Show CITY OF COLON WILL NOT BE BEi i BOMBARDED BY THE GOVERNMENT Washington on Nov 35 It Is lr pretty I well wen understood here e that there is to tobe tobe I Ibe be ao no bombardment bom of c Colon by D either side aids While Commander McCrea was given wide discretionary dI power and nothing was said saW to In him about stop stopping st p ping plug the tile bombardment directly never nevertheless the state department established established a precedent In these matters last year when it instructed Mr Gudger to tu warn some insurgents at Panama that th they y would not be allowed to bombard that port p rt If the government troops on the should persist in their purpose it is said the commanders of the va various various rious warships at Colon would require that ample time thee be allowed for the withdrawal from the town of all for foreigners foreigners foreigners eigners and id that the attacking force to e restraint would be e obliged to direct their bombardment with such rare precision as to destroy the Insurgent Insurgent insurgent gent defenses without harming the railroad 4 property and even without endangering the passage pas age of trains The secretary of the navy today ca cabled cabled cabled bled Captain Perry of f the Iowa to as assume assume sume mine full command of all the United States naval forces on both sides alden of the isthmus in order to insure har her harmonious harmonious operations operation Consul General last dispatch which came c me after 1 Jock was about as follows Operations of American Troops Tro ps Our troops have arrived at Mata Mats chin of t the way across the isthmus No obstruction and Colom Colombian Colombian Colombian bian government seems Hems to be victor victorious victorious victorious ious over the Insurgents The United States government has bu buI take charge harge C of the isthmian transit transiL transitA I A dispatch received at the navy nary 0 de department deI today tola from Captain Perry of I the battleship lows Iowa low at Panama re me reports reports ports tj th thai a t fact Captain Perry says ays that General Alban n with men is III I fighting the liberals on the line near Empire mp e Transit is in m danger I of interruption Captain Perry has hRS an with f a ent of men from th ted with a train to rw r ft and also establish de of men to tD t keep it so Commander McCrea of the Machias at Colon has cabled the navy depart department department ment meat notifying the department of the I approaching bombardment of the town and asking fur for Instructions He I has baa been Instructed to take such steps as h hg deems cl ms necessary sary for the pro of American Interests at t Colon COlOR While no specific statement is made as asto asto asto to the details of this instruction it is understood it leaves discretionary wIth Commander McCrea the prevention p prevention ven I tion Hon of a bombardment Says Rebels Are Defeated Mr Ir In charge of the affairs of the th Colombian legation today re me received received the following telegram Panama Nov No Colombian Min Mit ister later Washington toil Rebel army com corn completely defeated at Culebra t and aad Em Governor last JUt night upon Colon Tn De yes yesterday yesterday yesterday but will wiD be te reestablished to today today today day Signed N ARJO Acting Governor Mr Rename earlier in hi the day re received received a dispatch from the acting gov sov governor cram of Panama stating ar that the governor general had bad started with a considerable government force to op operate operate erate crate against Colon and Unea It is the expectation of the Colombian au authorities authorities to combine this th movement with that of the force on 00 board the gunboat Pluses and thus be able to recapture the town of Colon The Co Cc Colombian authorities here her have not been advised advis Colon of the th purpose pr to bombard The action acton taken by the t United States in landing marines manDt anti ana anc pro protecting pr protecting the line ln across ar the isthmus is in conformity with the wishes of the Colombian Colombin government and follows a specific request recently renty n made ade by Mr c cHere Here The Colombian authorities are a fully an aware aare are that if I they retake Colon Coln it must be b through their own ow efforts efort and without the hope hop of any assistance from the American forces on the ground gound that this thi government is scrupulously holding holdin aloof alf from the political contest between the govern government mont ment and the liberals Railroad Urd Running Again Ag Later Lter advices adv ts while showing the I situation on the isthmus to be stilt still un unsettled unsettled settled contain the tb information that free fr transit by the railroad has been n reestablished These The advices advice come me in ina Ina ina a dispatch received by Secretary Long from Captain Perry Perr of the Iowa Iowa who had made mae a trip across arron the isthmus from fm Panama t to o Colon Clon from which place he sent a telegram an extract from which the secretary made pub public lic lc as follows Perry sa says s that tha t free fre transit across acrs the isthmus is restored and aDd he be returns to Panama Panama this afternoon The cap cip captain eap tain tin tam will wi leave leae a guard gd on n each paz pas passenger p henger nger train for the present pL The Te purpose of the guard g presumably is to prevent interruption to the free fre passage of or the trains tran by b insurgents congregated along the line lne of the road rd Mr in m charge chare of the Co Colombian Colombian Colombian legation is jj very welt well wel antis satis satisfied fled fied fed with the tenor of the advices which have haye come to hand today to from Gov Governor G emnor Arjon of Panama who reported that the r rebel bel army arm had been defeated at Culebra an aol and l Emperado and Gen Gee General eral Alban had now marched on Colon Coo His theory ther i is that General n Alban completely complete dislodged the rebel force fore w which had M at Chorrera Cho from which place Mr believes they retreated to Culebra and Emper Emperado ado wh where re they agail took a stand i Their defeat at these thes places leaves General Alban free to Colon Mr thinks think that General Alban rr r rs t rt r i j s now has at least 1001 I well w ll equipped eqUiP pr prad and ad ly t armed men Den beside h W tri e on Oft board the Co Colombian boat at Pinson now DOW at Colun Colon Mr asserts that tut the rebels rel els hav not at the outI Out It more than 5 men |