The sun., 1903-11-11
NO ACT OF WAR ON COLOMBIA,
ORDERS TO PREVENT INVASION
OF ISTHMUS MODIFIED.
Colombia May Embark Troops at Her Own
Ports. but Won't He Allowed to Land
Them in Panama-American Warships
sent to Give Notice OF This Decision.

Them in Panama-American Warships
Sent to Give Notice OF This Decision
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-Orders issued
yesterday by the Navy Department to
prevent Colombian troops from embark
ing for lsthmian ports were changed to-day
as a result OF the conclusion reached at a
regular meeting OF the President and his
Cabinet that such prevention would be
an act Of war against Colombia. In conse-
quence, the naval commanders in Isthmian
waters were notified to Use only moral sua-
sion to induce Colombian troops not to
start for the Isthmus. Should an attempt
TO land them at either Panama or Colon
be made, however, the naval commanders
will have full authority to go to extremes
News came to the State Department
Yesterday that two British merchant steam
crs. one the Quito and the other the Min
danao, or a name similar to that, we're o be
used by the Colombian Government to
carry troops to the Isthmus from Buena
Ventura, the nearest Pacific port to Bogota.
Orders werc accordingly sent to Com
mander Dehl of the cruiser Boston to go
to Buena Ventura and warn the British
ships and the commander of the troops
to be embarked that the vessels could not
These orders were sent last night or this
morning. AS changed to-day they provide
that the commander of the Colombian
troops about to embark at B,iena Ventura
and the masters of the merchantmen shall
he warned that they will not be permitted
to land the soldiers a. any Isthnian port.
Those responsible for the changed orders
held that while the United States Govern
1a al to
any attempt that would lead to disorder or
bloodshed on the lsthmus. it had no au-
thority to enter Colombian ports outside
the lsthmus for the purpose Of preventing
the embarkation Of troops.
The American war vessel sent to give
warming will stick to the merchantmen il
they persist in going to the Isthmus. so as
to be close at hand il any attempt to land
the soldiers is made.
While the American naval commanders
have not been specifically instructed to
resort to force to prevent debarkation,
Il is admitted that the instruct ions are broad
enough to permit them to take the most
stringent measures to carry out the Presi-
dents policy that peace must be preserved
and bloodshed prevented on the IsthInus.
I'VE intend to have peace IL we have to
fight for it," is the way the case is put by
officers Of the Administration.
The Boston is supposed to have gone to
Ruena Ventura to give the warning men
toned. Tho gunboat Nashvllie has been
ordered from Colon, on tho other slde Oh
the lsthmus, TO NartaE Eena 70 see II any
troops aro being efnparheu there anu 10
serN" warning II there are.
II" iact thi'' 'ne Fes'eis' WHICH lho
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in landing serious trouble m'eht come,
which wonld 'o'nph'a'e ','e p'osi%,'s p aol
the ratification o' a oai'al treaty naIf f,,s
such contingency thcre Is lio'lihs ,n ene
way, the Administration ieaaefs anu psoIi-
nent Republican senators oe''eve' " '"e
negotiation ana ra'i''ca''on OF a ca,la'
treaty without adaihohai caf'a' 'eeis'a'ioh
by Congress. o,, .,. a.
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