720 Presidential Addresses 



It was a matter of common notoriety. Quotations 

 from the daily papers could be indefinitely multi- 

 plied to show this state of affairs; a very few will 

 suffice. From Costa Rica on August 31 a special 

 was sent to the Washington "Post/' running as fol- 

 lows : 



SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, 

 August 31 



Travelers from Panama report the Isthmus alive 

 with fires of a new revolution. It is inspired, it is 

 believed, .by men who, in Panama and Colon, have 

 systematically engendered the pro-American feeling 

 to secure the building of the Isthmian Canal by the 

 United States. 



The Indians have risen, and the late followers of 

 Gen. Benjamin Herrera are mustering in the moun- 

 tain villages, preparatory to joining in an organized 

 revolt, caused by the rejection of the canal treaty. 



Hundreds of stacks of arms, confiscated by the 

 Colombian Government at the close of the late rev- 

 olution, have reappeared from some mysterious 

 source, and thousands of rifles that look suspic- 

 iously like the Mausers the United States captured 

 in Cuba are issuing to the gathering forces from cen- 

 tral points of distribution. With the arms goes 

 ammunition, fresh from factories, showing the 

 movement is not spasmodic, but is carefully planned. 



The government forces in Panama and Colon, 

 numbering less than 1,500 men, are reported to be 

 a little more than friendly to the revolutionary spirit. 

 They have been ill paid since the revolution closed, 



