The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-06
WILL ACCEPT MEDIATION Colombia Thinks Well Of
 Our Offer. ECUADOR TAXES "A HAND Will Aid the Revolut.onists
 with Men and Arms. The Iowa's Arrival at Panama wnl Enable the Machias and the Ranger to Go to Other
 Points.

| lombian minister, has sent to the De- I partment formal and written accept ance in behalf of Colombia of the Amer
 ican proposition to mediate. The letter was dated August 27. three days after | Secretary Hays offer of mediation.
 A careful translation at the State De-
 partment of the published uterances of
 the Venezuelan government on the sub | ject of the differences with Colombia discloses the fact that it Is not, as was
 at first reported. an identical note ad-
 dressed to the powers through their res
 ident representatives at Caracas In
 stead it appears to be something fin the
 Eature of a proclamation addressed to the world at large and signed by Minis-
 ter Blanco. in charge of foreign affairs.
 This fact makes it impossible for any of | the governments of the world to make
 any response to the note which may have
 an object with the Venezuelan govern | ment.
 It may, however. be noted that our ewn
 government took prompt steps to discloss
 the position of the United States in the | utterance of August 24 sent both to Car i acas and to Bogota, in the shape of an | instruction to our ministers at those 1 points and our note was dated nine days | later than the Venezuelan proclamation | Commander Sargent has not yet notified | the Navy Department of the reported ap-
 peal to him of the German Consul at Bo- | cas del Toro forth the aid of the Machias.
 at that point. The officials here say that | his first duty is at Colon, in connection | with the protection of the isthmian tram l sit, which is not understood to be involv- | ed at Bocas.
 | 1t is stated, however, that as soon as 1 the Iowa, with a numerous crew, arrives | at Panama, which should be tomorrow or
 Saturday. 1t will be possible for the Ma | chias to go to any other point on the | gulf coast than Colon where there may l Do danger Of Injury to American interests.
 U # uadsFstpoe that considsraeie Ss Ts fsnf sn5 the United States and this alone mny. be I regarded as sufficient to warrant q visit | of the Machias to that port. r | At present, however Commander Sar- | gent has no instruction to go to Bocas
 save the. very general and broad le | sibiiity for the protection of American | interests on the gulf side of the isthmus. | At the Colombian legation the arrival | of 1.0O0 Colombian troops at Barranquti-
 Ia Is regarded as a move to strongly for | tify the isthmlis and prevent the disor- ! der which has prevailed there. Up to | this time the government has directed It's
 attenIaou to tho disturbance in the inte- rior and only a few troops were sent to the isthmus, fifty men being considered | sufficient to garrison Bocas del Toro. | Now, however the reports of tFounls | around Bocas del Toro have shown the need Vf a strong force along the istn-
 south to BsrranquilIa. From this point | they are within easy water communica- ton with the isthmus and the Colombian cality prepared to take forward large endorsements. The outbreak at Bocas
 del Toro shows the wide extent of the
 treme west of the isthmus, adjoining | Costa Rica, and a part of Costa hicA | until the recent award of President Leu
 bet of France, giving Bocas dei TOTO 70
 A cablegram was received here today
 from an authoritative source in Call, Cos
 lombia, near the Ecuadorian border, stat
 Ing that Ecuador had intervened as
 against Colombia with an army well
 equipped and with vessels of war.
 | Under these circumstances, the cable
 gram states. that it will be necessary to
 meet the move of Ecuador by having Coz
 lombian war vessels in Pacific waters
 near the Colombian-E Ecuador frontier.
 The information in the cablegram is
 considered clear evidence Of Ecuador
 intention to join forces with the rebel
 lious clements on the Isthmus of Pana- ma. Until now Ecuador has maintained
 strict neutrality. but the cablegram re-
 ceived today indicates that the first overt } move against Colombia has been made.
 Considerable surprise Is expressed at
 the news of the intention of Ecuador to
 Invade Colombia. as disclosed by the dis
 patch received from Cali, which Is the
 most important of the cities of the de-
 partment of Cauca, bordering on Ecua- l
 the latter country. who has just assumed | office, heretofore has given evidence of
 his intention to observe strict neutrality l between Colombia and Venezuela i:s she!=
 pending difficulties. The impression pre- | Yails that the invading force is under the | direction of the intervening party in | Ecuador, which probably has a force of | men near the border line, and iS taking | an early opportunity to act before the I new President can successfully interfere. | The real objective point Is believed to | be Panama, where the invaders may as- sist the Colombian revolutionists and
 those who may be brought from Nicara- | qua. Reliance Is placed. however, by | the Colombian officials on the presence of l the United States man-of-war at Panama
 to prevent any attack on the place. The l battleship Iowa Is expected at Panama in | day or two, and with the Ranger now | there will be able to land a considerable
 force of marines should this be necessary | to prevent attack.
 From the acting Governor of the State | of Panama. word was received in official | circles today that conditions on the isth-
 mus were not serious Open traffic is,
 being preserved by the Colombian gov ] ernment. The officials of the latter gov- l ernment. the dispatch added, were ex- | pecting the expeditions that have been l announced from Ecuader and Nicaragua. Colombian officials hero profess to have | no fear of any serious difficulties on the | isthmus. saying that in addition to the I forces already there to preserve the
 peace, 1000 men now at BarranquiIla are 1 under orders to proceed to the vicinity.
 and should reach there in a couple of l days.
 Colon. Sept 5-The temporary scare
 caused here by the activity of the rebels | at Gatun on the outskirts of Colon has passed Everything has been quiet to- l day. The U. s. s. Ranger, Commander Wells l.. Field. arrived today at Panama
 London Standards View. | London. Sept I.-Editc-ially discussing the South American matters today. The 1 Standard says:
 l "Europe win never march out of Amer | ica north or south. at the bidding of the Monroeists. In fact Pan-Americanism in | it's widest sense Is idle. But the Teces- | sity for the United States to become the | predominant political and commercial
 power is decided by the economic need