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Show COLOMBIA WILL MAKE AN APPEAL 4 Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 24. General Reyes cabled to the Colombian Colom-bian government Sunday from Port Li-mon, Li-mon, Costa Rica, that he was unable to do anything regarding the canal with the Panama commission at the conference held Nov. 20 on the French steamer Canada off Colon. He added: "The Americans prevented us from landing at Colon, Admiral Coghlan informing in-forming me that he had instructions from Washington to prevent Colombian troops from landing on the coast of the isthmus." Colombian public opinion strongly condemns the attitude of the govern-; govern-; n-ent at Washington which, it is claimed, decidedly helps the secession movement in Panama. Colombia Will Protest. Pan's; Nov. 23. The French foreign office of-fice has received notice from Colombia through her representative here that she will submit a protest against the action of the United States in connection with Panama. No action favorable to Colombia Colom-bia will be taken bv the French government. govern-ment. Scnor Pasado. the Colombian consul con-sul here, in an interview today, said that if the mission of General Reye3 to Washington Wash-ington fails to secure a settlement honorable honor-able to Colombia he is certain Colombia will strenuously defend her independence. Other members of the Colombian colonv here say that Colombia intends to fipht to the last extreme. One hundred thousand thou-sand men, well armed and equipoed, they assert, will be put in the field. Allowed to Land. Cblon, Nov. 27, (10 a. m.). The Ttal'.an steamer Venezuela. ' which arrived here today from Savauilla. confirms the previous pre-vious statement to the effect that Cartagena Carta-gena and Suvanilla are closed to steamers going to or coming from Colon. The. Venezuelan agents at Savanilla reported that the Venezuela was not aware of the closing of the ports and asked as a special spe-cial favor that clearance be granted. The authorities acquiesced, but said they could not do so again. The decree closing clos-ing the ports of Cartagena and Savanilla originated with the government of the department of Bolivar. The protests of the foreign consuls and steamship agents are still unheeded. Army .Being Raised. Colon. Nov. 23. The correspondent ot the Associated Press todav received a telegram from Bogota, dated Nov. 2V saying that the government had issued orders to raise the army footing to 100.000 men in the event that General Reyes' mission to Washington should prove fruitless. The subjugation of Panama is given as the reason tor the government's action. . . Protest of Bondholders. Washington, Nov. 2 Sir Henry Mortimer Morti-mer Durand. the new British ambassador, who will arrive in New York Saturday, is expected to come at once to Washington Wash-ington and his first work will be the pushing of the protest of the Britisn bondholders which already has been informally in-formally lodged against the hesitancy ot the Panama government to resume a prorata share of the Colombian debt. |