New-York tribune., 1901-12-04
QUIET IN COLON BIA.
PEACE COMMISSION ON WAY TO GEN
ERALS DIAZ AND LUGO.

CoIon Dec 3-According to news Just te-
ceiyed here the interior of the country is almost
entirely quiet Only few scattered ana III
significant insurgent bands are mere anu 'hei0
vasing guerilla warfare. This causes the gov
ernment no anxiety.
The triumph of the Colombian Cohsei
covarnrnent on the isthmus will doubtless IN
calculably strengthen the government ; hdhN
peace commission composed OF Floreiios
Arosemena representing prominent Liberals Vi
pausma: Manuel Amador, representing the ~
Iomhian Government and General De la Rosa
secretary to the insIrgent General DoiiiAio
Daz who will act as guide, has alreaoy s'a 49,
for the interior TO obtain an lnterFie"
Generals Diaz and Lugo, and TO induce 'i
give up the struggle and return 10 ai
s.5or Amadar is empowered to grant reasonaoie
forms 70 General Diaz in the name OF the gov
ernment The peace commissioners are &c a.
nected to return to Panama to-day IL - ST. o.
ready rumored, however, that dehei"!'
and Lugo are about TO surreEuer' ,,o and
aii D,aanon,e in the Department of Panama anu
the port of Tumaco, in the DepaIthIetihe I ih.roI
Cauca are now the only points uhueI IL If
control Considering the present seIeh5eii ~
tSa government on the isthrnus owing TO tlie
rein forcements landed here by the :is. nth
ernboat General Pinzon, and the 1acliIS smoes
shioh this shin can bring IN additional forces
from Barranqua and other coast poia., i,orior
owing to the comparative quiet III .is ~ GOV.
II is not unreasonable to conclude tndI ~ 'oyne
:, n1ant 10 win soon be victorious at Pananonie
and Tumaco. There is posslplnt oi aihan,s
bioodshed at these places but General tbeir
recent successes seem 10 make certain ~
capture ,.,oro, nartv in
RE best element of the Liberal pa pa Son
Panama say they would prefer the PIesen. ,oent
a,ati,-a Cover3ment to a Liberal Government
If the latter is brought about by the ecbts
General POrras. For they assert, fol, , eaIGeh
not for true Liberalism, but 1or pun
ends. . ,icb nm to
,rhe guard of American marines Whtfn' NJ ofioes FL
today has been stationed in front OF the oiit itb
he railroad company mere, NdS 49,
drawn A small detail of marines sun ;throns
panies the passenger trains across 5 tliG nrderIv
t,otb ends Of the, sthn1us quiet anu
Ta,~s from Rocas del Toro expected upoii
the return here of the British cruiser ~ the
Among the prominent persons kllleu ,s ~, ON on
,arnr7ent eide in the recent engagements oh
the isthmus were Colonel Manuei faSnoI i o. o'ns
tain Damian Espnosa, Lieutenant Jul,o los 1ian
Major Molinares and Everardo rare r,ps
tain Ferro and Lieutenant CheVaner r.dinoo io
We're gravely wounded. General franclsco
Castro, Lieutenant Colonel CoDoS anu -'
Huertas were slightly wounded
lust prior to the capture of Colon the Lloera
Generals Patino, CortisoZ ana lriand
three drowned in an imprudent attempt III
small boat and through roush ana ,i ulsn 80 go
to reach surprise and seize the Cololnp!ah az
boat General Pinzon. on the side OF the In ~,
erals General San Zuniga was kllted III II, tiIe
Calebra enga cement. while Senores Buena VISTA
Afoihes De la Rosa and Amadeo Agular were
wounded Colonel Barrera was also wounded IN
this engagement. He was shot in the leg on
Thursday morning, and was only found on fri-
day afternoon in helpless condition he Is
now doing we'll at Colon. where ne mas mate
many friends.
Among the non-combatants and government
of3cia1s killed in Colon are Senor Muskus chief
of the Department of Hacienda F1nance), ana
Senor Jaen Judge of the Criminal Court
The total number of killed and wounded on
both sides is estimated at about four hundred
Washington. Dec 3-The Navy Department
to-day received the following dispatch from
Captain Perry of the battleshp Iowa. who Is
in command of the United states naval forces
on tn. IsthnLs of Panama. dated at Panama
yesterday: . o,
Shall re-embark portion on!y to-llo.i to. - ~
r,orning Retain remainder for the present.