New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24
MORE COLOMBIAN TROUBLE
THE REVOLUTION BREAKS OUT IN y
NEW PLACE.
REAR ADMIRAL COGHLAN AND THE OHM
PA GOING TO THE WEST INDIES

Washington Sept. 33.-The Colombian reNo-
luton has broken out in a place, accordlhs
to information received at the Navy DepdI'-
ment to-day. The Boston Fruit Company TO-
day transmitted to Secretary Moody caple
dispatch from it's agent at Santa Marta, pace
on the north coast of Colombia. near the mouth
Of the Magdalena River, saying that conditions
there greatly disturbed. that telegraph and
railroad communicate ton had been interrupted
and requesting the departments attention Ihe
dispatch sent at to the State Depart
ment and the consul at Barranquilla, near
Santa Marta called for an immediate
report concerning the situation. This report is
expected tomorrow. and until II is received no
action looking the dispatch of a WarShlp VIII
be taken by the Navy Department. In case the
conditions of affairs at Santa Marta Shouid De
mand the presence of a. vessel. the Navy De
partment has decided TO send the gunboat
Marietta now at La Ciuayra, but the conoltloh
Of affairs ar the latter point is such that If the
Marietta is obliged to leave the Montgomery
at Cape Haytien. will be ordered forthwith 70
La Guayra and the Iatters place on the
Ha ytian coast well be taken temporarily by the
San Francisco. which will sail from Norfolk to-
morrow. Rear Admiral Coghlan. who will have
all the uarships in West Indian waters under
his immediate control. is expected TO sail on MS
flagship, the Olympia from Boston within two
weeks. On his arrival at Cape Hayden the
San Francisco will return TO Norfolk for gen
era1 repairs.
Six hundred marines have been modified at
Norfolk to be sent to the isthmus aboard the
Prairie now at Boston. The Prairie is ready to
sail whenever she may receive orders. The
mobilization Of these marines is in the nature OF
a precaution ard unless they are needed 1t is
not the intention of the Navy Department to
embark them for the South. Admiral Coghlan
had talk with Secretary Moody and Rear Ad-
mira1 Taylor. chief of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton, to-day concerning his duties in the West
Indies While no formal orders have been
issued, the dispatch of flag officer to the
Caribbean practically amounts to the creation
of fleet division in those waters. 1t is under
maIly to create a West Indian division of the
North Atlantic Squadron when the winter
maneuvres In the Caribbean end.
Rear Admiral Coghlan, who is second in COM
nand on the North Atlantic Station. sum
moned TO Washington to discuss the situation in
the West Indies before departing for those
waters on the Olympia. 1t is said at the Navy
Department that the Olympia will be sent 10
some central point to watch developments in
each of the turbulent republics which border the
Caribbean. The threatened rupture between
Great Britain and Venezuela promises fresh
compiled tons in the latter country. and re-
newed outbreaks in Hayti are possible at any
moment.
The sending of Rear Admiral Coghlan with his
fla gship to the West Indies is the result of Sec
rotary Moody's determination to afford better
protection for American interests in locality
where protection is likely to be needed at any
time. Heretofore the United States naval rep
resentation in the West Indies has proved in
adequate to meet the demands for ships which
have come from various quarters simultane
ously and the Navy Department has decided to
keep a force In the Caribbean able to cope with
a single, double triple call. the case
may be.
Commander McCrea, who from his long ex-
perence in dealing with affairs in South and
Central America has valuable knowledge of
the conditions there had talk with Secretary
Moody to-day