The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-22
URIBE IS
BUSY FIGHTING
Asks That Arms be Shipped for
His Army.
TO PURSUE THE ENEMY
REVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA AID
MITTED TO BE SERIOUS.

New York. Aug. 21.-Dr. A. J. Re
strepo. diplomatic agent here for the
Colombian revolutionists, the Tribune
VIII say tomorrow. has received a long
cable dispatch from General Tribe
Tribe. The general asks that more
arms be shipped to him at once for his
army. and asks also for cartridges for
the rapid-fire guns captured from the
government forces at San CristObal.
General Tribe adds in his message.
Enemy retreating into interior. VIII
pursue. Have not time TO write let
ters now. Too busy lighting. CleTicals
severely beaten in both battles
The dispatch was sent from San Girls
tObal by way of MaracaibO. DR.. Re
strepo said that he would Immediately
ship 500 rifles and a quantity of am
munitiOu for the captured artillery to
General Tribe. He would not say
whether the shipment would be from
New York.
Senior Thomas Herran, secretary of
EOlOmbia's legation at Washington,
who is now in the city, admitted today
that the revolution in Colombia is be
coming serious. He has received a
number of letters from various parts
of his country telling of the situation
in several of the states. 1t is the army
of General Marin which is causing the
Colombian authorities the greatest con-
Germ, apparently. This force, which is
operating in the department of Tolima,
consists of about $500 men. Senior
Herran said of General Marin;
1T does seem as though matters were
getting serious. General Marin is said
to have quite a command. The guer-
lila bands have probably united and
now form the sem lance of an army
Outwardly at least.
Colombia enjoys peaceful official re-
latiOns with her neighbOrs. The report
that Colombia helped the attacks on
the Venezuelan frontier is ridiculous.
Venezuela has a frontier of nearly 1000
miles. and it is an utter impossibility
for our government to guard this to
prevent flibustering-
No Likelihood of Nar.
AS for Ecuador Senior EmilianO
Para. Colombian minister at Quito,
writes me that he has been very well
received by the EcUadorean govern
ment. 1t is true that most of the tTOu-
bic in the department of Panama has
come from bands of guerillas who have
come from Nicaragua. But there does
not seem to be a likelihood of war"
In one of the letters received by
Senior Herran was the story Of an in
vasiOn from Ecuador into Colombia.
The hlibusters raided Tumaco in the
south Of aCauca, but General Palaces
with government force defeated
them, took many prisoners and a guam
tity of war supplies The captured
rebels are confined on the gUnbOat Ga
tain.
p Senior Herran said that the Colom-
gian government had no definite knowI-
edeg that this invasion was aided by
the EcuadOrean government. but the
impression was that the raiders had
its help. The other incursiOns that
he said. Further information as to the
Of the Colombian revolu-
tionists is as follows.
A report has been received that Col
Onel Andreas Marquee, with a filibus-
tering expedition from Trinidad, reach
ms BOyaca, by way of the river ORR
noco, Meta and Aranco, landing 5000
rifles and SOC, GOO cartridges. General
Vargas Santos, one Of the commanders
of the rebel army, is now at Curacao,
directing the reorganization of the re-
bellion- He reports that everything IS
going satisfactorily Despite his seven
ty-fve years. he viii soon return to
Colombo and fight.
According to further information
General Albau. governor Of Panama.
and General Peleza, governor of Bolt
var have had q bitter quarrel over the i
policy to be pursued against the insur-
rectlOnists- As a result. 1t is said, Gen
aral Nelez, who has been considered
One of the governments best generals.
has resigned his post
General Alban has taken most of the
soldiers from CaTtegena and sent them
to Panama. leaving the former port
poorly protected.