The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-30
TERMS OF SURRENDER
Agreement Reached on Board the
 Gunboat Marietta.

Gunboat Marietta.
 Colon, Nov. 29.-The terms of surrender agreed upon at yesterdays conference held on board the United States gunboat Marietta and at which the commanding officers of the Marietta, of the British cruiser Tribune and of the French cruiser Suchet, Lieutenant Commander McCrea of the Machias. Captain Perry of the Iowa, Generals Alban and Jeffries, rep resenting the government of Colombia and Senor de La Rosa, who represented the Liberal party, were present, are breihy as follows:
 Senor de la Rosa agreed to surrender the Liberal soldiers now at Colon, with their arms to Captain Perry at noon to- day; Captain Perry in turn agreed to hand over these men and their arms later in the day to General Alban, who in turn guaranteed life and liberty to all men recently in arms against the con- servative government of Colombia. The surrender of arms was to be bona flde in every respect.
 At 11:30 this morning large number of marines and blue jackets from the Iowa. Marietta and the Machias landed at Colon and proceeded to the barracks. Here the arms belonging to the Liberal soldiers were taken over by the Ameri- cans in the presence of Captain Perry, the commanders of the warships above mentioned the American, British and French consuls at Colon and a laSge concourse of people who sympathized with the Liberals in their surrender.
 The Liberal guard patrolling Colon this morning appeared sad and downcast.
 Their behavior, however, has all along been most praisewOrthy and 1t Is not at all an exaggeration to say that they have gained the respect of very large DOT tion of the community and especially of the foreign elements, during their short administration at Colon. Later in the day General Alban, accompanied by of- ficials of the conservative government of Colombia arrived here from Panama and Senor de La Rosa, representing General Domingo DiaZ, whose secretary he is, surrendered himself and the Liberal troops to the Conservative general in the presence of Captain Perry and the naval and consular officers above mentioned. For years the harbor of Colon has not been so crowded as 1t is today. Five men of war and several German, Italian and British merchant and passenger steamers, as well as other vessels are in port The only flag bedecked ship in the harbor is the Colombian Conserva- tive gunboat General Pinzon. When General Alban received the surrender of the Liberals the Pinzon blew a series of noisy, quick and irregular notes from her fog horn, indicating her joy at the proceedings. General Alban is on board. The majority of the American marines and blue jackets have returned to their vessels. The Suchet has landed a de- tachment of marines on the property of the French Canal Company American marines are still guarding the piers and the railroad station.
 Over 200 men entered the city with General Alban. De la Rosa, in handing General Alban his sword said: 'I accept the conditions of the treaty to safeguard the lives and liberty of my soldiers in Colon. As for my brother and myself, we personally decline to accept the condi- tions of this treaty"