Ogden Daily Standard | 1901-08-27 | Page 8 | Colombia and Venezuela

a 1 jy j a i COLOMBIA latest Advice sare there will be no international war washington aug 27 official mall advises advices received at the colombian legation hero today tend to show it Is stated that tue chances of war between colombia and venezuela grow i 8 tant every day the mail contained information to the effect that both too nicaraguan and ecuadorian ean governments had given the colombian government the fullest assurances mat they will remain strictly neutral with regard to tho strained relations between colombia and venezuela the mall also brought details of the defeat of a band of 2450 colombian revolutionists under gen carlel at the town of by the government forces the insurgents had previously occupied tho town of giradot on the magdelana river which ia a small but important town as being a railroad terminus it la said that ten thousand colombian troops arc guarding the border in command of gen gonzales valencia who was formerly minister of war in the colombian cabinet