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Show PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA IS HAVING TROUBLES WASHINGTON, March 2. Tho president presi-dent of Colombia has taken extraordinary Bteps toward dissolving tho present congress con-gress of that country and calling what is described as tho constituent assembly to meet at a date In the near future. This information was conveyed to the state department In n dispatch received today from Bogota nnd has puzzled the officials of tho department as well as the Colombian legation personnel. There Is reason to believe, however, that It Is connected with tho desire of the president of Colombia to obtnln an expression of public opinion for his guidance In tho negotiations which fyave been dragging along for several years between Colombia, the United States nnd Panama regarding the adjustment of certain boundary questions and financial obligations Incident to the separation of Panama from Colombia, |