Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

[Translation.]

Colon , November 3, 1903 .

Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.:

Receipt of your telegram of November 2 is acknowledged. Prior to receipt this morning about 400 men were landed here by the Government of Colombia from Cartagena. No revolution has been declared on the Isthmus and no disturbances. Railway company have declined to transport these troops except by request of the governor of Panama. Request has not been made. It is possible that movement maybe made to-night at Panama to declare independence, in which event I will * * * (message mutilated here) here. Situation is most critical if revolutionary leaders act.

Hubbard.