The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-08-24
PANAMA GIVES Up
LAND TO COSTA RIGA
All Representatives of 18TH
mus Republic Ordered
From COtO.
HUGHES NOTE NEEDED
Similar Ultimatum From
Costa Rica Would Have
Met Force of Arms.
MINISTER ORDERED HONE
Notified by Panama Despite
Assurances to U. s. That
Fight Is Ended.
MINISTER ORDERED HONE
BIZ the Associated Press.

PANAMA, Aug. 23.-ICoto has been or
dered evacuated by the civilian au-
thorities so that the Costa Ricans on
their arrival there will find no Pana-
man Government representatives. Ri
cardo Alfaro Secretary Of Government
and Justice, made this announcement
this afternoon.
The ORDER will not reach Coto before
Friday, as owing to interruption of
phone communication between David
ana Coto It viii have to be transmitted
BY courier.
T-...s order Of evacuation is the i'm
mediate result OF the last note OF Sec
rotary OF State Hughes to Panama
saying the United States would not
allow a resumption OF hostilities. Senior
Alfaro says an answer to the note Of
Mr. Hughes win be forwarded to
Washington tomorrow.
Although the Panaman Government
has notified the State Department at
Washington that no resistance win be
offered TO the Costa Ricans In occupy
ing the disputed territory at Coto.
Narciso Caray. the Panaman Foreign
Minister, who is now in Washington, has
been ordered to leave there immediately.
but to file q protest with the State De-
partment.
Newspapers Sees Justice.
In an editorial commenting upon the
! situation that has developed from the
American note. the Star aud Herald, the
| leading newspaper or the republic.
says:
Secretary Hughes's note constitutes
| the last word In our boundary affair
! with Costa RIGS. and we believe 1t OPP
perfume to consider and comment upon
| 1t. In the first place. we want to de-
clare that the motives OF our Govern
nient In working out this difficult ques-
tion could not have been more patriotic
nor moro active. 1t has presented notes
which were thoroughly studied. well
supported by documents and exccilently
argued.
| 1T has fallen to our lot that the de-
cision OF the mediator accepted by our
Government was against us. Are we
to consider on that account that the
United States is our enemy and that che
has attempted In some manner or olher
! to decide the controversy against us
without having sufficient grounds for
such action?
This seems TO us ridiculously absurd.
The United States has been and is
most loyal friend OF our nation, and
her diplomats have tried to obtain a
just solution of our affair. Why. then.
are we to think that the powerful north
ern nation looks upon us with disfavor?
u. s. Disregnrded It's Interests.
From any point of view It would
have been better for the United States
TO have given US the decision In the
boundary dispute The contested belt
OF land. II under our Jurisdiction. would
have constituted better guaranty for
the Washington Government than 1t
would IL placed under the control Of
Costa Rica.
'Jn our opinion. the United States has
proceeded in this case with a point of
view which Is believed to be just. We
have reached critical moment. The
last word has been spoken, but we
should not permit ourselves to proceed
passicnately. Let us think of the future
OF the country before everything. Above
all, let us not compromise that future
by an act OF madness"
By tho Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Aug. 23.--The
Costa Eican Government announced to-
day that 1t is prepared to take UP the
position on the Costa Rica-Panama
frontier established by the Loubet-White