Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-13
ANARCHY IN BOLIVAR
Government Tried to Gust De
Castro, Chief Of Army.
MANJARES CAPTURED DlRRANQUILLB
BoEDta Moved Troops In order 90 In
sure Return of Jonquin velez as
president of CoIombfa-De Cas-
tro Was For General Reyes.

Hresident OF CotOm bfa-De IuS~
tro Was For General Reyes.
COLON, Feb. 13.-Political troubles
In the department of Bolivar are grow
ing. The Steamer Ell CaIvados Of the
French line has arrived here from Car
tagena anl Sayanilla and brings news
of a rebellion and practically a state
of anarchy in the department, which
has lasted for almost two weeks and
which arose from the determination Of
the government at Bogota to Dust
Diego de Castro from his position as
commander in chief of the military
forces in BOLIVAR.
1t was deemed prudent to do this be
cause General de Castro, acting in CON
junction with Francisco Insignares,
civil governor of Bolivar, sent an OK.
petition up the Magdalena river the
latter part of last month to Calanla
for the purpose of stopping certain
government troops who were coming
down the river.
The government soldiers were sent
down by the Bogota government for
the purpose of insuring the election OF
Joaquin Velez as president of the re-
public and whose chances We're con
sldered slim in Bolivar. Insignares
and De Castro puiposed to meet this
force i'll the interest of the candi-
dature of General Rafael Reyes. When
the two forces met at Banco mutuni
explanations were made, and Insig-
mares and De Castro were induced to
return without fighting.
General Manjares, who is with the
government, reached Barranquiila.
where General de Castro is stationed,
about the end of January and inform
ed De Castro that he held papers from
President Marroquin making him
Mlanjares) commander in chief Of the
military and naval forces of the de.
partment in succession to De Castro.
De Castro obstinately refused to give
up his post, claiming hat he held his
appointment from General Reyes, who
had been designated supreme com
mander Of all Colombia's military
forces, and that he had not been adj
vised to hand over his command to
General Manjares.
Upon this refusal General Manjares
proceeded to Cartagena, where. with
out communicating with Governor In
signares, he succeeded in inducing
General Araugo' to turn over to him
| the command Of the troops then in
Cartagena.
As soon as this had been done Man
jares, with-a~b HttuifUn- O the Gu1ta-
gena troops, took train for Calama.
From Calama he telegraphed to Carta-
gena to at once send him 500 re-cn-
| forcements. The government at Bogo.
ia also sent down 1000 troops under
General Monsalve to join and support
Manjares. AS soon as his forces We're
collected Manjares started to march on
Barranquilla.
In the meantime De Castro had left
~Barranquilla and started up the river
alone. He reached Gamarra and from
there got into direct Geographic COM
munication with President Marroquin
on the matter. While De Castro Yves
up the river Manjares and his com
mand, numbering about 1900 men,
reached Barranquilla. Manjares com
municatcd with the officer whom De
Castro had left in command there, and
| this man agreed to turn over the garri-
son of $500 men and the town to Man
jares. ALanjares entered B%arranquilla
and took possession without firing 4
shot.
1t is ruInored that De Castro has
now retired to the province Of Santan-
der, where he intends to muster forces,
march to Barranquilla and ~recapture
it.
The result of the presidential election
is not known on the coast, but it lis
said that General Reyes polled q large
majority of the votes in the depart
ment of Bolivar.
Joaquin Vclez has o. votes over RAJ
fael Reyes, but the returns from FIVE
provinces have not yet been received.