Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-12-17
NOT yer LANDED.
Colombian Troops Have Not Started
an invasion Of Isthmus.

an invasion Of Isthnus.
Colon. Dec. 15.-Through the exam
nation of the San Bias coast made by
the United States cruiser Atlanta ana
the converted cruiser Mayflower. botn
OF which vessels have returned mere
It has been clearly established tnat
the Colombian cruisers Gen. Pinzop
and Cartagena appeared in the Gulf OF
Darien about thirty-six hours AFTER
they were reported as having LETT Car
tagena. No reliable evidence. howev-
err. could be obtained to show that n
OF the troops carried by the cruisers
had been landed either on the guit
coast or northwest thereof.
The Atlanta and the Maynower
made q thorough inspection of the en-
tire vicinity. 1t was learned that at
one coast point the Cartagena en-
barked a small quantity of ava
stoa es, q few builocks, some corn and
fifty pieces of zinc roofing, sa.
No information
could be obtained as to the direction
taken by the cruiser thereafter. IT
has been reported that Colombian
troops were landed at a certain point
on the Panama coast, but the Atlanta
was present at this place at the time
wnen, according to the report, the
troops should have been landed. and
saw nothing.
The naval officers found the attitude
of the Indians to be Indifferent and
ever repellant The traditions OF the
Indians for centuries have been
against permitting aliens to land in
their territory, and these traditions
they still maintain. They often de-
clined to answer the questions OF the
interpreters. and on several occasions
their information was found to be mis-
leading.
The Information obtained by the At
lanta and Mayfiower indicates either
that the Colombian troops have been
returned to C~artagena or that they
Have Been Landed
at some point on the coast between
Cartagena and the Gulf Of Darien, and
may be proceeding thence toward
toward Cauca.
TIE Atlanta sailed again toward the
Gulf of Darien yesterday afternoon
and will continue a careful patrol of
the coast.
1t would be impossible for the Car
tagena and the Gen. Pinzon to enter
the Atrato river because the mouth or
the river has a six-foot bar. No small
boats are obtainable thereabouts and
no considerable number of troops
could be transported up the river. The
only boats to be had consist of a few
canoes.
The remainder OF the marines on
board the auxiliary cruiser dixie will
be landed Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday next, satisfactory arrange
ments having been completed to OBJ.
tdin SOOu WdLCT IOT the camp at Cul-
ebra. on the line of the Panama rail-
road.
10 Waiting Patiently.
The Associated Press correspondent
here received the following telegraph
ic dispatch last night from a well in
formed Bogota politician:
"The impression in Official circles,
shared by the people. is that Colombia
should oppose by all means possible
the execution by the republic of Pan
m of acts reserved for the republic
OF Colombia and against which execu-
ton the government has protested be-
fore the whole world and to the Ameri-
can nation. The country awaits pa
tiently the result of the appeal to the
government at Washington, and in the
meantime In maintaining a finn atti.
tude."