The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-04
Admiral JOuett and Several Vessels Ordered
to Aspinwall, with Instructions to
Protect American Interests.
Captain Kane Holds as Prisoners Two
of the Men Who FiredAspinwall.
A Letter Throwing Light on General Barrios
and His Intentions-His Complete and
Speedy Success Predicted.
THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION.


THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION.
Anxiety of Naval Officers To Be Sent to As
pinwall.
WASHINGTON, April 3.--The Secretary of the
Navy has received applications from nearly all
the naval officers who are availably located to
be sent to Aspinwall. The Secretary says that
if all who have applied were permitted to go, he
would have more officers than men. He
ceived the following dispatch this morning from
| Commander Kane, of the Galena:
81 hold two of the most prominent insurgents
who assisted in firing Asplnwall. do not think
| it is safe to deliver them to the Colombian
authorities, who would permit them to escape"
Application has been made by the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company and by the Panama Rail
road Company to the War Department for either
the loan purchase of army hospital tents for
the purpose of sheltering the destitute people at
Aspinwall. 1t was decided that they could not
be sold except at public auction, as required by
law but in consideration of the probable desti-
tute condition of American citizens at Aspinwall,
the War Department has placed in the custody
of the admiral OF the feet-they being sent by
the City of Para-fifty hospital tents, to be
used only in event of such cases of existing des-
|
protection of Americans at that point These
| are in addition to the tents needed for the
marines.
Admiral Jouett telegraphs from New Orleans
that he left that city with the Tennessee this
morning for AspinwalL
Preparations were being made to-day at the
Brooklyn navy-yard for the departure of
marines for Panama to protect American in
terests there. Two hundred and fifty men
were dispatched to-day, and two hundred more
will so on Monday next The men were all pro-
vided with new outfits, and presented a fine ap-
pearance on parade. The men embarked
tug-boats at noon and were conveyed to the
Pacific Mail steamer City Of Para, which will
| sail this afternoon for AspiLwall.
The United States steamer Dispatch, with be-
tween 300 and 400 sailors and marines on board,
from the Norfolk navy yard, passed Fortress
Monroe yesterday afternoon. She will inter
cept the steamer from New York for Aspnwall
off the capes of Virginia. and the men will there
be transferred.
Instructions to Colombian and American
| Officers.
| WASHINGTON, April 3-Senor Becerra, rep
resonting the United States of Colombia at
Washington, sent the following dispatch this
| afternoon to General Comma, at Panama:
Omitted States forces are going to cooperate
in securing free transit and protection of Ameri-
can life and property. If they find that the
| Colombian forces are able, of themselves, to at
tain that object they will withdraw. l have
perfect confidence in the good faith and upright
intentions Of the American government Public
| opinion here is deeply irritated at the excuses
committed at Colon. We need energy, repres-
1 Gle nd mil Inst hat
be held for the aforesaid excuses. Report fire.
| quently"
He also sent the following to the authorities at
Buena Ventura:
'It is important that more forces be sent to
Panama to restore order and to prevent the ma
ton from being held responsible"
Secretary Whitney, late this afternoon, tele-
graphed as follows to Pensacola to Rear Ad-
miral James c. Jouett, who sailed to-day from
New Orleans, with the United States steamer
Tennessee:
'sIn addition to the forces under your COM
mand in the steamships Tennessee. Swatara,
Alliance and Galena, all of which should be at
Aspinwall upon your arrival, you will be
reinforced by about 100 marines dispatched
| to-day from New York by the steamship
City of Para, with tents and camp equipage. To
provide for contingencies, further supplies will
be sent at once. The duty you are called upon
L
ton. The object of the expedition is the per-
Torrance by the United States of their engage
ments to preserve the neutrality of, and keep
open the transit from, Colon to Panama, and
further to protect the lives and property of
| American citizens. The circumstances, as under
stood, from which the necessity for the expedi-
ton has arisen are, in general, that steamship
belonging to Americans has been seized at Colon
| by AM armed force, and goods in transit taken
| from her, her officers and the American consul
| imprisoned, and the transit across the Isthmus
| interrupted With the consequences involved
in the past acts you are not concerned. Your
| sole duty is confined to seeing that a free and
| uninterrupted transit across the Isthmus is
| restored and maintained, and that the lives and
property of American citizens are protected. If,
| on your arrival at the isthmus, order shall have
| been restored and the Colombian authorities
are adequate to the protection of life and prop
erty and the maintenance of free traffic you will
interfere in no respect with the constituted
| authorities, but report and await orders. You
have no part to perform in the political social
| disorders of Colombia and it will be your duty
to see that no irritation or unfriendliness shall
| arise from your presence at the sthmus. The
| incidental exercise Of humanity toward Ameri-
can citizens in distress must be left to your
| sound discretion"