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and their only hope of prompt payment is another 

 war. 



General Huertes, commander of the forces, who 

 is ostensibly loyal to the Bogota Government, is said 

 to be secretly friendly to the proposed revolution. 

 At least, all his personal friends are open in denunci- 

 ation of the Bogota Government and the failure of 

 the Colombian Congress to ratify the canal treaty. 



The consensus of opinion gathered from late ar- 

 rivals from the Isthmus is that the revolution is com- 

 ing, and that it will succeed. 



A special despatch to the Washington "Post," 

 under date of New York, September i, runs as 

 follows : 



B. G. Duque, editor and proprietor of the "Pana- 

 ma Star and Herald," a resident of the Isthmus 

 during the past twenty-seven years, who arrived to- 

 day in New York, declared that if the canal treaty 

 fell through a revolution would be likely to follow. 



"There is a very strong feeling in Panama," said 

 Mr. Duque, "that Colombia, in negotiating the sale 

 of a canal concession in Panama, is looking for prof- 

 its that might just as well go to Panama herself. 



"The Colombian Government, only the other day, 

 suppressed a newspaper that dared to speak of inde- 

 pendence for Panama. A while ago there was a 

 secret plan afoot to cut loose from Colombia and 

 seek the protection of the United States." 



In the New York "Herald" of September 10 the 

 following statement appeared : 



