The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28
Minister Bea4pre Tells of Excitement
at Bogota $nd Rumors OF u Rev
oIusion I'm cauca.
REYEss THREAT IDLE TALK
UNITED STATES WILL NOT PERMIT
nvAs oS OF PANAMA.
Consul mt fartaGena Insulted and
BuIldozedf Anarchy Believed to
Pres an in Colombia.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.--The State De-
partment has edvfces by cable from Minis
ter Beaupre, IT Bogota, dated Nov. .. in
which ne sta1ss that considerable excite
ment still pre- fails at the Colombian capt.
tai; that therf is much talk Of raising an
army, but ncS troops have yet been en-
listed and that there are rumors in the
city OF a revolution in the State OF Cauca
directed agaisst the Marroquin govern
ment.
Rumors havs reached the State Depart
ment from stother source that General
Reyes's missicsl TO Washington Is primari-
IL TO try tcf array opposition senators
against the ratification of the Bunau-Va-
rilla-Hay cankI treaty. There also is talk
Of the f0rmatiSn OF combination OF South
American coUhtries directed against the
United States.s
Respecting the coming of General Reyes
to WashingtoS. IL is said at the State De-
parrment thattmuch depends on the nature
OF his credens als as to the reception he
Will have. 1t seems probable that If he Is
brought to thu department by the Colom-
bian charge OR. Herran, he will be ac-
corded q respfctful hearing. But il also is
pointed out fnat his activities must be
confined to lafful channels as an alien and
any attempt tn his part to influence by
direct rerresel tations any other than the
executive braItch Of the United States gov
eminent wouH scarcely be viewed with
eouanirnisy. Respecting the statements at
tributed TO tie general IN a New Orleans
interview THAI Colombia would send 1O0-
900 men into Panama overland, the fact
- recalled tfat the instructions to the
United state2 naval officers on the 18TH
mus were such that they would not admit
70 the neighIforhood of the isthmus any
hostile forces.s This was understood by the
oficsrs IN cuestion to mean that hostile Co
iombian trooJ3 would not be allowed to
De az a Qr1U Int cit Hxrx
or by land, aid so far there has been no
change IN tfh instructions given to the
naval officers ion this point
Lieut.. Gen. sYoung, chief OF staff was
again to-day asked whether the United
States was ctntempladng the sending of
troops 20 tho isthmus. He emphatically
declared thatSno problem for the defense
OF Panama AGAINST an attacking army had
been considerfd by the general staff. and
that the subject had been given no consid-
erstion yhatsEer
report from Che United States consul al
Cartagena retpecting the refusal OF the
port authorities to allow him to commu-
nicate with tie British merchant steamer
Trent It Is che conviction at the depart
usent that thts officials at Cartagena. which
Is In the preetnce OF Bolivar, are acting
entirely without authority from the Colon
bian government at Bogota, and In fact
Il Is euspectSd that a state approaching
anarchy exists throughout Colombia. While
the ss 81 ,fs csul until the mater Is ~ mans ad.
the subject az q formal report, IL is be-
lieved that ihe British government will
not tolerate stIch unauthorized interference
with its MERCHANT shipping In time OF
peace. !
In the opin On of DIR. Herran. the Colon
bfan charge, .the contention OF the Pana
mafans that panama cannot be expected
to assume a pso rata share of the Colombian
debt for tina reason that Panama was
not q part sf Colombia at the time thu
debt was incrsred, is not sound. Or. Herrar
fod f$-daV dAVtSiVe Dattll
BY which tbs United States Of Colombi'
freed itself from the Spanish yoke oc
Cured In Hss. and that from that dat
Panama always had been regarded as al
integral partx of Colombia.
Regarding she reports which have com
from the 1sttlmus of Panama OF a propo
~sftion from sae Colombian state Of Cauc
TO join the tew republic of Panama, NJ
Bunsu Varilsl, the minister from Panama
scouts the IDA Of any such union. He de
clares that sfch a proposal would not for
moment be Entertained by the republic o
Panama Tbh latter is unit by itself an
as such will remain so. The department o
Cauca IL separated from Panama by dens
wilderness. which the minister says make
the division IS great for practical purpose
as though II were a body Of water.