The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
WARNING, TO- U. 5. CRUISER. COlOmbianS Dislike Atlan
 ta's Presence. :. PROTEST M, ssn WRITING '!I'' Naval on , ; Pay No Heed
 to s:'Natives. Armies 2 .artsd Prsp4rsns for sn st'to Win Baek .as
 Pknams Tsriitosy-war; ..... <. :. to the Bitter End. t ] '.t-,s 's-.s {, ' tse, N 5s,ss. ss .
PROTEST M: {, SIN WRITING

Colon, Dec. 17-The United stataa cruiser Atlanta. Commander william H, Turner. isturned here last night from the lsuif of parien. She discovered Decernbes 1 IS, a detachment sof coiombtan troops Enunbering ,visuaily about 5cj mon, bui lacccrding to their statements. total.ins iooo or sseo men at Tituma,i, on the west ern side of the gulf. just north of the mouth of the Atrato river.
 The commander of tho Atlanta sent ashore an ofsicer, who eonvsrsed with ths co,ombian commander. fs &s x
 1 The, latter ., protested energeticaily against the presence of American war snips in Colombian waterssin 90 much al war. between Colombia and the United States had not been declared and politely Ireduested, the Atlanta 70 leave the sguli because ii belonged to Colombia. 2
 | Commander Turner ignored the request and the Atlanta retiirned' to Colon to re | port to Rear Admiral Coghlan.
 The coiomblans are, clearly busy with lprotecttve, and ,strengthenipg meaeures 1 IAlthoufh they treated the .Americanl Ecourteouslv they decidedly resented the Ipreeence of the Atianta's landing party lThe C0iohhblari fforce was composed partIS E6f the men landed recently at the +Atratc riyer by the Colombian cruisers carta. gena and General; Pifison. : s 1st3
 Schooner Tried to- Hide. z | Early In the morning of D9essnper IS
 the Atlanta sighted ., small schooner ir the center iof the gulf of parien. aud. fol. schooner atieH.pssa 'l,s llds ssalpa sr H
 Liautehaut I4atlap F. Rerrb,lt of the At. lsnta. was ordered to toaEA her and there. upon a whale boat Whsr lowered and pulled towards; the schqeper. Thfolkh ,fhe acsurs Itesy Of. thSs navel fls& 5exSsppnd. elt of tha AtspGlat k Ea9S ask the party in the pshgie boa x. 4a. Ft was foilnd that the k,lusssAE hMsi cl
 board q hundred: Ashtsd colombisn sgl' Evo, who said adhefSf ranISi nftIzss com. mande er-in-chief, of the Colon Ian \ fdfcea of the Atlantic and the 2 Pacific. hhd . large camp q mile' away, on the uaalu Hand. sssy .g1isst. 's f e-
 General Noyo requested Lieutenant Kef. I riii to land and confer with General Or1is
 After temporarily returning to the At-
 lanta, Lieutenant Pcrfili went back to ths schooner. which in the meantime had talk. len up a position of a beach. within a l S1Aidll Odyla. . a | Great excitement prevailed among tbs
 Oolombians on the whale boats approach
 There were repeated cries of Viva co. lombiar.. and there was a. sudden concen
 tratton of .1bo Colombian soldiers on the
 beach. .S est .,'9 yeA
 For some moments the. situation ap. peafed dangerous and had the &pDsarApca
 of an ambuscatie. z. !. fst s.s t. | General Oftiz appeared on the beech
 when I.ieutenant PerriIls went on; shore l tbe whaleboat fin tife meanwhile NIyInl
 close to the beach, s/l stf < General Ortlz insisted that Lieutenant PefrilIs should fy the Coiombl6n flag al
 the bow of the whale boat, or lower the
 American nag at her stern, because sht
 was in, Colombian waters. 5 st Lieutenant PeFrill replied that he did not have a Colombian flag and refused
 to lower, the. stars and. Stripes. ,,s; S General Ortls did not insist oh his doing
 so. but he protested in writing, against the presence of the. Americans in Colom-
 bian waters 9t.l.i ( l,st..s tt&,