Show SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON THE TUE PANAMA INCIDENT w LIGHT O OTH ETHE TH A AMA CA Al President Lays Before Defore Congress a n Statement of His ills Actions der Act of June JUlie 1902 Ills HIS DUTY WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR Colombia In Dealing With the United V O States Was WilS Neither Prank Frank Nor Explicit REGARDING THE REVOLUTION Xo So One Connected With American Gov GO Took Any An Tart Part in Inciting Or Encouraging the tile Same w Washington Jan 1 rte president t res ent today sent the following message on en the Panama question to Congress President Roosevelt says that ho he lays lava before Congress a statement of oC his ac no notion tenon tion mi up to the thc present time on the tho net act approved June Juno 28 8 by b which the tho president was authorized ed to secure for tor forthe the United States Stal eh the property of oC tho the Canal company the thu per control control lot of oC a six mimes mlle miles across the Isthmus J f Panama Tanana It waa further lurther provided that should the tho pres president prest lre ident I be he e tumble to 10 obtain tor for tho the Unit United ed ell States a II satisfactory title to the tho property of ot the new nul Panama company and the control of ot tho the necessary sary ur territory of ot the republic of ot Colom Colombia bla bia within a II reasonable time tine and upon Ullon reasonable terms tern then the tho president should endeavor to provide for tor a canal canaly t b y the Nicaragua route WHAT WAS TO HE m DONg DONE The language quoted says soya sa s tho the with exactness s mud and precision lre what was to 10 bo be done mud what as 1111 n II matter ot of has haR been done The president pre was authorized to 10 toto togo to go 0 to 10 the Nicaragua route only If It with withIn lIh In A 1 reasonable time lime ho hn could cold not obtain control of oC the Iho necessary territory of ot the republic ot of Colombia This Thle control hum hill now been heon obtained tho the provision of ot the net acl has hall been compiled with It ItIs li Is no longer possible I under existing clr dr to go to tho the Nicaragua I route roule as nj an on alternative This act oct marked markell the Iho climax of ot tho the effort adorn on the part ot of the tho United States lo to secure lecure NO sa till fur an nu legislation vos con corned an nn cullie canal across a athe the Isthmus Tho The effort to secure n a 1 treaty tret for tor this thins purpose o with ono one of ot tho Iho Central C American republics did not Hani on Oil the same footing with the tho effort ef ct effort fort tort to secure a n 1 treaty treat under ordinary conditions condition POSITION OF Ole UNITED STATES The president then quotes ns Os he did In his hll annual message e what he terms was wag the proper position of ot the tho United l States Stales to assume al ume in reference to this canal ennal and therefore to 10 the governments of oC the Isthmus ns na set sel forth by II Secy Cass Cassis In is Ibis ISSi He lie says onyx An A the United States has Ima taken the position that no other oilier gov go government 10 nt is to 10 build the time canal and cites tn the action of oC the tho In 1889 In ht pass passIn In is a resolution r declaring that limo tho government of ot the tho United States Stuls will lock look with serious concerti concern and dis 1111 disapproval approval proal upon any connection of ot any alY I government with the con conjunction I junction or control of ot an nil hlll canal ac cro ro s 8 he tho isthmus rue of at Darien or across Central America 11 TiU ATY Under Tudor the treaty treal tais al limn Ihn President It t was explicitly Irold iw d that the tho United railed States Stales should l control police pollee and protect the canal which nich war wai to lo be hunt hull I keeping It II for tor the tho ve of ot nil all nations on equal terms term The flu United States Slates thus as lIa the he position of ot guarantor of or the tho anal Inal and of ot Its peaceful use tiro by b nil th Iho world The Thu guaranty Included ns as f k a matter ot oe course the tho building of oC tim tho anal unal nai The enterprise was wall tI as AI responding reF 1011 II II I to 10 nn an International need Pod nd la It 1 would be bo the tho travesty jn on n right and Justice to treat the tho gov IrO in III ot at tho the Isthmus Pt II wing having the right In tho the language of ot at Mr r Cass Caps eK Io 10 o close the Ihl Rates gates of or Inter ursi on the tho great highways ot of the tho and nd Justify the tho net by the tho pre lIre that these avenues of or trade and amt travel ravel belong to them that they choose to shut flint then them I THINGS SETTLED The president lr says anya that when this Ihl got f submitted to Colombia tho the la treat three things were er therefore already fettled settled Ono One was vas that the he canal should be bo built Tho rhe cond leond that It should bo be our to to deal not merely ln In n a ot of Justice but MI i in al a of ot generosity with tho the thoP P through h whoso whose land wo tuo 10 might build lit it II The rho HI treaty hent U Pays I the president If It It Il erred nl lit till 1111 tilli erred i in the direction of tF Ii o the iho Colombian tn our Ui JUI anxiety to be bo fait fair wo had luul gone OM o the u very er ry verge ergo i In ln yielding to 10 u a weak III ion s demands what that nation was wasly IU ly h unable to enforce from us I ni against our will Tho The only amity Oil criticism ado UI upon lIon on the tho 10 for tor 0 the tf V tUrn terms ot of f tho the treaty was WU for tor r having granted too ton much lo to Colom Cabin Coloma hla v a not mt t for tor failure to tn grout grant enough h iii letter r In ln the Iho in Congress nor nOI In tho the preps Irus nt at a t the mho time flume this treaty hl formulated was there complaint that n at It Il dpi did not In III tho the fullest std and am mint Wet Nest manner to Colo hIi that she oho could by h any color c of title No Is tho the fact to ho bo lost loa I sight of at f jw that i the Iho u rejected d treaty hent i Ii re to lo the Iho pecuniary demands of It In Othur respects merely f T hV for tor the construction of ot tho the canal in conformity with tho the express nt of the iho net act of ot Iho the Congress cn en In June 28 es Continuing tho mho president payal Tim Thin TimI I I r aty Instead Ih tend of ot requiring a n cession or of 0 i a in over oer over the tho canal tripp expressly acknowledged coil toti firmed preserved her hel r it The Tho treaty In mho respect slur J on the lines lineR on which nil nl lending leading up ull to Iho tho present Situation nation have been WAS WAH SILENT llad d j ural u that that ot An cons const con t elusion of oC the treaty Col Colombia Colombia never intimated that Hint tnt lac require requirement r requirement ment by tho the United Stales s of at control over oer the canal strip would render until unlit unattainable tamable tho the construction constriction of or a n count canal by byway way ivay wn of ot the of at Panama nor 1101 were wele we tee advised during luring tho the months when whets legislation of oC J 02 was wai pending before Congress that tho terns terms whirl which h hIt It embodied would render tender negotiations with Colombia Impracticable It Is l plain that no nation could construct and guarantee the neutrality of ot tho the canal with a n lees leas degree of at control titan than was stipulated for tor In III the treaty A refusal to grunt grant such of DC control was necessarily a refusal to tomake tomake make moke any practicable treaty at all DEMANDED CANAL That time the canal Itself was waR eagerly de lIe demanded demanded by tho the people of ot the locality through which It WON teas to puss pass and that the thc people of ot this lids locality no less leu eagerly longed longell for to or Its construction un under under der tiel American control aio are shown holn by the unanimity of or tho the action of ot the new lIeW Panama republic Furthermore Colom Colon Colombia Colombin bin bia after having rejected ejected the treaty In pU spite of ot our OUI protests protest mind warnings when whets It was In III her lIel power to accept It has hns since shown the thc utmost eagerness to accept the limo seine treaty If It only on the status quo qua could be bc restored Ono One ot or orthe the men standing highest In lit the circles of ot Colombia on all Nov No 6 ad addressed addressed dressed tho the American minister at tu to saying If Ir the government ot of tho the United would land troops troop to preserve sovereignty and the transit tho limo Colombian government would declare martini martial law and by virtue of ot vested constitutional author authority ity It when hen order Is disturbed would approve by II degrees tho the ratification cation of or the canal treaty trellY as na signed or orif It if the government ot of the Iho United States prefers would call extra session of oC the congress with net neu ne and friendly tiny May Iny to 10 approve tho the I treaty CANAL CANAI DI LOCATED Third Finally tho limo Congress dean deOn definitely Itch Itel settled where the canal wan ran to bo be built buill It 11 teas provided that a 11 treaty should bo be made for Cor building tho the canal across the tine Isthmus of ot Panama and If It after atter reasonable time lime It proved Bible sible to lo secure such IlIch treaty that then we ye should go to Nicaragua The treaty trea treaty ty t has tins been made madei for tor It II reeds needs no argument ment meat to show that the tho Intent of or tho the Congress ns to Insure a t canal across Panama PANAMA lANA IA INDEPENDENT NT The president relates tho the delay of ot the Colombian congress In III taking hiking action on the treaty and the time breaking out of ot the three days titter liner that bod body ended Its session et In October without passing Ila upon 1011 the document Panama he says became an Independent sate sato timid and the tho lie control of at the tho territory nary sary sa I for tOl building the tho canal ca I then thel be became became came camo obtainable The condition under und r which alone wo we could have gone tu to tl Nicaragua thereby became Impossible of ot fulfillment If It the pending treaty with Panama should not bo lo by bytho bytho bythe tho the senate this would suet not alter tho time fact that wn 0 could tint not go to Nicaragua The Congress haw has decided the route und and thero Is I no alternative under tho the existing legislation COLOMBIA REPEATEDLY nEPI WARNED W The president says that Secy Sec Hay Ida Ha hall had repeatedly warmed Colombia that grave consequences might follow toll front from her rejection of or tho the treaty rand although tho the administration hao special means meana of or knowledge no such means me were elo neceA saty sac Sll In ha order or er to appreciate tho time possibility ity of a n revolutionary outbreak Quotations from front dully dally papers said he lie could lie II Indefinitely multiplied to show this state of ot affairs and aill tho the president quotes dispatches fent rent by special correspondents correspondent to Washington amid Now New York papers under corder dates ex extending tending over OCI n period front from Aug A ug 31 to lu Oct 26 2 telling ot of the stirred condition of ot affairs I INVOLUTION lI Time The lIt had also on Oct 15 nt lit atthe the tho request of ot den Oen Young seen lIeen Capt II H 11 H and Murphy wino who ho had Just return d from room n a four tour lour through portion of at l elm mud Colombia They Ihl load had informed him hire that It was time the general belief bellef h lIeC that tile the revo lotion might break out p ut nt nat any nil moment n In lii view Io of ot nil all these facts says anya the tho president I directed tho the navy de tie department to Instructions such ns as would insure your 1111 having ships chips within easy reach of It time the Isthmus In III tho lino event of oC need arising Thin on or Nov No 2 3 when U it was evident that time tho outbreak was Imminent tho con In Instructions bad been soul sent to the tho com mender III II I ot of the Ile Hoston Huston and to lu trIo free and uninterrupted ruled transit It C Interruption Is threatened by II armed force occupy time tho lino of on railroad Prevent timing of ot tactile hostile Intent dent tiny any IIII armed l force with either lIhN government or Insurgent nt at tiny nay point within CO W O mites ot of Panama MADE 11 WAn WAIl ON ONU U S SOn Sall On all Nov Not 3 Commander John Johll Hubbard of oC tho time Nashville had Mil reported report ell to tho the department that navy troops from Cartagena had landed In Colon and that the situation was most critical Tho The president then them quotes s from Commander h repot repol on onNo onNo Nov No No 6 to the tho navy envy department In III which the tho commander said II a the occur retires of oC Nov No 3 had luul amounted to practically the making of ot war again the he United States Stales by b the lire cern m In n command of or the lime Colombian troops In Colon The limo United States Slates consul halt hal notice from Co Col Torres Torre to tho the effect that Jt I time the Colombian o Ulcers lens anti and who lad had beni berm In ht on nn Nov Nos No 3 by h the tha in independents n dependents woo were CIO not released by 11 3 2 0 o cluck clock he Torres would open lire ire on 01 tho time town lown of oC Colon anti kill every evey eol hulled d States In limo tho Place then thon relates M tho time landing of ot tho the 13 I marines under I command nf of ns as I told toh In its tho the dispatches nl nt time the line mud press tho the threatening attitude altitude ot of pt the tho limited States mn ma marines rines In the time railroad Wele citizens had H shed shell where wh ro our taken en refuge Commander Hubbard told laid also of ot refusing to 10 allow Supt Shiner filmier of ot the to trans train transport port troops th for tor either tide side allo TOO LONG LONO D nm This plain The tho president ont continues account of ot the tho occurrences of at atNo Nov Nos 4 1 shows Shaws Instead of ot there thero much provision by ly the tho having been too loo bell government tar far the limo American of or Hf of oC order and tho time anco n co protection If mind property on min the isthmus tho the or orBern American the movement of ot the Iho Bern for tor warships hall had been bell too long delayed so 00 in net that there thoro but 3 bug mar nil awl and sailors allor available to land the tho lives of or men inen ml and th lh the co colness ness anti women wanton U t urns only unit time tho t gallantry 1 with which limbo little t o of ot wearing the Amere n bard band mon men of ot forth form faced 10 O n f their heh t number time Iho o carrying out bent hont on armed foes atrocious that threat of or th n com lu im Iota that prevented n At when the rev rv revolution Amerl broke brake out there W wa B no can ClU and Int po ao J American r troops or sailors At Colon Command cr er acted with entire Impartiality toward both sides preventing any t movement melt a whether by th the Colom olom 10 or or time he Panamanians which would tend lend to 10 produce bloodshed N Y EVENING POST rOST QUOTED The president then quotes from an article In II it the time New Ne York Evening I Post under ulder lute date of ot Panuma Dec 8 In which In II an 11 Interview a n native nalo Panamanian Is quoted as na saying Wo We were willinG to 10 encounter the tho Colomb II troops at nt II Colon and light fight It II out outi but hut the time commander of oC the th United States cruiser Nashville forbid Supt r to allow alien Ilo the railroad to 10 transport trans transport port troops for tOI either party mOOD BLOOD lm WAS PREVENTED I It thus clearly appears says nays la tho time president I that dual the tact fact that there theN was as no bloodshed blood hell on the Isthmus was directly 10 only on the th and firm are enforcement by I the thc United Stales |