The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
THE CATHEDRAL AT PANAMA.
a peculiar way is involved in the 20

peculiar way is involved in the po-
litical upheaval.
1t was only two years ago that Co
lombia was kept desperately busy by
Gen. Uribe-Uribe and his anti-govern-
ny, =. ;' cot nretty hot on
the isthmus at that time, and the United
States was forced to warn Colombia to
observe the international treaty and
keep the traffic by way of the railroad
across the isthmus open on pain of inter-
vention and the landing of marines to
take charge of the railroad. In Noyem-
Der of that year, after the revolution had
been raging for over three months, the
insurgents captured Colon, the terminus
of the transisthmian railroad on the At
lantic ocean side, and the United States
landed marines to preserve order and
keep the railroad open. The close Of No
vember saw the retaking of Colon by the
government troops, the surrender of the
insurgents and the suppression of the
rebellion. During the fighting on the
isthmus the use of the railroad for the
transportation of troops was denied both
to the government forces and the in
surgents.
The revolution of 1901 was marked by
international complications, and while
actual war did not occur between Co
lombia and Venezuela they came dan
gerously near it several times, and both
countries contributed to the cause Of the
instructions in the two countries, for
Venezuela was torn by internal strife
as we'll as her western neighbor and
former partner in government. In both
countries there has always been bit
ter struggle between the liberal party
and the clerics. At the time of the
troubles of 1901 the clerical party was in
power in Colombia, and in Venezuela
the liberals held control. Colombia was
in sympathy with the insurgents of Ven
ezuela and the Venezuelan government
entertained similar feeling towards the
.evolutionists of Colombia. Gen.
Uribe-JTribe, Of the latter country,
sought and obtained the help of Presi-
dent Castro, of Venezuela, and in turn
the revolutionists of Venezuela were &C
corded active assistance by the govern
ment of Colombia. Colombians led by
the Venezuelan rebels invaded Venezu-
ella at Las Cambros President Castro
protested, and then, following the ex-
ample of the sisterrepublic, he sent arms
end men to the Colombian revolution
lists at Cucuta. On another occasion 500
VeneZuelans went to aid Cen Tribe
Tribe at Rio Hacha. Thus ii went back
and forth until the final suppression of
the instructions in both countries.
The spectacle of these two countries
SO bitterly antagonistic to each other
would never suggest that once they were
Joined in the close bonds of political
unity. But history brings to light many
eGntrasts, and we find that in 1919 under
the patriot Bolivar the two countries
were welded into one republic. Co
~-lombia was then known as New Gran
ada a name given it by the Spanish con-
qeUror Quesada in 1888 in remembrance
of his native province of Granada. After
q bloody struggle of years, which is only
equaled by the efforts in Peru and 9TH
er South American countries to throw
off the yoke of the cruel Spanish OPP
pressors, New Granada succeeded in
gaining her liberty under the leadership
of Bolivar who then proceeded with his
army to Venezuela, where, at Argos