The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-27
WAR is OVER.
Colombian Insurgents Surrender to
Superior Force.

New York, July 27.-Consu1 General
Espinola. of the Republic of Colombia,
said today of the revolution in Panama:
4 think it is over. Eight hundred
government troops met 1900 insurgents
and either killed orwounded 400 of them.
Reinforcements from the government
came just then, General Campos bring
ing 1000 additional troops. There was
nothing else to do and the insurgents
just laid down their arms and surren-
dered."
TREATY OF PEACE SIGNED.
New York, July PA dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says:
A treaty of peace between the gov
ernment and the revolutionists has been
signed. This action followed directly
after the most desperate battle Of the
entire revolution in which the losses on
each side were very heavy. Owing, it
is believed, to some misunderstanding
of the terms OF armiStice brought about
by the American, English and French
consuls the insurgents suddenly re-
newed their attacks upon the suburbs
of Panama. The fighting lasted eleven
hours with the exception of only a few
minutes interval, and was very heavy
from start to finish.
The rebel troops made charge after
charge upon the trenches of the govern
ment, pushing forward with remarkable
bravery and a recklesSneSs approaching
closely to madness Every assault was
repulsed with a terrible loss of life, but
the rebels were undaunted and with ex-
traordinary courage and renewed vigor
repeated the attacks again and again
These desperate assaults were kept
up all night long and were met with
equally brave resistance by the regu-
lars. In one of the entertainments de-
Tended by a detachment composed al
most entirely of young men from this
city nearly every one of the defenders
Iii 1o6 or a tod
1t was o'clock Thursday morning
when the revolutionists were finally
compelled to give up their attacks and
retreat to the positions they held when
the armistice was granted. The tide
of battle was turned against them by
the arrival of an express train from
Colon with 800 fresh troops to reinforce
the government. These gave the regu-
lars the advantage and the rebels re-
tired after II hours of such firece fight
ing as the isthmuS never saw before
The appearance of the battle-ground
after the cessation of hOStilitieS can be
better imagined than described. Dead
and dying men were lying all along the
Caledonia road beyond the railway
bridge for half q mile, sometimes scat
tered q few feet apart and more often
in heaps packed closely together
How many were killed during the
night is not yet known, but they Will
number in the hundreds The exact loss
may never be known, for many OF the
wounded men crawled out Of the way in
the thickets, and those who died in the
bushes may not all be found, being re-
corded simply as missing"
AS quickly as possible the Red Cross
corps aided by the ambulance CORPS OF
the British cruiser Leander began gath
ering up and attending to the wounded.
Some of the wounded were taken to
the Red Cross hospital, already crowd
ed with patients from the previous bat
ties. Others were carried to the Pana-
ma Canal company's hospital, where
they were cared for by all available
surgeons.
Sailors from the Leander were also
sent out to pick up the dead. Cart load
after cart load of corpses were gather
ed together and cremated.
DR.. Carlos Mendoza, secretary general
of the revolutionary government went to
the old station of the Panama railway
under a flag of truce at noon. He met
there General Alban, governor of Pan
ANA and discussed with him terms of a
treaty of peace between the hostile
forces.
An agreement was reached after
long conference and the treaty was
drawn up and signed by General Alban,
on behalf of the government and Dr.
Mendoza and Belisario Perraz as repre-
sentatveS of the revOlutionists. Under
the terms OF this treaty the surrender of
the insurgents is complete. The govern
ment grants full amnesty to all the rev.
olutionists, and all political prisoners
held in Panama have been released.