| Show BANISHED FROM PANAMA Prisoners of War Placed on Hoard Vessel Under Heavy Guard Colon Nov 12About fifty officers and civilian employees oC the former Government of the Department of Panama Pan-ama apprehended at Panama since No vcmher 3 Ill the dale of the proclamation proclama-tion of Independence and who refused to take the oath of allegiance of the new republic arrived here today overlie over-lie Panama railroad under a heavy armed escort The train backed to the dock alongside the Spanish steamer Leon Xii I I The prisoners alighted and hoiirded l Die steamer between IncH of Panaman soldiers l PRISONERS UNDER GUARD The clock Is now guarded to prevent their escape The steamer will sail tomorrow to-morrow Thirteen other persons arrested arrest-ed and held here for similar reasons were also escorted aboard time Leon XIII and wlllM he landed at Savanllla The Panama Government Is paying the passage of the prisoners I to each of whom was advanced a months salary whkh offer t as accepted by the majority ma-jority OBALDIA RELEASED I Gen Obaldla former Governor of the Department of Panama who Is generally gen-erally credited with having been fully oognhant of the secession movement and who owing to hiy sympathy with the movement did not while Governor of Panama inform the Colombian Government Gov-ernment 01 the true state of affairs ont on-t Isthmus Is now at I liberty I In I Panama Pana-ma of which city he Is I native The imprisonment o the Governor Is looked look-ed upon as having been practically a farce everybody knowing his sentiments senti-ments and that he would never return to Bogota TOVAR ON BOARD The prisoners sent on board the Leon m XIII I I Include Gens Tovar and Ama > I former Prefect of Colon Guudras and former Alcalde of Colon Guerro Gen lluerlai commander of lie battalion I of Panama which deserted the I Colombian Government I ii and joined the t Panama I revolutionists on November 8uti has been made Cciii ummamideri mtCIt let of the I forces of the 1 new republic Gen Iluer las was entertained at I banquet hero loll by Porfiro Melemlcz r Military Governor of Colon and other Government Govern-ment ofllfiors |
