, and negotiated with the American Secretary of State the famous Hay Bunau-Varilla treaty.
 Prior to the revolution of 1903. Panama celebrated its great national festival on November 28t11, which date
 
 also won by a, b1oodless revolution. The fiesta beginning today will con tinl1e through the greater part of the week, as the s'Spiggoty" finds it inn possible to unbottIe all his patriotic enthusiasm within the brief space of twenty-four hours. A Panama fiesta is fearful and wonderful to behold, and sobriety is not it's chief charac- teristic The native can consume an amount of liquor that would kill any North American or European in the tropics, where a too free indulgence In the cup that cheers often has dire results for the white man.
 Bull batting was formerly the chief sport of the Panama populace on fiesta days, but the presence of so many Americans has gradually work ed a change, and baseball will be the principal sporting event of today's fiesta The republic has several good baseball clubs, and while a majority of the players are canal workers from the states. the natives and the Ja- maica negroes are becoming expert at the game.
 The Jamaica negro. imported in large numbers to help dig the canal, has become an important factor in the permanent population of the republic As a rule, he is an industrious, polite and deferentfa1 person, and he speaks English English, instead of American English 1