The sun., 1901-08-11
CASTRO REPORTS A VICTORY.
SAYS SECOND INVASION or
VENEZUELA HAS FAILED.

Twenty-Five Thousand Trssps New Guard
in6 herder Castro sayv Colombian
hvasiea"-rhs Ranger May Go 10
Panama im Cable suspicioU.
The Venezuelan Consul General, z. Con-
zales Estevss, made public as. night the
following cable despatch which hs received
late yesterday:
CARACAS. Aug. 7.-Second Colombian In
vasion defeated entirely. Twenty-Five thou
sand soldiers defend tho frontier.
CASTRO.
Ths Consult General said this despatch
from President Castro indicated that the
that President Castro's words. Colombian
invasion.' mean an attack by Venezuelan
insurgents who organized on the Colombian
side OF the border.
THE RANoKR MAY 90 TO PANAMA.
WASHINGTON Aug. io.-The Navy Depart
ment has decided not to wait for the ar
rival Of the Wisconsin at San Francisco,
and by direction Of Acting Secretary Hack
EFT orders have been sent to the Ranger
now at San Diego to get ready to 60 to
Panama at q moments notice. Tho RAN
-
battery Of six guns She is now on special
survey work on the Pacific Coast and will
be able to 90 TO Panama In Q very abort
time, II needed. She Is commanded by
Commander Wells l.. Field. The orders
to the Ranger will not interfere with the
orders to the Wisconsin. and that vessel
will proceed to San Franctsco a. directed.
mander Nathan Sargent will not 60 with the
Machias to Colon. He has asked the Navy
Department to he released and II is UNDER
stood that he will be assigned to duty on
the general board. of which Admiral Dewey
Is President. II Lieutenant-Co Commander
Sargent is relieved he probably will be
succeeded by Lieutenant Commander
ington Navy Yard and the change Of officers
will take place on tho arrival OF the Machias
In Hampton Roads.
The State Department is still In
the dark as to the actual condition
of affairs In Venezuela and CO.
lombia. SO far they have had no direct
cable communication with Mr.. Hart at
Bogota or Mr.. Russell at Caracas, and
even the dispatches from Consul Gudger
at Colon show that they have been from
five to six days in transmission. These
dispatches also show that they we're mailed
~ San Juan and cabled from there, indi-
eating a distrust on Consul Gudgers part
Vi tIlt tdDlt uIltr lTOlH llc iStuinurs
The announcement that communication
between Buena Ventura and Panama has
been interrupted because of break in the
cable Is viewed with suspicion. Many
Of the unofficial advices from Colombia
and Venezuela are so questionable that tho
State Department Ia compelled to rely
upon the Government representative for
all information and il is the absence Of such
information that has produced much un-
easness. Every effort IL being made TO
get the Machias to Colon, without delay
so that she may obse rye the progress OF
the revolution and be in position 10 act In
case American interests are endangered.
The State Department is unable to see
any justification OF reports that trouble
between Venezuela and Colombia IL immi-
nent from the dispatches so far received
1t Is thought not improbable that Prssi
dent Castro is responsible for many Of the
statements tending to indicate trouble
between the two countries That the
insurgents Of both countries will do all In
their power to bring about a war Is very
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