Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-24
ECUAD0RAN SENDS ARMY.
Force Moving Toward the COLOMBIA am
Bordcr-- Battle said 90 he Imminent.


Quito, Ecudor, Aug. l2--A force OF
Ecuadorian troops is ready to invade
Colombia and battle is imminen
near Paste, Just beyond the Coloml im
frontier and about 80 miles northeast
OF Quito
Willemstad, Island Of Curacao, ApsG.
s (yia Haitian cablel, President Cas-
tro, OF Venezuela, some days ago sem
% Cucuta, Colombia, ammunition.
arms and men to assist in the Col
onbia revolution. Emilio Fernandez.
former governor of Carcasa under
President Castro. and subsequently, nd
ministrator OF customs at La Guaira.
who finally declared against Castro.
has left Curacao, accompanied by
sixty partisa $, with the announced
intention Of invading Venezuela.
IL is also reuorted that Segundo
Rivera has also effected a landing.
Colon, Colombia, Aug. Is. via Cal
weston, Statements made by passen-
gers who arrived here yesterday or
the steamer Canada from yeuemelan
ports clearly show that there is con
siderable political unrest throughouk
Venezuela. The passengers were not
permitted to land indiscrimlnately
No authentic version Of the recent
border engagements could be obtained
from any of them. bat the evidence ALI
points TO serious internal dissensions.
Ii il reported here that the insur~
gent Gen. Ruiz has landed near Pana-
ma from the south. probably from
Guayaquil.
Berlin, Aug. IS The German gov
eminent has ordered the cruiser Vine
ia. which is OIL the eastern coast Of
South Africa, to proceed to venezua~
Ian waters TO be in readiness TO pro
tect Geman interests ii an emergency
should arise.
BOILERS OF IOWA NEED REPAIR
Capt Perry, of the battleship Iowa..
now at San Francisco, has telegraph
ed to the Navy Department an ack
nowledvment OF his Instructions teA
proceed to the west coast Of Panama
in connection with the 'revolutionnrr
troubles, but reports that the boilers
and some other parts OF the vesser
need immediate attention. II is hoped
by the Navy Department however,
that she will be able to sail ON tiIne
| to-day.
| There was dearth of other news.
bearing on the Colombian Venezueians
trouble. Secretary Hay received mo-
dispatches bearing upon the subject.
The Colombian and Venezuelan lega-
tions were similarly without adviccs.
The most interesting development
was the news contained in press
dispatch from Quito that EcuadoriNns
troops were ready to invade Colornbitn
and that a battle was imminent near
Paste. Mr.. Silva, the Colombfan
Minister, while without advices from
his government, EXPRESSED the belief
that this new expedition was part
of the revolutionary movement, and
that it was in no sense organized by
the Ecuadorian government. He said
that many years ago there had been
friction between the two governments
but that IN recent years no impor-
tant controversial issues have been
raised between them. Minister Silva
is In receipt OF letter from Emiliano
Isaza, the Colombian Minister ut
Quit, referring to the cordial treat
ment he had received from the Ecua-
dorian government and the courtes5espI
generally extended him in his iournexs
thr ough that country.
COMPOSED MOSTLY OF COLOMS
BANS.
Minister Silva consequently is OF
opinion that fhe new movement Is IN
connection with the internal revolu-
tion III Colombia, unless something
unforeseen has occurred, of which no
has not been advised. Many Colon
ban revolutionists have acquired
arms and other equipments from peo-
pie IN Ecuador, and started expedi-
tions, three OF these having been or
ganized last year, mostly composed OF
Colombians aided by the sympathies
and resources OF some OF the Ecua-
dorians. All of these expeditions have
failed. Mr.. Silva said last night that
the government of Ecuador always
had proested that 1t had made the ut
most effort to observe the neutrality
laws and sought to prevent these ins-
vasions.
Paste, where battle is reported
imminent,is the Department of Cauca
where the population is dense and
credited with warlike spirit. The
region is very mountainous, and there
are some passes across which only Al
well trained expedition could 60. The
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