The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
COLOMBIA IS WILLING.
Would Accept Mediation on the Part
 of the United States

Washington, Sent. f--The action of the United States in tenduring It's good Offices
 tu Venezuela and Colombia to avert advanced tn point where this govern.
 medt has begun the work of mediator. It has signiiied it's willingness to act
 but 1t will remain for the countries to
 indicate when the tims has arrived for actual mediation.
 Colombia has already made known that she will welcome the exercise or the pa cific action of the United States. lr this instance 1t is understood that Co lombia denies that she has invaded Ven ezuela and also places the burden or the issue on President Castro in person Is against the body of the Venezuelan peo-
 The response of Venezuela Is under stood to be less definite in accepting the good offices of the United States. For the present, therefore. it Is not expected that the United States will take further active steps although its tender stands as clear intimation to the contending parties that the United States IS willlng to take such action as is likely to avoid war. e,, the Venezuelan Charge dAffaire., Sc nor Pulido, left for Buffalo in the lmme diate Pan-American party today, which seems to indicate that no immediate crisis Is antictpated:
 The note of the United States offering to mediate has created an unusual stir in South American diplomatic circles as if is construed to be rather murked Ue velopment for the Monroe Doctrine and one which will he rather most acceptanic to South America.
 The Colombian government will make an emphatic reJoinder to the omcial statement of Venezuela that invaders or Colombian troops have been crossing the Venezuelan frontier and have been Tore ing war upon that country. Although the terms of the reply are not deter mined upon it will show in substance that the attitude of Colombia has been one of forbearance; that Colombian troops on the frontier are there for the legitimate purposes of protecting the Dor der and that any. crossing of the lines has been by detached bands without the approval of the federal government. AS against Venezuela's assertion that Co., pointed out that Colombia has remained silent, while Venezuela has received the Colombian insurgent leader General Uribe. at Caracas, Caracas and that President ences on their mutual grounds.
 Tn this connection it has just been disclosed that General Uribe made a statement at the Colombian legation, In this city, to the effect that the rsvolu- tionary movement of which he is the head had the support of Venezuela, Ec- made during the pendency of the nego- tiations for the surrender Of the revolu- tionists The negotiations with Uribe closed. 1t Is authoritatively stated. WIth dn dkTetAlGIiL DUH OAS MY lombian authorities are now satisfied that this was a clever ruse on his part by which his agents secured passports through Colombia and went on an Osten- sible peace mission, whereas their real purpose was to act as spies and revolu- tionary propagandlsts.
 In the mail. advices from Venezuela which reached, the State Department to- day, came in a report from Minister Bow en, dated at Caracas about the middle of August, upon the conditions under which MT. Russell, the United States Charae d'Affairs, undertook the custody of the Colombian legation at Caracas, not because of a breach of relations between Venezuela and Colombia, but to get into closer relations with his own government, he having found it difficult to communi- cate with that government from Caracas. MT. Russell was requested by the with drawing Minister to assume charge of the legation premises-not to undertake to look after the business of the legation. The Venezuelan government was advised of this request and making no objection, Mir. Russell took the keys of the Co., lombian legation.
 Mir. Bowen included with his report a copy of a long note from the Venezuela government addressed to the world at large through the diplomatic representa- tives at Caracas the substance of which has been made public in preceding cable dispatches It is believed here that there Is nothing in this note to make war be- tween the two countries unavoidable MT. Bowen makes no comment of his owD up- on the political conditions in Venezuela.