Show I 1 TAFT HAS IMPORTANT MISSION TO PANAMA 1 panama toy may 7 secretary taft arrived at culebra about noon yesterday the voyage from charleston was was uneventful the secretary of war Is the guest of col goethals and he I 1 spent the afternoon looking into ina canal matters with the chief engineer of the canal and the other members of the commission mr air tatt said that this waz was his fourth trip to the isthmus canal matters being in his department he deemed it proper to make these annual visits in reply to I 1 questions as to whether lie he came in connection with the relations of panama the united states and colombia he said 1 I have not come to make any treaties but there are situations leading up to possible treaties that have to be investigated then there is considerable sid erable agitation if I 1 can judge by the correspondence over dovec questions that have arisen between the isthmian canal commission and the Ite republic public of panama 1 I have also come to see ee about the boundary differences between panama and colombia and to look into tile the matter of the seizure of the town of euarado by tho the colombians shortly after secretary tafts train passed the black swamp near hatun gatun at slide of dirt and rocks caused b by the heavy beavy rains covered the railroad I 1 tracks and delayed traffic for several I 1 hours |