Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-11
NO WAR WITH VENEZUELA
There Is Little or No Such Talk IN Rogata,
Says Well Informed Engineer.
Wore Concern over Reyolution-Co
lombia Buying Rapid Fire Guns
Venezuelan Troops Beaten.

Wlllemsted, Curacao, Oct la civil
engineer who has just arrived here on
his way TO Caracas from Bogota,
which he left Sept. z asserts that up to
the time Of his departure there was
very little talk in Bogota Of war with
Venezuela. The members Of the cab
met and high officials there did not
seen to consider war imminent They
appeared to be more deeply concerned
with the revolution and with their eff
forts to put II down. One of the menu
bers of the cabinet admitted TO the en-
gineer that the Tachra invasion and
the engagement in July under Gen.
Rangel Garbiras were mistakes on the
part OF Colombia and regrettable.
In the opinion of the engineer the
liberal movement was strong through
out the entire country, only needing
ammunition 10 succeed. He describes
the influence OF the priests In Columbia
as extreme and detrimental TO the
country. According TO his statement,
exchange and national bank notes were
rising rapidly when he left
In his Judgment Colombia will never
declare war, nor VIII she again attack
Venezuela having too many home trou-
bles to be able TO afford to do So
a fair estimate of the Colombian
forces would be he thinks 5000 on the
Santander frontier, 1000 at Lahacha,
300 az Santa Martha and 800 at Bar
anqUilla.
COLOMBIA BUYING RAPID FIRE
GUNS.
New York. Oct.ll.-The Tribune says;
The Colombian government has been
buying several rapid fire guns here and
shipping them south. Spectators In
the West Indies and Central and South
America, expecting eventually to dis
pose of arms and ammunition to the
revolutionists who are paying good
prices for such wares, are sending stock
10 South America marked fireworks"
The use of the term fireworks" is not
intended TO conceal altogether the ma
ture of the shipments. as they are not
II makes unnecessary a
full description and insures careful
handling. Within the last week up
wards Of 200 cases Of fireworks" be-
sides fire arms, cartridges. dynamite
and fuses. labelled as such. have been
shipped TO Argenta. Brazil. Chile. Cen
trail America, Cuba Ecuador Mexico
Uruguay and Colombia. II is believed |
that the revolutionlsts In Venezuela |
md Colombia will get most OF the
fireworks" The government Of Col |
,mbia recently forwarded the l5-pound |
'apid fire Seaburv and briggs rife
which was on exhibition AT the Pan
American exposition, and which II |
bought. Two OF four rifed pieces also
'btained, were shipped by the Atlas and |
Panama lines few days ago.
TROOPS DEFEATED. |
New York. Oct 11--Advices from
'iudad. Bolivia, announce that the
venezuelan reyolutlonists commanded
" Gen. Geronimo Rivas have attacked
nd defeated the Venezuelan govern
nent troops under Gen. Arostegui,
ear Barrancas, In the state OF Bermu-
ez, and that Gen. Arostegui has been
AIKEN prisoner. II Is further announced
hat the Venezuelan troops have Joined
rms with the revolutonists. Govern
lent troops from San Felix, COM
handed by Gen. Africano, sustained
efeat near that town at the hands OF
he revolutionists under Gen. Vidal
len. Africano escaped TO San Felix.