Separation of Panama from Colombia, Extracts of Letters Addressed By José M. González Valencia, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, to a ... Made By Mr. Wilfred H. Schoff in His

Extracts of letters addressed by Jose M. Gonzalez Valencia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, to a friend of Colombia in the United States, as a reply to the assertions made by Mr. Wilfred H. Schoff. PANAMA HAD A LEGAL RIGHT TO SECEDE. Mr. Schoff says: The relations of the Isthmus to the Colombian union and of the United States to the Isthmus seem to resolve themselves into two definite propositions: First, that in joining the Colombian union the Isthmus reserved the right to separate therefrom, fought for that right when it was trespassed upon, secured the acknowledgment thereof in two constitutions of the Republic, never relinquished that right, and exercised it in 1903 in accordance with the original reservation. Evidence may be found in the act of independence of Panama from Spain that it was not the intention of the Panamanians, when they proclaimed their emancipation from Spain, to be separated from New Granada. Under the Spanish rule, at the time of the emancipation, Panama was a portion of the Viceroyalty of New Granada as shown in the acts to which reference is made in Mr. Schoff spamphlet.
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