The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-03
MUCH WORK 10 BE DONE.
Colombia Is Not Yet Free From
Fighting Revolutionists.

New York, Dec. 2.-The Herald S
Colon, Colombia. correspondent cables
as follows: Your correspondent has
obtained an interview with General
Carlos Alban, governor Of the depart
ment Of Panama and commander of the
military and naval forces of the 18TH
mus, regarding the situation. When
General Alban was asked if he could
now maintain free transit on the 18TH
mus ne replied:
Colombia does not require foreign
aid TO maintain free transit across the
isthmus. Within nine days we have re-
captured Colon and have killed or
taken prisoners the troops which occu-
pied that port"
Are you satisfied with the terms of
the treaty executed in Colon?" was
asked.
Yes; the terms are the same as
those arranged in July of last year,
when the revolutidnists surrendered at
Panama. ] must say. however. that
many of those same rebels have again
taken up arms against the Colombian
government.
Do you consider the isthmian rev
olutiOn entirely at an end?"
Not yet replied General Alban, en-
Dhatically. There are still several
bands Of insurgents in the interior of
the department of Panama. These
bands will soon be crushed. One of the
two revolutionary generals on the 18TH
mus Domingo Diaz. has already been
defeated. We are now going to defeat
the other insurgent general. .Belisario
POrras who capitulated last year.
'Diaz has a strong personal follow
ing So has Porras This condition
Of affairs clearly shows what the Co
lombian nation has in prospect should
the liberals ever triumph. When the
liveral party governed Colombia there
were fifteen revolutions in twenty
years.
News has reached Colon that a com
nit. of the insurgents several days
agO demanded that Bocas del Zorro
should surrender. 1t is now believed
that Bocas del Zorro is in the hands
of the revolutionists. Colonel BarreTa,
who led the force OF insurgents in the
field against Adams troops, has been
found in the bushes in a wounded con-
ditiOn. He viii receive his freedom
and medical care in Colon.
The government viii send troops into
the jnteriOr at once to operate against
General PoTras. whose insurgent force
General AlDdn IS anxious TO crush.
Panama Is Quiet
The city of Panama continues quiet.
Following General Adams order. the
Colombian gunboat Boyaca, towing a
launch bearing soldiers, has left there
The destination of the expedition is
reported to be Augua Dulce. from
which point the government will at
tempt to clear the remaining bands Of
liberals from the department of Pan
anna. General BelsaTio Porras, the lib
eTaI leader. is supposed to be in the
vicinity of Aqua Dulce. American ma
rines are still ashore at Panama.
Juan Antonio JimineZ, formerly a
member Of the staff of the insurgent
General Domingo Diaz, has come vol
unfairly to Panama, where he delivered
himself to General Alban. General
Diaz did not instruct Jiminez to come
in and surrender. The former insurgent
says he is sick and Disguised with the
campaign. After he had surrendered,
General Alban put Jiminez in a car
Tiage and accompanied him to his
house. Upon arriving General Alban
said to the wife of Juan Jiminez:
Look, I have brought your husband :"
The British sloop Of war Icarus has
returned to Panama from South AM
erican ports.