New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-05

would be to prevent the movement of any BODY
of troops carrying arms from one slde OF the
isthmus to the other 1t is fortunate TOT tle
reyolutonfsts that they were in practical posses
sion of the isthmus when the first or the Ohlt5u
States naval forces arrived. for one or the STAND
ing rules of the navy in Such cases Is W man
tain the status quo. There are at the stations
named on the Atlantic Coast approximately tlde
following numbers OF marines: Norfolk. w
Lame island 200. New-Yorl 300; Washington,
$50: Boston, 200; Portsmouth. y. H., w. An
napolis. $50. In a case of emergency ov" ~
more of these could be spared for service on the
18th us. and should greater emergency arlse
ARRANGEMENTS would be completed making praC-
ticaly the entire force available 1or ou'y III
Panama. At Port Royal and CharlestoI1 u, CIiIy
small detachments IRE stationed, just suflcleilt
to meet the needs Of those two stations Oh
the Pacific Coast the marine force mas OeeH le
duced to a small number.
PROTECTION FOR RAILROAD ASKED
A telegram was received at the State De-
partment to-day from the New-York manage
rnent Of the Panama Railroad Company, saying
that the property of that company was In Dan
ger and asking for protection. A message also
came from the cable company, saying III eIIecC
that there was no telegraphic communlcatlo1l
for points in Colombia outside OF Panama aiiG
Colon by way Of the isthmus. 1t is assumed
that the revolutionists have cr+ the inland COM
munfcations so as to prevent the government at
Bogota from obtaining knowledge OF what Is
happening on the isthmus. and 1t is expected
that the effect Will be to embarrass the Coiorh-
bian Government in its military movements
No confirmation of the news from CoIoH oI
the landing of the bluejaclzets has been received
here but the State and Navy Department OH
cials are prepared to hear it. The landing OF
ammunition is supposed to be for the purpose Oh
fortifying the railway house against aIIachs
from the Colombian troops and to afford a sa1e
shelter for all the foreign residents. In view OF
the ample measures taken by the United States
1t is rot expected that any foreign power VIII
complicate the situation further by dlspatchlhS
warships to isthmian waters.
Tonight Acting Secretary Darling fecelEeu
dispatch from the captain of the cruiser Atlahta
at kingston. Jamaica. saying that he would san
with his vessel tomorrow morning at . O'CLOCK
for Colon The Atlanta has been taking on
supply of coal at Kingston
The situation at the two ends of the railway,
Panama and Colon is anomalous, and tonight
II was learned that the Colon situation IS the
result Of plans of the Navy Department mis-
carrying. The dispatches to the NashVlhe'
which should have reached her immediately on
her arrival at Colon, November =, were inter
cepted and were not received by Commander
Hubbard until after the Colombian warship
Cartagena had arrived at Colon with four hun
dred Colombian troops aboard. when 1t was too
late to prevent her entrance 10 the harbor. The
execution of the original scheme would have
eliminated the Cartagena from the situation at
Colon and the present unfortunate complications
would have been avoided