The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 5, 1904, Page 5

FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, X - o ~~] CONFIDENTLY muiniain that the recognition of the republic of Panama was an act | d by the interests of collective civilization. If ever @ Government corld be said to r d a mandate from civilization to effcct an object the accomplishient of which was 1 in the interests of mankind, the United States holds that position with regard to the canic canal. Since our purfosc fo build the canal was defivitcly announced there have from all quarters assurances of approval and cncouragement. In conclusion, let me repeat ¢ “stion actually before this Goveriment is not that of the recognition of Panama as an P it republic. That is already an accomplished fact. The question and the only question cther we shall or shall not build an isthmian canal”—FExtract From the Presi- i - 3 = Ay i HINGTON -day mgress and de Jan. 4.—President transmitted mes- It ‘s a document of almost exclu- the isthmian leng X with Panama a e President savs that he lays be- fore Congress a statement of his action up to the pres time on the act ap- oved June 2§ 1902, by which the President was authorized to secure for the United States the property of the Panama Canal Company and the perpetu; control of a strip six miles s the isthmus of Panama.” was further provided that “should vide acr the Presid be unable to obtain for United States a satisfactory title the prope of the ~ Panama Canal Company and the control of the necessasy territory of the republic of a reascnable time and then the Presi- » provide for a abie terms, endeavor Nicaraguan route.” The tinues uoted defines with exactness was + has been & as been complied with possibie sry conditions then quotes, as he di message, what he terms ion of the United States reference to this canal, the Governments of as set forth by Secretary He says the United States on that no other > build the canal, n of the Senate in resolution declaring ng & he vernment of the United tes look with serious concern | disapproval upon any connection ropea: ment with the struction or control of any ship ana ross the isthmus of Darien or ross tral America. He says: UNCLE SAM F.\‘[H IN THE TREATMENT OF THE COLOMBIANS . ent says that when this submitted to Colombia | Herran treaty three things erefo already settled. One » the canal should be built. should be “our 1 not merely in a spirit spirit of generosity = B n the direction of ard the Colombian anxiety to be fair er-ge we had gone to the very verge iing to a weak nation’s demands hat nation was helplessly un- 2 te foree from us against our The only criticism made upon siration for the terms of -Herran treaty was for having € too much to Colombia, not for failure to grant enough. Neither in the in the public Congress nor t the time this treaty was for- there complaint that i fullest and amplest r guarantee to Colombia every- 2t she could by any color of the the President says: be lost sight of that the e generousiy responding to demands of Colombia, in other y ided for the construction ormity with the express re- f the Congress on June aty. instead of requiring a cession of ibia = = g0ty over the canal strip, ex- sely acknowledged. confirmed and preserved ¥ over proceede Jeading u The treaty in this on the lines on Which tg the present situ- it | receded the concl reaty, Cclombia re; the requirements by the U trol over the canal strip would re able the construction of a canal by way of the isthmus of Panama; nor we sed, dwr- of 1902 was ing the months when legisla | pending before the the term= which it embodied d mbia_impracticable uld construct and guarantee the of X was nec any practical That the cani the pecple of ity of the act blic. Furthermore, Col d the treaty in spite Ty utmost _eagerness it only the status quo One of the men standing he official circles of Colombia addreesed .the American Min: | at Beg ng that if the Government of the United es would land troops soversignty znd the trar vernment would declare itutionat the of the Congress—wi next May to approve the Finally the Congress definit o be built a e ¥ settied where hen we should go to Nicara- eaty has been made: for #t needs ny | ent of the Con- ure a canal across Panama NICARAGUA ROUTE | CANNOT BE GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION | | The President relates the delay of the Colombian Congress in taking ac- tion on the treaty and the breaking out of the revolution three days after that body ended its session in October with- | out passing upon the document. “Pan- | ama,” he says, “became an independent | | state, and the control of the tergitory | | necessary for building the canal then | | | became obtainable. The condition un- | der which alone we could have gone to | Nicaragua thereby became impossible of fulfillment. If the impending treaty with Panama should not be ratified by the Senate this would not alter the fact that we could not go to Nicaragua. The Congress has decided the route, | and there is no aiternative under exist- ing legislation.” The President says that Secretary Hay had repeatedly warned Colombia that grave consequences might follow | from her rejection of the treaty, and al- | were necessary in order to appreciate the possibility of a revolutionary out- btreak. “Quotations from thé daily pe- | pers,” says he, “could be indefinitely | multiplied to show this state of af- fairs,” and the President quotes dis- patches sent by special correspondents.| | to Washington and New York papers | extending over a period under dates from August 31 to October 26 telling of | the stirred condition of affairs. | The President had also on October 15, |at the request of Lieutenant General | Young, seen Captain H. B. Humphréy {and Lieutenant Grayson Mallet-Provost | Murphy, who had just returned from a | | four months' tour through portions of | | Venezuela and Colombia. They had in- | | formed him that it was the general be- | lief that the revolution might break out any moment. “In view of all these | facts,” says the President, T directed the Navy Department to issue instruc- tions such as would insure your having | ships within easy reach of the isthmus |in the event of need arising.” On November 2, when it was evident | that the outbreak was imminent, in- | structions had been sent to the com- | manders of the Boston, Nashville and | Dixie to “maintain free and uninter- rupted transit. If interruption is threat- ened by armed force occupy the line of railroad. Prevent landing of any armed force with hostile intent, either government or insurgent, as any point within fifty miles of Panama.” On November 3 Commander John | Hubbard of the Nashville had reported {to the Navy Department that 400 Co- | lombian troops from Cartagena had| | landed in Colon and that the situation was most critical. The President then | quotes from Commander Hubbard's re- port on November 5 to the Navy De- partment, in which the commander said the occurrences of November 3 had “amounted to practically the making of war against the United States by the officers in command of the Colom- bian troops in Colon.” The United Etates Consul had received notice from Colonel Torres to the effect that if the Colombian officers, Generals Tobal and | ADMIT THEY SMUGGLED SAWS TO EMIL ROESKI Lirothers of Man Under Indictment for Car Barn Murders, Confess Guilt Whep Arrested. HICAGO, Jan. 4.—Otto Roeski, 22 vears of age, and Herman Roeski, 33 old, brothers of Emil Roeski, i under indictment for the car murders, were arrested here to- Suspicion that they plaaned to up the County Jail to liberate © brother was aroused when it was orted that they had nitro-glycerin, idles, steel saws and files when ar- ted r arrest Otto Roeski confessed having smuggled saws to his other. Emil, in the County Jail. The savws used by Emil Roeski in his at- tempt to escape were found in his cell. They were concealed in a slight crevice in the steel plating in the ceil- ing. Sozp had been smeared gver the crevice . The two brothers were held under $£2500 bonds. Otto told in detail how he 2nd Herman on the night of the escape waited outside of the jail with a rope to assist the bandit in his de- scent from the roof. —_—— Governor Makes Appointments. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4.—Governor Pardee to-day apointed the following riembers of the Board of Agriculture in the Twenty-ninth District, Tuol- umne County: Claude I. McLain, vice Thomas Burney, deceased; William Sharwood and John W. Major, vice themselves, terms expired. ——— Mayor Hassett Takes His Seat. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4.—W. J. Has- sett (Democrat) to-day succeeded George H. Clark (Republican) as ! Mayor of Sacramento. Albert Elkus was re-elected president of the Board of Trustees. e —— | The Old Hi Are mot to be tompared to our mew patent back flat-opening blank books, which cost no more than the old style and are infinitely better. We are ents for Berkshire typewriting mn.‘%l pencils and headquarters for all ce supplies. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 n.lr- Vot =t though the administration had special | ¢ means of knowledge, no such means |” | tropha. e most striking paragraph is this . “Control has now been obtained, the provision of the act has been complied with; it is lation, to go to the Nicaragua route as an alternative.”, He quotes former Secretary Cass in support of his own attitude, -and plainly intimates that Furope is barred from participating in the canal construction. [ no longer possible, under exist Hay-Paun s the isthmu werld’s traffic acro He Panama. an earnest appeal for the canal. - NICARAGUA ROUTE NO LONGER CONSIDERED, SAYS PRESIDENT ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.— The Presi- dent’s special message to Congress to-day deals with the Panama affair exclusively. The ing legi Jay cefote treaty that all nations should use the canal, which should be policed by the United States, was in effect a guarantee to all the world that the canal would be constructed. The President says Colombia lost all by rejecting the Hay-Herran treaty. Such refusal, thereiore, squarely raised the question whether Colombia was entitled to bar the transit of the s. | says the Nicaragua route is impossible, as Congress has already decided upon No one connected with the United States Government had any part in preparing or en- couraging the Panama revolution, says the message. Recognition of the Panama republic was justified : civilization demanded our action. The President cites our intervention in Cuban affairs as a precedent, and concludes with JANUARY " 1904. 3, PRESIDENT ROOSEDVELT DECLARES IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS THAT UNITED STATES IS JUSTIFIED IN ACTION ON THE ISTHMUS — The provision made in the Amaya, who had been seized in Pan-| ama on November 3 by the independ- ents, were not released by 2 o'clock he, Torres, “would open fire on the town of Colon and kill every United States citizen in that place.” Commander Hub- bard then relates the landing of the forty-two marines, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Witzel, as told in the press dispatches at the time, and the threatening attitude of the native soldiers while the United States ma- rines were entrenched in the railroad compapy’s shed, where our citizens had taken refuge. Commander Hubbard told also of refusing to allow Superin- endent Shaler of the Panama Railway to transport troops for either side. The President continues: ORDERS TO NAVY GIVEN AT A TIME OF IMMINENT PERIL This plain official account of the occurrences November 4 shows that, instead of there ng been (00 much provisions by Amert overnment for the maintenance of order end the prctection of life and property on the isthmus, the orders for the movement of the American rehips had been too long delayed, so long, in fact, that there were but forty-two rines and sallors available to land and protect the lives of American men and women. It was only the coolness and the gallantry with which this little band of men wearing the American uniform faced ten times their number of armed foes, bent on carrying out the atrocious threat of the Colomblan com- mander, that prevented a murderous catas- At Panama, when the revolution broke there was no American man cf war and an troops or sailors. At Colon Hubbard acted with entire im- toward both sides, preventing any her by the Colomblans or the hich would tend to produce blocd- The President then quotes from an article in the New York Evening Post under date of Panama, December 8§, in which in an interview a native Pan- aman is quoted as saying: We were willing to encounter the Colombian troops at Colon and fight It out, but the com- mander of th> United States cruiser Nashvilie forbid Superintendent Shaler to allow the rail- road to transport troors for either party. It thus clearly appears that the fact that there was no bloodshed on the isthmus was directly due—and only due —to the prompt and firm enforcement by the United States of its traditional policy. During the past forty years revolutions and attempts at revolution | have succeeded one another with mo- notonous regularity on_the isthmus, and | again and again United States sailors | and marines have been landed as they were landed in this instance and under similar instructions to protect transit. One of these resolutions resulted in three years of warfare, and the aggre- gate of bloodshed and misery caused by them has been incalculable. The fact that in this last revolution not a life was lost, save that of the men killed by the shells of the Colombian gurboat, and no property destroyed, was due to the action which I have ge- seribed. We, in effect, policed the isth- mus in the interests of its inhabitants and of our own national needs and for the good of the entire civilized world. Failure to act as the administration acted would have meant great waste of life, great suffering, great destruction of property, all of whicH was avoided STUBBS' NAME MENTIONED AS SUCCESSOR TO BURT Higher Officials, However, Credit Ru- mor That Harriman,Will Be Directors’ Choice. NEW YORK, Jan. 4¢.—The resigna- tion of Horace G. Burt as president of the Union Pacific Railway probably will be presented to a meeting of the directors of the company this week. In well informed circles the belief prevails that it will be accepted and that substantial recognition of Burt's services will be made. The reports that E. H. Harriman will succeed him are encouraged in higher quarters, though the name of J. C. Stubbs is also frequently heard in conection with the prospective va- cancy. ————— Shingle Workers Mect. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 4.—Thirty- five men, representing the Interna- tional Association of Shingle Workers from the States of Wisconsin, Michi- gan, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, California and the provinces of British P | and safety by the firmness and _prudence with which Commander HubWard carried out his orders and prevented either party from attacking the other. The action was for the peace of both Colombia and Panama. It is earnestly to be hoped there will be no unwise conduct on our part which may encourage Colombia to | embark on a war which cannot result | in her regaining contro! of the isthmus, but which may cause much bloodshed | and suffering. 1 hesitate to rbfer to the injurious insinua- tions which have been made of complicity b this Government in the revolutionary movemen in Panama. They are as destitute of founda- tion ae of pro ty. The only excuse for my ning them Is the fear lest unthinking might mistake for scquiescence the of mere seif-respect: 1 think proper therefore, that no one conneeted with this Government' had any part in pr inciting or encouraging the late revolu on the isthmus of Panama. and that from the reports of our military and naval of- ficers, given above, no one connecled with this Government h: any previous knowiedge ©of the revolution except such as was accessible 0 any-person of ordinary “telligence who read the newspajers ond kept up a current ae- quaintance with public affairs. REASONS ARE GIVEN FOR RECOGNITION OF NEW REPUBLIC By the unanimous action of its people, with- out firing a sh vith a unanimity hardly before recorded in any similar case—the peo- ple of Panama declared themselves an inde- pendent republic. Thelr recognition by this Government was based upon a state of facts in no way dependent for its justification upon our actlon in ordinary cases. I have not de. nled, nor do I wieh to deny, either the valid: ity or the propriety of the general rule tha a new state siould not be recognized as in- dependent until it has shown its ability to maintain its indevendence. This rule is de- rived from, the principle of non-intervention, and as a corollary of that principle, has generally _been observed by the United States. But like the principle from which it Is deduced, the rule Is subject to ex- ceptions, and there are in my opinion clear and imperative reasons why a departure from it was justified and even required in the recent instance. - These reasons embrace—first, our treaty rights; eecond, our national interests and third, the interests of collec- tive civilization. Referring to ihe treaty of 1846, “by the thirty-fifth article of which the United States secured the right of a | free and open transit across the isth- | mus of Panama and to that end agreed to guarantee to New Granada her rights of sovereignty and property over that territor the President said: This article is sometimes discussed as if the latter guaantee constituted its sole object and bound the United States to protect the sover- w Grapada against domestic revo- tring, however, could be more erro- supposition. * * * - wi.achs agains: wich the United engaged to protect Ne: ware those c. forelgn Lowers, but g2 ment was only a means to the accomplishmen of a yet more important end. The great design of the article was to assure the dedfcation of the isthmus to the purpose of free and unob- structed interoceanic transit, the consummation of which would be found in an interoceanic ca- nal. To the accomplishment of this object the Government of the United States had for years directed its diplomacy, The President says that long before the conclusion of the Hay-Herran treaty the course of events had shown that a canal must be built by the United States or not at all. Neverthe- less, when the well considered agree- ment was rejected by Colombia and the revolution had ensued, one of Colombia’s first acts has been to in- Columbia, met here to-day in annual session. The election of officers will take place to-morrow and a proposed cut-of from 10 to 20 per cent in wages of all Washington mills will be taken up and discussed. The president of the international union is William Hubbell of Baillard and W. H. Clock of Everett is secre- tary. —— e MEET DEATH AT HANDS OF NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA Two FEuropeans and Two Chinese Killed by Hostiles—Punitive Ex- -pedition Avenges Slaughter. ‘BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 4.— The natives of Parrhaven, German New Guinea, on November 14 killed two Europeans—an engineer named Dowell and a trader, Erhardt—two Chinese and ten friendly natives. A pugitive expedition sent against the nalives killed twenty-five of the hos- tiles. The trouble arose over a land dispute. » —_— e The biggest gold brick in the world the exverience that one buvs. is — voke the intervention of the United States. He tontinues: It was under these circumstances that the United States Instead of using its Zorces to destroy those who sought to make the en- sagements of the treaty a reality recognized them as the propsr custodlan of the sov- creignty of the {sthmus. This recognition was further justified by the highest considerations of our national in- terests and safety. In all the range of our nternational relations 1 do not hesitate affirm that there fs nothing of mors pressing Importance than the construc- tion of an Interoceanic canal. Long acknowl- edged to be ntial to our commercial de- velopment it has become, as the resuit of the recent extension of our territorfal dominion, more than ever essential to our national self- defense. The establishment of easy and speedy communication by wsea between the Atlantic and the Pacific presents itself not simply as something to be desired, but as an cbect to be positively and prompily attained. Reasons of convenlence have been superseded by reasons of vital necessity which do not admit of in- definite celays, VAST INTERESTS OF CIVILIZATION IN THE BALANCE The Pregident then cites the factthat the Panama Canal Commission of the Colombian Senate had, on October 14 last, recommended that the discussion of a law to authorize the Government | to enter upon new negotiations be in- | definitely postponed, that the subject | be deferred until October, 1904. By that time, the committee urged, the | extension of time grinted to the new | Panama Company by treaty in 1893 | would have expired and the new Con- | gress to meet in October, 1904, would | be in a position to take up the ques- | tion whether the company had not, in spite of further extension that had | been granted by legislative acts, for- | feited its property and rights. , “When that time arrives,” the re- port significantly declares, says the | President, “the republic, without any impediment will be able to contract and will be in more clear, more defi- | nite and more advantageous posses- | sion, both legally and materially.” President Roosevelt says: The comstruction of the canal was to be | relezated to the indefinite ruture, while Co- jombla was, by reason of her own delay. to | e placed in the “‘more advantagesus’ position | paid by the United States for the privilege of compléting the canal, but aiso the $40,000.- 000 authorized by the act of 1902 to be paid for the property of the new Panama Canal scheme wouid have brought Colombia into conflict with the Government of France can. not be doubted; mor could the United Stat have counted upon an immunity from the consequences of the attack, cven apart from | the indefinite delays to which the constructed canal was to be subjected. On the first ap- pearance of danger to Colombia this Govern- ment would have been summoned to Interpose in order to give effect to the guarantees of the treaty of 1846; and all this in support of a plan, which characterized in 1i's first stage by the wanton disregard of our own highest interests, was fitly to end in further injury to citizens of a friendly nation. whose cnormous losses in_their generous efforts to ierce the isthmus have become a matter of Listory. 1 confidently maintain that the recogmition of the republic of Panama was an act justified by the Interests of collective civilization. If ever a Government could be said to have re- ceiveq a mandate from civilization to_ effect an object the accomplishment of which was demanded in tbe interests of markind, the United States holds that position with regard to the interoceanic canal. Since our purpose to build the canal was definitely anmounced there have come from all quarters sssurances of approval und encouragement, in which even Colombia herself at one time participated; and to_general assurances were added rpecific acts PLAGUE INFECTED RATS ON THE CRUISER CORDOBA Vessel Quarantined at Strandhaff Until Danger of Spread of Disease Is Passed. HAMBURG, Jan. 4—The German cruiser Cordoba, from Santos, Brazil. November 25, via Bahia, December 2, has been released from quarantine. An inquiry into the mortality among the rats on the cruiser Cordoba con- firmed the report that they had died of bubonic plague. The vessel was towed to Strandhaff and guarantined. There was no sickness among the crew and it was officially announced that the precautions taken precluded the possibility bf public danger. ———— DOCTORS DISAGREE IN DUNSMUIR CASE On Alcoholic Issue Victoria Medico Says Physician From New York - ver g P’ ‘VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 4.—Dr. J. G. | of claiming not merely compensation to be | Company. That the attempt to carrv out.this | r | l DY our prompt action not only have our interests and those of the world at large been con- served, but we have forestalled complications which were likely to be frui { ourselves and in bloodshed and suficring lo the people of the isihmus. I the pcople of the isthmus to thosc whom they regarded as oppressors, we keep the transit open and prevent its the ratification of the treaty; for it is lo be remembered that a failure to ratify undo what has beem donc—zwill not restore Pamama to Colombia. President’s Message to Congress. invasion. Meanwhile, th ————p ful i loss to of i 7 tead g our forces as e were invited by Colorbia ta do, for the two-fold purpose of defeating our omn rights and interests and the inlerests of the civilized world, and of cempelling the submission of shall, in duty bound, only question now before us is the treaty will not riract From the Bt s SIS NS In ord and declarations. might stand nounces im; Bulwer treaty dnd agreed to its abrogation, receiving in return nothing but our homorable pledee to build the canal and protect it as an open highway. President Roosevelt speaks of the resolution adopted by the Pan-Amer- ican Conference at the city of Mexico on January 1902, applauding, the purpose of the United States to con- struct an interoceanic canal, and calls attention to the fact that General Reyes, the present delegate of Colom- bia in Washington, was among those who signed the resolution. He con- tinues: Little could it have been foreseen that two years later the Colomblan Government, led ray by false allurements of selfish advan- tage, and forgetful alike of its international obligations and of the duties and responsibili- ties of society, would thwart the efforts of the United States to enter upom and compi * work which the nations of Americs. re-echoing the sentiment of the nations of Europe, had pronounced to be not cniy worthy ef &reatness of the American people. but “‘in_the highest sense a work of civilization. That our position as to the mandatory civilization has by no meaps been misco celved is shown by the promptituds with which the powers have, one after another, follawed our lead in recognizing Panama as an inde- pendent state. PANAMA'S ACTION PROPER, ENTIRELY PRESIDENT ASSERT In view of tHe manifold considerations of treaty rights and obligations, or national in- terest and safety and of collective civilization, by w our Government was constrained to act, T am at a loss to comprehend the attitude of those who can discern in the recognition of er _that no obstacle t Brita: the republic of Panama only a general ap- | proval of the principles of “‘revolution,” by which the given Government is overturned or | ome portiom of a country separated from an- other. Only the amplest justification can wa rant a revolutionary movement of sither kind. | But t is no fixed rule which caa be applied to all such movements. Each cafe must be Jjudged on its own merits. no disinterested and fair-minded observer a quainted with the circumstances can feel that Panama had the amplest ju: for separation from Colombla under tion cen- ditions existing. and, moreover, that its action | to the | was in the highest degree beneficial Interests of the civilized world by securing the immediate opportunity for the building of the interoceanic canal. 1t would be ) for thos who are pessimistic as to our action in peace- fuliy ing public of Panama, ted the transit from . to recall what has Where we iniervened gven grounds of national inter- it When we interfered that we intended was keep have demonstrated ive fashion the falsity of this Cuba is now an independent republic. The President refers to the aid given Cubans in establishing them upon a career of self-government and inde- pendence, and adds: So will it be with Panama. The people of the isthmus, and as I firmiv believe of the ad- jacent paris of Central and South America. will be greatly benefited by the building of the canal and the guarantee of peace ana o der along its line: and hand In hand with the benefit, to them will go the benefit to us and to_mahikind. By our prompt action not only have our in- terasts ami thess of the world at large been conserved, but we-have forestailed complic: tions which were likely to be fruitful in loss ourselves and in bloodshed and suffering to the people of ths istimuc. Instead of using our ferces as we were in- vited by Colombiz to do, fcr the two-foid pur- pose of defeating cur own rights and interests and the interests of the civilized world, and of compelling the submission of the people of t! isthmus to those whom they regarded as o in duty bound. kecp t transit open and prevent its invasicn. Mean- while, the cnly question now before us is that of the ratification of the treaty. For it is tu be remembered that a fallure to ratify the treaty will not urdo what has been donme: will not restore Panama to Colombia and will not falter cur obligations to keep the transit open across the isthmus. and to prevent any outside power from menacing this transit. It seems to have been assumed in certain quarters that the proposition that the oblig: tions of article 35 of the treaty of 1846 are to te considered as adhering to and following the eovereignty of the !sthmus so long as that sovereignty is not absorbed by the Unit States. rests upcn some novel theors. No sumption could be made further from the f It Is by mo means true that a state in deela: | ing its independence rids itself of all treaty cbligations entered i L L Bl It is on all hands conceded that treaties re- lating to bounlaries and rights of navigation continue in force without regard to changes in government or soverelgnty. This principle ob- viously applies to that part of the treaty of 1846 which relates to the Isthmus of Panama. In conclusion. let me repeat that the ques- tion actually - before this Government is not that of the recognition of Panama as an inde- pendent republic. That is already an accom- plished fact. The question and the only ques. tion is whether we shall or not build an isth- mian canal. President ‘- Roosevelt transmits with his messages copies of the latest notes from the Minister of the republic of Panama to this Government, and of certain notes which have passed be- tween the special-envoy of the republic of Colombia and of this Government. R S AT CORRESPONDENCE WITH REYES. President Throws Light Upon the Re- cent Exchange of Notes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—Accompany- ing President Roosevelt's message to Congress were copies of notes ex- :o by the parent govern- case to-day, . refuting evidence given for the plaintiff' by New York medical men that Dunsmuir had shown symp- toms of -alcoholic démentia. The evi dence of Dr. Huntington and Dr. Col- bert was read to Dr. Davis and he said the symptoms described by them showed Dunsmuir to be on a pro- tracted sp: mnothing more. They did not show alcoholic dementia and Dunsmuir would be as sane as ever when he recovered from his drunk. The evidence of Dr. Marshall of New York that the use of liquor brought on locomotor ataxia was read to the witness and Dr. Davis sajd if, Dr. Mar- shall had said that he did not know ‘what he was talking about. PR R i SACRAMENTO, Jan. .4.—Governor Pardee this afternoon appointed the following delegates to the National Livestock and Wool Growers’ Conven- tion, to be held at Portland, Ore., January 11 to 15: H. A. Jastro, Ba- kersfleld;: Edward W. Howard, - San Mateo; B. F. Rush, Suisun. The last cultural named is president of the State Agri- al Society. 4 the | But in my opinion | g ail to | | 1 “1 changed between General Reyes and the Secretary of State concerning the attitude of the United States in case Colombian troops should be sent to Pan-~ ama; also coples of two notes to the State Department by the Minjster of Panama to the United States. The communication - of Reyes is addressed to Secretary Hay and dated December 8, at Washington, and reads: : I have the honor to address to your Ex- ceilency for the purpose of stating respectfully that 1 have received from my Government in- structions to inquire what attitude would be assumed by the Governmenj of the United States In the event, which#may take place, of Colombian troops or fefces under tas Co- lomblan flag making their appearance on the isthmus, or attempting a landing on the U ritory for the defense of the soversignty and integrity of Colombia, and respecting the rail- road line &nd the terminal points, in sccord- ance with the stipulation of the treaty of 1848, which my country is ever ready to ob serve. In answer to this. Secretary Hay wrote General Reyes under date of De- | cember 11. saying. after quoting the | question asked: 1 have quoted your question textually and in.reference to it am instructed by the Presi- dent to bring to the attention of yur Ex- cellency the following facts That the republic of Panama orociaimed 8 independen o in_conseq pendence of Panama | | | | becn recoznized by this Government and by many others; that a treaty has been signed between the United States and Panama, which has been ratified | by- the i State ‘and is now awaiting rati- ion by the American that by.the | provisions of said trea ted States | aintain the pendence of Pan- although has not yet e law by the act of Congress, there are | already inchoate rights and dutles created hy | it which place the responsibility of preserving and order the isthmus in the hands | of the Govern of the United Stutes and | of Panama. even if such responsibiiities wers not impos: the hfstorical ev:nts of the last fifey nstricted to v that the Government States would regard with the any e U | coneern disorder and i | the come, Iz and civilization | guinary to close ruineue of san- ivil war in Panama. Secretary Hay on December 30, 1903, apt-r acknowledged a letter from General Reyes, which had asked him to say | whether the invasion of the territory | of the republic of Panama by Colom- | bian soldiers wouid be considered by | the United States as a declaration of | war. The Secretary called attention to a similar question which General Reyes | had propounded on December 8 and his | reply thereto. Continuing, the Secre- | tary repeated a portion of his letter of the 11th, expressing the apinion of the President concerning civil war in Pan- ama. The Secretary closed with the statement that he could only reiterate what he had before said on the subject of General Reyes’ inquiry and added | that the time which had elapsed since | December 11 had only tended to deepen the painful impression that would be created in this country by the armed invasion of Panama territory by Co- lombian troops, and tke sense of the responsibility that would thereby be imposed on the Government of the United States. He said he had been in- structed to inform General Reyes that this Government had only the friend- liest intentions toward Colombia and would not lightly be provoked into as- suming a hostile attitude toward that republic. Two letters written by Bunau-Varil- la, Minister of Panama, to the Secre- stary of State, are under date of De- cember 31, 1903. The first letter in- | forms Secretary Hay that the Govern- | ment of Panama desires to receive im- mediately after the exchange of ratifi- cations of the treaty only 32,000,000 of the $10,000,000 to be paid by the United | States, leaving the remainder to be | later employed for investment in con- | sistent works which would permanently | represent the counter value of the ex- | penses incurred. According to this | principle, M. Bunau-Varilla inquires whether the United States Government would pay interest of 3 per cent an- nually on the $8,000.000, which would be left in the United States Treasury. He suggests the drafting of a special con- vention covering this point if it meets the approval of the United States Gov- ernment. The second letter informs Secrvetary Hay that M. Bunau-Varilla had re- ceived a telegram from his Government declaring that Panama, as soon as its independence was recognized by Co- lombia, intended to assume a part of Colombia’s exterior debt, of which the principal was settled at £2,000,000 by spécial convention, and which is now accrued by unpaid interest. Panamas expressed readiness to assume a pro- portion of the debt equal to the pro- portion of the population of Panama to Colombia, about one to fifteen. | R xSruta < o VMBI = S T RIS TWO NATIVE FILIPINOS GARROTED FOR MURDER Perez, Who Saved General Smith's Life and Served MacArthur, One of the Culprits. MANILA, Jan. 2.—Perez, who saved the life of General Smith from am- bush, and who was a former secret service man under General Mac- Arthur, was garroted recently with two companions at San Carlos for murder. Ricarte, the recently returned exile from Guam, now in hiding from the authorities in this city, has written a letter outlining a new revolution. It is not considered seriously by the Gov- ernment. - —_——— Funeral of Police Captain Vance. SAN JOSE. Jan. 4.—The funeral of ex-Captain of Police Thomas Vance was held to-day. For thirty years the deceased had been an officsr in this city. There was a large attendance at the services and many magnificent floral piéces. A floral star ‘'was seat