COLOMBIA’S THREAT.
!A PROMPT BACK-DOWN.,
AMERICA’S EFFECTIVE ARGUMENTS, -
, By Electric Telegraph—Per Press '. Association—Copyright. Received 9.30 a.m., Dec, 13. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Colombia has withdrawn the troops which .was ordered to iny.ado Panama. Some had returned to' Carlagcnia, refusing ,to open a new roaii towards Panama. They suffered privations, the food being -soaked owing to the use of small, leaky boats in the navigation of the river Airalo. But Colombia’s withdrawal was really due to the presence of a dozen American warships and one thousand marines in the vicinity, in readiness to prevent interference.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XII, Issue 1072, 14 December 1903, Page 2
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