| Show TilE THE PANAMA MESSAGE Tho rho President shows positively In his hh message to Congress ss on the tho Pan RIM question that the attitude of at this government during the isthmian crisis was wall perfectly correct Ho lie denies tho the several Insinuations In that tho the revolution was effected by the tho old aid of ot any anyone one con connected connected connected with our government or that anyone anono In III Washington ashington hull had guilty knowledge of ot what was going to hap happen happen pen len Ho 1113 also points out that but for forthe the thu attitude of ot this tM government blood bloodshed bloodshed shed would have havo hn ensued and much mu h property properly would have been destroyed The Tho President declares Uy Sly the unanimous u action of or Its poo peen peo pie pic without the firing of ot u a shot with ib It t unanimity hardly hurdly before recorded In any similar Hie people of Pana Panama ma declared th an Independent republic TheIr recognition by this gov government government government was based ased upon a n state ot of facts In no way dependent for tur Its jusli upon our action In ordinary cases I J have not denied nor do I wish to deny either the tho validity or tho the pro propriety propriety Ira of ot the general rule that n a new newstate newstate state should not lIt ho recognized as 1111 In Independent Independent dependent dc until It has hall shown show II Its ability to maintain Its Us Independence ThIll rule rille Is derived from rein the principle of or nonintervention mid and na IB a 1 corollary of that principle line 1111 leun 1 ob observed obi served by b tho the United States Slates Hut But like the lie from which It li is de tie deduced deduced tha tho rulo rule Is to and anil there thero are aro In lit my toy opinion clear and Imperative reasons why a n departure from rein It was 1111 Justified and ever even re ro required roo quires la tho the presort These lemons 1 ce lut on JU treaty rights I 1 d 1 ou our national Interests t mid and surety safety and third he tho Interest Inter ot of collective civilization The Tho critics of tho the government have havo been bc n guilty guilt of mistakes They have assumed that fiat wo took look Panama away from Colombia that wo we pre prevented prevented vented lie 1110 tram front putting down tho the rebellion n that lint wo we established tho the new nett republic etc all RII of which Is thoun hown to 10 bo the iho flimsiest fiction All this country did was to notify the two parties to tu the that neither ot of them could carry curry on an military opera operations operations the tho strip of Qt land by tho the railroad rho Tho United flutes had hilt but hut u a 1 Mingle single gunboat at nt Colon nod and the tho commander cf ot this vessel did not Intervene In hl tho the slightest t way wn to pre prevent prevent vent ent the th landing ot of tho to a Colombian Columbian force tor 1 that had been sent Kent to tho the acetic scellO ot of trouble that Hut when whon tho the Panama gov government government had been set up and AlII the Colombian commander hull hall notified the tho commander of ot tho the United States Slate vessel that ho should Insist upon hh his hi assumed right to 10 carry on military operations on the tho line IIno of ot tho the railway It became lIeo to Intervene under our obligation to keep k op truffle open this till A had hall been done tho the commander r rot of ot the tho Colombian troops yielded to tho the Inducements of the tho merchants of or Colon to tall sail for tor Cartagena leaving no local load authority on tho the Isthmus except that of ot the lire Republic of ot Panama For Tor fair criticism facts should bo be considered und and not |
