The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-01
SOUGHT LIFE OF BEAUPRE COlOmbianS Bitter Toward
 America. TALK OF WAR STILL HEARD No Movement, However, to
 Raise a Big Army. Hope stin Entertained That General Reyes will Succeed in Affecting Satisfactory Arrangsmsne
 at Washington.

Colon. Nov, so.-Luis de Roux, who was A member of the Colombian House from Panama. who made speech in tho House October warning Colombia 70 sieh the Hay-Herran canal treaty immediately or she would lose the Isthmus the day Congress closed, and who was instru- mental in bringing about the appointmen' of General obaldia as Governor of Fam anna, has arrived here from Bogota, Iiom where he started November lA senor De Roux Is Q Panamanian ana owing to his well known political com nections he was subjected to annoyances and affronts at Bogota and on the Mag dalena River, where at one place on the passage down a number of Coiompiaas threatened to board the steamer ana mo- lest him. Trouble was averted by the captain cutting the vessels moorings and dropping down stream. At Bogota cI- forts were made to persuade senor De
 Roux to join the Reyes commission to the Isthmus, but De Roux absolutely dechneo. Legation is Guarded.
 When De Roux left Bogota the United States Legation was guarded continually by fifty soldiers armed with rifles. Mln- ister Beaupre mentioned that possibly he
 would come down the river. but apparently he has not decided to do so.
 A governmental consulting commission has been formed at Bogota. It is com- posed of Liberals. Conservatives and Na- tionalists. According to good authority. at one meeting of the commission the statement was heatedly made that MT. Beaupre must be killed whether the Unit ed States destroyed Cartagena or not in retaliation. Wiser counsels. however, pre- vailed. Boeota and the entire country is waiting to hear from General Reyes. whose grant of full presidential powers have been con- nrnned. While there is still much talk In Colombia of raising a big army. no ae- tual steps in that direction have yet been taken. Public contributions are being made and decrees are occasionally issued. FefeFring to wariile prApasatlons. Colon. bic possesses great pumosy ss gnca 1 rifiee. some artillery and an ample supply of Ammunition. Colombia has net lost the idea of making an attempt to regain the fbthmus. She still entertains hope that General Reyes will succeed in a satisfac- tory arrangement at Washington.
 will Advance on Isthmus. Failing in this, the Colombians, it is be- lieved, will undoubtedly advance on the
 Isthmus. sending troops in small parties of two or three hundred along both coasts
 sufficiently inland to keep their move
 ments secret and on arrivink on the bor- u0Ib Ol EdHatHd LhSy Wllts At tS SsA0S OC- gin a guerilla warfare, pillaging and
 burning. They may also, it Is alleged. at-
 tempt to rtrsport troops by sea in small
 schoo isls and other such craft between
 unimportant and little known ports, hop
 Ing to avoid American gunboats,
 The Colombians think they can carry
 out such a movement without the knowl-
 edge of the Americans and believe their
 soldiers can reach the borders of Panama
 overland.
 Notwithstandi the Colombian Govern
 ment's assurances all the political parties
 have not rallied fully to the support Of
 the Government in this crisis. The inter-
 nal political dissensions are slowly grow
 ing more marked. The Liberal revolution
 ary element particularly Is showing signs of increasing discomfort throughout the
 entire country and a recurrence of the recent revolt at any time within the next year would not surprise those who are familiar with Colombian affairs. On the contrary 1t Is fully expected.
 The Colombian gunboats Cartagcna,
 General Pinzon and Presidente Marro- uutn are at Cartagena