Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-16
REYES IS AT COLON
Colombian Envoy on Board Scotia Causes Excitement.
AMERICAN MARINES AGAIN LANDED
Converted Cruiser MHyhower Ar rived at Colon Having Admiral CoghIan on Board and Steam
 ed to Meet the Scotia.

ed to Meet the Scotia.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-A dispatch from Bogota says that Generals Reyes, Holguin and Ospina have left for Pan- anna on q diplomatic mission, with full | power to offer the isthmians a satis- factory treaty and such other conces- sions as may bring the isthmus back to the Colombian union.
 Minister Beaupre, at Bogota, has ca bled the state department for permis- sion to leave that capital. He has pre- sented President Roosevelt's note of warning to Colombia and says there is much i'll feeling against Americans at Bogota and grave danger of another revolution to overthrow President Mar roquin.
 A cablegram from Colon says that the United States converted cruiser Mayfiower, having on board Admiral 1 Coghlan and Minister Gudger, has ar- rived at that port.
 The overdue German steamer Scotia arrived at Colon at sundown fly ing the Colombian flag. Her agents signaled the Scotia" to come alongside her wharf, but she is now anchored mile and half from the harbor. ,.
 Cutters from the United States aux Hilary cruiser Dixie are plying to and from the Scotia, which has no commu- nication with the shore.
 There Is great excitement, as it is stated that General Reyes and his staff are aboard the vessel. The United States converted cruiser Mayfower left her anchorage and steamed to meet the Scotia.
 The moment the Scotia anchored twenty marines from the Dixie were landed at Colon.
 President Marroquin's statement as conveyed in a cablegram to General Plaza, president of Ecuador, that Gen erals Reyes, Caballeros, Ospina and Holguin are now marching on the isth- mus to suppress the isthmian traitors" has set the entire population of the isthmus laughing. Protected by the impenetrability of the land and the many leagues of coast line separating the isthmus from Colombia and confi- dent that the United States intends to prevent the landing of Colombian sol diers from the sea, the isthmians feel that their security is absolute.
 The loss of the isthmian territory is of course a tragedy for Colombia. The government at Bogota is probably ig norant of the attitude taken by the government of the United States, and in a frenzy ito save it's face, to appease an angry and disappointed populace and to satisfy the public demand for some appearance of activity and an at- tempt to save the honor and the terri toriaI integrity of Colombia the gov ernment is no doubt promising and threatening to send forces to the coast and to take other aggressive steps," The realization by the Colombian gov ernment of the impossibility of send ing troops to the isthmus would not necessarily deter it from taking these steps, which, as already stated, are in- tended merely to satisfy the people.
 We'll informed people on the isthmus believe that the Colombian government is going through all these forms of or ganizing expeditions not merely for the foregoing reasons, but owing to the ne- cessity of forestalling or of weakening the threatened revolutionary outbreak in Bogota. .t ~. The growing feeling against Presi- dent Marroquin is believed>to be due to the fact that he did not show sufficient determination to effect the ratification of the canal treaty, which would have saved the isthmus to Colombia, and be- cause he appointed General Obaldia governor of the department of Panama after Obaldia had declared that he would remain Colombian if the treaty were ratified, but that otherwise he would only be Panamanian. General Obaldia was born in Chiriqui, in the state of Panama.