New-York tribune., 1901-11-30
COLON SURRENDERS.
cONSER REATVES AGAIN HOLD
LS7HINU.S CITY.
cAPITULATION CARRIED OUT UNDER
AMERICAN SUPERTISION-FRENC
MARINES LAND

MARINES LAND
Colon, Nov 29-The terms Of the surrender
q. Colon by the Liberals agreed upon at yester
davis conference, held on board the United
States gunboat Marietta and at which the COM
rnanding officers Of the Marietta of the British
Cruiser Tribune. and of the French cruiser
suchet Lieutenant Commander McCrea, Of the
Nachias: Captain Perry. Of the Iowa: Generals
sIban and Jeffries representing the government
of Colombia. and sefior De la Rosa, who repre-
sented the Liberal party, present, are
briefly as follows: Senior De la Rosa agreed to
surrender the Liberal soldiers at Colon
with their arms. to Captain Perry at noon to-
day; Captain Perry in his turn agreed TO hand
ever these and their arms later In the day
10 General Alban. who, in his turn. guaranteed
life and liberty to all recently in arms
against the Conservative government Of Colom-
bia The surrender of arms was 10 be bona
fde IN every respect
Al l1:30 o'clock this morning large number
Of marines and bluejackets from the Iowa, the
Marietta and the Machias landed at Colon and
rroceeded TO the barracks. Here the arms be-
longing to the Liberal soldiers were taken over
nv the Americans in the presence OF captain
Perry the commanders of the warshtps above
mentioned the American, British and French
ccnsuls at Colon and a large concourse or peo-
,le who sympathized with the Liberals in their
surrender.
The Liberal guard patrolling Colon this morn
,ng appeared sad and downcast- Their oehaVlof'
however has all along been most pra1seworthy'
and II is not at all exaggeration to say that
they have gained the respect of very large
norton OF the community. and especially OF 'he
t,.ip-, clements. during their short admins
fraIion of Colon
Later in the day General Alban. accompanied
hr officials of the Conservative government of
Colombia arrived here from Panama, and Senor
he Ia 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 naVai
and consular officers above mentioned
For years past the harbor OF Colon mas hol
been so crowded il is to-day rive neh-ol-
var and several German, Italian and BRUSH
merchant and passenger steamers, as Wen as
other vessels are in port The men-ol-"aF are
rnoored 10 the wharves. The only flag oeoecheu
ship in the harbor is the Colombian Corsei d
rfve gunboat General Pinzor- When General
A1han received the surrender Of the Liberals lhe
pi,zon hley a series of noisy. quick and irTesu-
lar notes from her fog horn indicative OF her JOY
az -ha nroceedings She is now lying quite close
70 the docks General Alban is on board
The ms iority Of the American marines ana
bluetackets have returned 10 their Vesseis- Inc
Suchet has landed detachment OF marines on
the property of the French Canal Company
American marines are still guarding the piers
and the railroad station.
Over two hundred entered the city with
General Alban De ia Rosa. on handing Alban
his sword said:
u accept the conditions OF the treaty to safe
o,,ard fhe lives and liberty OF soldiers in
Colon AS for my brother and myself We per
so,a1Iy decline 10 accept the conditions OF this
treaty
Some insignifcant fighting occurred at Bohio
Yesterday morning where the Liberals made a
last stand
After the conference here yesterday General
AIhan returned TO Panama under a strong
American escort.
The town quiet last night
General Francisco Castro was wounoeo IN the
engagement at Buena Vista
yE%EZTELA'S STEP TOWARD WAR
CASTRO RELYING ON THE MONROE DOC
TRIclE TO SAVE HIM FROM GERMAN
Uasb,neton Nov. 29-Tne State Department
has received confirmation Of the notlncalloh
frc,, -t,a Colombian Government tC Venezuela
thai II has terminated diplomatic relations
This came in the shape of a dispatch from
Minister Hart This action is the result OF the
hsstv withdrawal last August from the NeneZ-
relan capital of DR. Rico, the Colombian MINIS
ter there Such a breach does not necessarily
mean war though 1t is undoubtedly a step IN
that direction Venezuela has had several al
fairs Of this kind some of the European hauoho
gifhdra v-i,,q their representatives from Caracas
for long terms and only year and a half ago
own government obliged to give Minis
Ter Loornis an indefinite leave of absence from
Caracas as warning to Venezuela or our dls-
satisfaction with its attitude in the contro-
pasy growing out of the asphalt dispute III
ksad these manifest tons of foreign disap-
rrovaI have had little influence upon the Nenez-
Flan Government
II is a significant fact that this breach with
Colombia has been created the moment when
Germany is considering the adoption of COM
pulsory measures secure the payment by the
Venezuelan Government Of very heavy finan-
cal liability to German citizens 1t is supposed
here that President Castro is proceeding under
the theory that the application of the Monroe
Doctrine would protect him from punitive action
hy Germany. but the impression among officials
here is that this belief is not well founded.
ISTHMIAN FEARS AILAYED.
DEFINITE ASSURANCES REGARDING AMER
ICAN OCCUPATION.
Washington Nov 29-Some of the reports