The age-herald., 1901-11-23
PANAMA WILL BE ATTACKED
 BY Y|NSURCENTS Colombia States That She CaR- not Guarantee Protection
 for Isthmian Travel FIGHTING IS EXPECTED TODAY If Liberals Win They Will Have Pos session of the Entire Country.
 General Alban Feels
 Confident.
FIGHTING IS EXPECTED TODAY

Colon, Colombia, November 22.-It Is re- ported that the government has ad- dressed a communication to the United States consul setting forth that it can not guarantee protection for isthmian transit.
 Senor Espriella, counsel for the Pana- ma Railroad who was appointed pro- visional prefect by the Liberals yester- day, has declined the office and Dr. Cam pillo has been appointed prefect in his place.
 Senor Salas has accepted the appoint ment as Mayor, which was offered to Dr. Valverde.
 The United States gunboat Marietta is expected here. The Marietta. which left Key West for Colon November IS, was dispatched from Colon last night and is said to have been signaled in the offing. Two sailing boats having 75 soldiers on board, which left Panama with General Alban. returned to that place at D. m. yesterday and General Alban and 50 sol diors arrived there on the gunboat Boyoa at D. m. The Liberals here assert that General Lorenzo attacked General AL
 
 near Chorrerea and defeated it, only General Alban and few of his troops escaping.
 Claims Other Troops Routed.
 It Is also claimed by the Liberals that another division of General AIban's army was routed by General Lugo when 400 of Alban's troops joined the Liberal ranks. The Liberals at Colon are jubilant and assert that they expect General Lugo to arrive at Colon momentarily.
 Further details of the later decisive fighting are expected at Panama at any moment.
 At D. m., the latest news here Is to the effect that the Liberal general, Lugo, has arrived at Empire station. distant twelve miles from Panama, with a force said to number 1000 men. The Liberals are gaining and arming many recruits along the entire length of the railroad and now control the line up to within a point two miles from Panama. An attack on that city Is expected momentarily, and much uneasinees is felt there The Lib eral leader, Domingo Diaz. is expected shortly to arrive at Colon.
 It is rumored here that Buena Ventura, Colombian port on the Pacific coast about 400 miles south of Panama, has been taken by the Liberals.
 Marines Guard Station.
 Marines from the gunboat Machias still guard the station and property of the railroad here.
 The battleship Iowa will land forces at Panama when the necessity arises
 The Liberals here have already given notice that the ad valorem duty on goods disembarked at Colon will henceforth be ..t.. All the stores in Colon are open today and business has been resumed.
 Transit across the isthmus is still free and uninterrupted.
 Washington. November 22.-Mr. Herran the Colombian charge d'affairs, has re- ceived another cablegram from General Arjona. the acting Governor of Panama, stating that an immediate attack on that city by the Liberals is now apprehended and that all is quiet in the vicinity. It is the opinion of the Colombian officials here that the Colombian gunboat General Pin zon, has gone to Cartagena for troops to re-enforce the government on the isthmus and they expect her to return very soon with sufficient force to change the as- pect of affairs there.
 Colon May Be Burned.
 New York, November, 22.-Oficers of the Panama Steamship and Railroad Company fear that if General Aiban. af- ter the fight at Chorrera attempts to re- take Colon. the place is likely to be burned and property worth millions de- stroyed. They say that during the in surrection of twelve years ago the liber- ais and conservatives had fight at Co., lon and as a result of the conflict the place was burned. On that occasion Captain McCalla, then commanding the United States warship at Colon. was asked to land his ma rines to protect the property of Ameri- cans He promised to do so after his men had breakfasted on shipboard, but while they were dining the town was set on fire and property worth s5,0Oo,ooo de- stroyed. Men from the Machias are now guarding property of Americans at Colon.