The Archive · 1902

The Protection of the Panama Railway

London vid Bombay, 25th September.

The American cruiser Panther has sent three more companies of marines to Panama.—Reuter.

26th September.

The Governor of Colon has sent to the Commander of the U.S.S. Cincinnati a strong protest against the latter's landing marines, declaring that ib is an attempt to assume sovereignty in Columbia, and that the Government is fully able to protect the rights of foreigners.

Simultaneously the Commander of the Cincinnati reports that the U. S. marines had frustrated an attempt by three hundred revolutionists to board a train and seize a Columbian officer—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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