Post by gallito on Nov 8, 2015 23:36:10 GMT -5
7 November 1903: The United States government is likely to recognise the de facto government of Panama
A 1903 treaty between Panama and the United States led to the construction of the Panama Canal, an important shipping route the US took control of. Photograph: H.N. Rudd/CORBIS
The whole of the Colombian force in Panama and Colon - some 460 men - has left the Isthmus in the mail steamer Orinoco, and the Department of Panama is therefore in the hands of the Revolutionists. Mr. Loomis, the United States Assistant Secretary at Washington, had a conference yesterday with President Roosevelt. On being asked, after leaving the President, whether the issuing of an official statement which was promised meant the recognition of the independence of the new Government of Panama, he replied (Reuter’s correspondent says) in the affirmative. He suggested that the United States Government would probably recognise the de facto Government, with which the foreign Consuls could transact current business, adding that, Colombia having withdrawn, there would otherwise be no Government with which to transact it. He also expressed the opinion that a permanent Government will soon be established in the Isthmus.
In a later message Reuter’s correspondent says that the United States Government has recognised the de facto Government of Panama, and has instructed Mr. Beaupre, the United States Minister at Bogota, to inform the Colombian Government, and Mr. Ehrwen, the Consul at Panama, to notify the new Panama Government of the fact. “President Roosevelt,” the telegram continues, “in view of the ties of friendship which have long existed between the respective nations, most earnestly commands the Governments of Colombia and Panama to come to a peaceful settlement of the questions between them. The President holds that the United States is bound not merely by treaty, but by the interests of civilisation to see that the peaceful traffic of the world across the Isthmus should no longer be disturbed by a constant succession of unnecessary and wasteful civil wars.” It is further explained that the “recognition” at present made is “of a business character,’’ and that full political recognition will follow in due course, when the new Government has assumed a more regular form. Subsequently negotiations will be opened by the United States for the construction of the canal.
Our New York correspondent, telegraphing last night, said:- The feeling among conservative people is that Washington has displayed indecent haste in recognising the so-called Republic of Panama. England had a far stronger case for recognising the Southern Confederacy. What is most lamented is the vulgar air, the mercenary self-interest affecting the whole transaction. Even the Jameson Raid could at least pretend to a humane end, whereas it is impossible to conceal the fact that the present enterprise is purely commercial.
Editorial
The news that has come from the Isthmus of Panama since the insurrection in the town was announced suggests that the movement was inspired by United States agents. The Government at Washington may be assumed to have kept itself unpledged and its responsibility nominally unengaged, but it has interfered between the insurgents and the Colombian Government decisively, and the insurgents must almost certainly have known that it would…What the facts really amount to is that the United States Government, coveting the Canal territory and unable to control it by treaty, has torn it off from Colombia by force.
This is an edited version, read on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/panama-independence-colombia-1903
A 1903 treaty between Panama and the United States led to the construction of the Panama Canal, an important shipping route the US took control of. Photograph: H.N. Rudd/CORBIS
The whole of the Colombian force in Panama and Colon - some 460 men - has left the Isthmus in the mail steamer Orinoco, and the Department of Panama is therefore in the hands of the Revolutionists. Mr. Loomis, the United States Assistant Secretary at Washington, had a conference yesterday with President Roosevelt. On being asked, after leaving the President, whether the issuing of an official statement which was promised meant the recognition of the independence of the new Government of Panama, he replied (Reuter’s correspondent says) in the affirmative. He suggested that the United States Government would probably recognise the de facto Government, with which the foreign Consuls could transact current business, adding that, Colombia having withdrawn, there would otherwise be no Government with which to transact it. He also expressed the opinion that a permanent Government will soon be established in the Isthmus.
In a later message Reuter’s correspondent says that the United States Government has recognised the de facto Government of Panama, and has instructed Mr. Beaupre, the United States Minister at Bogota, to inform the Colombian Government, and Mr. Ehrwen, the Consul at Panama, to notify the new Panama Government of the fact. “President Roosevelt,” the telegram continues, “in view of the ties of friendship which have long existed between the respective nations, most earnestly commands the Governments of Colombia and Panama to come to a peaceful settlement of the questions between them. The President holds that the United States is bound not merely by treaty, but by the interests of civilisation to see that the peaceful traffic of the world across the Isthmus should no longer be disturbed by a constant succession of unnecessary and wasteful civil wars.” It is further explained that the “recognition” at present made is “of a business character,’’ and that full political recognition will follow in due course, when the new Government has assumed a more regular form. Subsequently negotiations will be opened by the United States for the construction of the canal.
Our New York correspondent, telegraphing last night, said:- The feeling among conservative people is that Washington has displayed indecent haste in recognising the so-called Republic of Panama. England had a far stronger case for recognising the Southern Confederacy. What is most lamented is the vulgar air, the mercenary self-interest affecting the whole transaction. Even the Jameson Raid could at least pretend to a humane end, whereas it is impossible to conceal the fact that the present enterprise is purely commercial.
Editorial
The news that has come from the Isthmus of Panama since the insurrection in the town was announced suggests that the movement was inspired by United States agents. The Government at Washington may be assumed to have kept itself unpledged and its responsibility nominally unengaged, but it has interfered between the insurgents and the Colombian Government decisively, and the insurgents must almost certainly have known that it would…What the facts really amount to is that the United States Government, coveting the Canal territory and unable to control it by treaty, has torn it off from Colombia by force.
This is an edited version, read on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/panama-independence-colombia-1903