The sun., 1900-07-29
COLOMBIA CUTS EXPENSES.
HER LEGATIONS AND MANY con-
SULSHiPS ABOLISHED.
The Money for Their Maintenance Is Needed
by the Government to Fight the Revolu-
tionists -Consuis kc aimed Only In This
CITY. Paris, HaYre and lXeIpool.


by the Government TO Fight the Revou-
uonists-Consuis kc'alned Only In This
City. Paris, Hayre and Liverpool.
for cou try suffering from financial paralyss
the Government Of Colombia has issued q
decree aboli i-uirg all It. legations except those
at Paris and Quito, Ecuador News OF this
step was received in this city yesterday by
Colombian Consnl-Genernl Edurdo Esplnosa.
The decree. which goes into effect on Aug. Ia
also includes all Of the Colombian Cons,lates
but those in Now York Paris, llavre and Liver
pool. About twenty Consulules are abolished
IN tho United States alone.
Tie campaign OF economy has been begun
by the Colombian Government for the pur-
pose Of collecting sulfvleat money to defend
Itself against the revolution. winch Is by no
means ended. Among the Ministers who
viii bo affected is senior Chimaco Calderon
at Washington. The latter was the Colom-
oian Consul-General In TINS city for a long tine
and Was proAoled to the oilce Of Nj ister
little over n ear ago. lie is exr"cted to
return very soon from rari, where he is visit
lng his fa'har-iA-law, ex-Prcside Perez
Triano, j. the legations al Paris a d Quito.
which tho Government contin ties the offioe
of Secretary Is abolished SchOr j. Gerald
.
fifteen years, has resigned IN health" u
glye1 IA the cause IN his case.
Inc saw y frOLl the aCtioa of the Colombian
Governme,' viii be- CO adorable ss the Min.
!3ters receive 81 100 per an.Iuin, exclusive Of
the expenses o' th2 lesaion,. Ii is said that
Colon .b,a VIII probnbl roDlace the Monsters
dislnl-aad by Charges a. Anaires. Commenting
on tAe state Of Affairs in tAe country, Sehor
D NJ lAHtdrid wcIl-known Colombian here.
said Yesterday;
Tho fact IL that the peonle Of Colombia
are tired Of the present Gover~ent, and the
olpos = party NibcIM) has come TO he rescue.
! d 'leNe lhc nrehHnt war J. right FllanCiauy.
the cou4'r, has gone from Dad 10 worse Siuoe
tf' last war OF $3.50 tie CouutrS has been flooded
Hlh paper aud uickel coin. Nickel that has
ba"n intro iuced from here by the b,lshel holds
lis own at premium. i;ate OF exchange for
Americ.l sUl,. l. at LOO per oeut,, having
reached as high as 200 per ceIt. Who ID 60
ing to sand thatt
Colombia lsa rich country There arc sew
erai mines being worked by foreign companies
", IA oui>far'or rrsuli~ and why the Govern.
ment does not work some OF the mines l. mys-
lerf to he. There IL nothing lett for the Gov
ernlent To do but to dig the gold FOR the beneflt
OF the country. | would also advocate mmi-
rnion not only for the sake Of increasing the
population, but for tha development Of its in
dustries. The great sucCrss OF The United
OF immigration. | would build cart roads
which are very necessary for transportation OF
home produces and by SO dong the people
would be kept busy. Give them work all the
time and the Couutry would make progress.
he Ioomblans ara naturally industrious and
thrifty II not improperly guided.
Intervention bY a foreign power, perhaps
the CiIted States. has been suggested. 1t
the final fate Of All the south American republics.
But at pr'-'ut We hog" for the Liberal party
20 put NJ a slrolg Government IN Colombia
for the sake OF peace and PROSPERITY"