The bee., 1901-12-05
THE SURRENDER OF COLON.
LIBERAL Troops and Arms Turned
Over to Capt. Perry of the
Battleship Iowa.
SURRENDERED, IN TURN, TO GEN. ALBAH
The Surrender Was in Accordance
with Terms Agreed Upon nt n
Conference HIclde ON Board tn
Conference Held on Board the
the Harbor OF Colon.

Colon, Nov. 30.-The terms of sur.
render agreed upon at Thursdays
conference held on board the United
States g,lnboat Marietta, and at
which the commanding officers of the
Marietta, of the British cruiser Tri-
bune and of the French cruiser Su-
chet; Lieut.. Commander McCrea of the
Machias, Capt. Perry of the Iowa,
Generals Alban and Jeffries, repre-
senting the government of Colombia.
and Senior de la Rosa, who repre-
sented the liberal party, were pres
ent, are briefly as follows:
Senior dc la Rosa agreed to sur
render the liberal soldiers now at
Colon, with their arms, to Capt, Per-
ry at noon yesterday; Capt. Perry
in his turn agreed to hand over these
men, and their arms later in the day
to Gen. Alban, who in turn guaran-
teed life and liberty to all men re-
Gently in arms against the conserva-
tive government of Colombia. The
surrender of arms was to be bona fide
in every respect. ri
At 1880 yesterday morning a large
number of marines and bluejackets
from the Iowa, the Marietta and the
Machias landed at Colon and proceed
ed to the barracks. Here the arms
belonging to the liberal soldiers were
taken over by the Americans in the
presence of Capt. Perry, the comman-
ders of the war ships above men
toned, the American, British and
French consuls at Colon and large
concourse of people who sympathized
with the liberals in their surrender.
The liberal guard patrolling Colon
yesterday morning, appeared sad and
downcast. Their behavior, however,
has all along been most praiseworthy,
and it is not at all an exaggeration
to say that they have gained the re-
spect of a large portion of the COM
munity, and especially of the foreign
elements, during their short admin
istration of Colon.
Later in the day Gen. Alban, accom-
panied by officials of the conservative
government of Colombia, arrived here
from Panama, and Senior de la Rosa,
representing Gen. Domingo Diaz,
whose secretary he is, surrendered
himself and the liberal troops to the
conservative general, in the presence
of Capt. Perry and the naval and con-
sular officer above mentioned.
For years past the harbor of Colon
has not been so crowded as it is TO-
day. Five men of war and several
German, Italian and British merchant
and passenger steamers, as well as
other vessels, are in port. The men
of war are moored to the wharves.
The only nag-bedecked ship in the
harbor is the Colombian conservative
gun boat Gen. Pinzon.
When Gen. Alban received the sur
render of the liberals the Pinzon
blew a series of noisy, quick and ir-
regular notes from her fog horn, in
dicative of her Joy at the proceed
iDgs. She is now lying quite close to
the docks. Gen. Alban is on board.
The majority of the American ma
rines and bluejackets have returned
to their vessels. The Suchet has land
ed detachment of marines on the
property of the French Canal COM
pany. American marines are still
guarding the piers and the railroad
station. Over two hundred men en-
tered the city with Gen. Alban. De
La Rosa, on handing Alban his
sword, said: II 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 con-
ditions of this treaty