Show NATIONS 0 N THE age OF W R PANAMA REPORTED TO BE READY TO BEGIN hostilities ES AGAINST COSTA RIC RICA president borros declares declare the entire country behind him in defense of republic which he says saya Is being invaded hostilities between P panama an and co costa ata bitica show possibilities of developing into a conflict I 1 involving nil of central america und Coloni colombia bla lending leading colombians residing reading lit in panama have sent a wireless idies age to bogota asking tile colombian government to furnish them with arnis arms for the purpose of enlisting ti costa bitica it Is wits was learned officially 8 saturday that president Bell sarlo porras as liaa ing signed a declaring war against costa rica but la Is holding it temporarily in abeyance tho the president assured that tho the entire country Is behind him contemplates taking inking over dictatorial powers for the defenso defense of the republic relying upon the national assembly to confirm ills action the presidential decree declared that the country has been invaded and recites the necessity of expelling the invaders it suspends In individual dividu al rights fights calls upon all between 18 and 40 years of age to reg 1 later ister for military service anti and convokes the assembly for a special ten day session beginning march 1 while nothing lias been learned regarding the status of in I 1 it ill the e goto coto district where cosen itlean forces occupied territory held by sin it was learned authentically that hurriedly gathered unorganized forces were being sent from panama Il antima toward bocas del toro lack of arms armi and munitions to equip government forces being organized still Is proving a difficulty the belief Is strongly beld lit in official circles that tile the united states state government Is in duty bound 0 to o furn isif the forces with arms since the country countr 7 disarmed after completion of t the hil panama canal treaty the dual nature of tile tho obligations of both republics under the treaty Is advanced us its an additional argument especially in view of the belief that costa bitica Is counting upon flip support of the recently formed union of central american republics v |