The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-12-31
Gen. Reyes Notifies His Government
- It Will Bring On Hostilities
with United States. e..
d:HE COLOMBIAN REpRESEkA1AlIIN ~
.REAkzES the SITUATION:
Convinced This Republic VIII Not
e:;.G.oenteaanee landing of Troops
+. Within Territory of Panamn-M.
!: 4 Bunau-Vnrilla Files "A Protest..
.*Buchnnan Arrives ut Isthmus.

hWa!shl Dec; 24.-"WaE** %pn;
anaImgSs means. war: with the United
States" is the substance of %cablegrams
WsAich Gen. Rafael Reyes, the Colom-.
bIan minister, is sending to the Bogota
government and to: his: more influential
fdflowers'throughout Colombia. Real
izing THE; gravity of the situation Gen.
Reyes is endeayoring: to bring !: the:
Colombian people face to face with
the situation as he knows it here. He
isl convinced that the United States
will not permit a Colombian army to
land within the territory of Panama.
Gen. Reyes, with the. assistance Of
DE Herran and the American lawyer
whom he has employed, lis. actively en-
gagged ia Sthe. pneparation' of his COM
mIInication to the state department..
He is not certain whenaithfs will lie
completed, but~no time wifi be lost
in presenting it to Secretary, Hay. IT,.
49, :. Reyes .Hastens Work. '.
:;Heretofore Gen. Reyes has~not BEEN
Many hurry to complete his mission
n*.Washington, thinking that in the
meantime. the war" feeling in Colombia
would subside: Dispatches, ahowever,
which he has received from President
Marroquiu and from. influential Colom-
bians have caused him to hasten his
work, and it is his present intention
t6::,.return to Colombia and assume
personal command. of the: army as
soon as he has filed his statement at
the. state department.. In Colombian
CHARTERS it is pointed out that unless
Gen. Reyes oon returns the war par
tY in Bogota will gain the upper hand
aud his hitherto predominant influence
there. will be seriously. injured.
Protest by: Panamn Minister. =
The. republic of Panama, through its
minister, M. Bunau-Varilla, has filed
it's first protest against the action Of
a United States official affecting mat
teEs pertaining to that republic; In
a slong dispatch to the minister the
Panama consul at San Francisco, R.
AFias Feraud, aJr., has notified him
that the postal authorities Of that city
had refused to@:iaecept: registered;:mall
org parcel post addressed to: the re-
public of Panama The consul states
that these authorities insist on: mail
being addressed: Republic of Colon
bia:' The consul refused to- comply
ana referred the matter to the minis
ter; a.: "'"'
Minister Bunau-Varilla promptly
laid the matter before Acting Secretary
of State LOOMS, who at once notified
the postmaster general, asking him to
tale such steps as will rectify the &C
tor of the San francisco authorities,
4 Burhnnan at Panama:
Ranama, PES: q. $: ", r. buchanan
United States minister to the REPUBLIC Of
Panama. "a arrived here Tuesday, accom-
panied .bSy44yiHitea States GonsuE:aGeneral
G~udgeE&ho met him at Colon. Mr.: Blu
chanan' was r~eceivedaat thte4alfillFoald. sta
ton bW;senor Esprfella, minister Of for.
eign relations; United States Vice Con-
sui General Ehrmann, several officers OF
the UMted States navy, many; native
and foraign residents:an AM ,aeompahy Of
soldieES$t whose; mndspsid ,Hfonors, 2to;the
minister. Fl: = - i II: I 10 +