The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-02
WHY EVANS SQUADRON IS
COMING TO THESE WATERS
Coast Advices Say That 1t viii Be Ready at
Honolulu to Make an Immediate
Descent Upon Panama.

extraordinary concentration of warshps of United
Estates will this winter the Ismu of Panama Although
unusual of vessels directed by apparently
ordinary orders from the Navy Departme
presence powerful fleets has planned
bat OF Colombia against the Republic Of
Panama.
On side will be squadrons COM
and of Admas Glass Evans Colon side will
the South North Atlantic and Caribbean sqadrons
the Mosquito fleet The Aat squadron, under Admiral Evans,
has been ordered Honolulu but expected that will be
to Panama if there is any hint of trouble there.
evident therefore, that all the big warshps of the United
States navy convegg toward the shus and in the light of
developments this considered significant fact and is
eved be part definite programme of the
Examiner.
WASHINGTON, Nov aa-This winter before dramatic
and internationally interesting around the smus
of Panama Admiral Dewey be in command again of great
number OF warsps which destined for the Caribbean Sea and
the vicinity of the republic of Panama and Colombia
bit hnee Navy a acting a some
which necessarily involved in the apparently innocent orders
The significant order the the Asatic squadron
OF batteships and cruisers to proceed to Honolulu
Frs-The United States has arranged affairs with Russia
and Japan which will allow the detachment of the Asac feet
sseondIhs Asa squadron had already had its drill and
is said to be going to Honolulu.
READY TO MOVE INTO ACTION.
there be sudden change the affairs of Colombia and its
threats of the Asac squadron will certainly immediate
All the big ships of the United States are in fact coverging
squadron
The Olympia ordered south ago,
ready These vessels going ostensb Guantanamo
and Cuebra but really be the of protection for all
American South America and Central America
When orders have been carried the navy will be
sened in this
of isthmus by squadrons of
Admiral Glass and Rear-Admral Robley D. Evans
On the Colon side by the North Atlantic squadron South At
squadron and the Caribbean squadron the fleet
will be represented
A FORMIDABLE ARRAY.
The batlesps the neghborhood of the shmus will be the
Massachusetts, Keararge Maine Kentucky Wisconsin and Ore
gon.
The gathering of powerful force the shmus is be
eved here threats Colombia
against the shus and this would be wagng
against the United States 1t is of nconceivable
how the United States the Colombia
teng Panama without selling Colombian keeping
what the United States guaranteed do by treaty
Morgan United States should
get with Colombia would 100000 troops
be dispatched Colombia before the end of the would be
sight.
This probably well understood in Colombia and may be the
explanation of the Colombian opinion that with Colombo
would be of the Boer wasometng that would
"stagger" the United States Government and people.
Another theory which ground here that there
Colombian obligations which demand the entry the hee
diplomacy of Britain and the Netherlands the
matter of the foreign debt The of these
mens have been the State Department The officials of this
Government do speak seriously of with Colombia bu
their remarks discounted by the preparations making
| be ready for any contingency
1t understood that this Government will break the
until Minister Beaupre we'll Colombia Dr. Herran will
Washington until he ordered home by his Government