Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1901 — THAT BLOODLESS REVOLUTION. [ARTICLE]

THAT BLOODLESS REVOLUTION.

The Complicated Political Situation in t*«»ath America. The northern end of South America is in the midst of one of those political upheavals without which life in that region would seem unnatural. Thus far it has lieen a bloodless revolution, but the dan ger of war's ravages was sufficiently threatening to cause various governments, including the United States, to send the warships thither for the protection of their interests on the isthmus of Panama and in Colombia and Venezuela. It is now two years since the Liberals of Colombia rose in open rebellion against the Conservative government ami ever since there has l>een more or less raidin r and robbing. An effort was made to capture Panama about a year ago and nearly suet ceded. The rebels, who have arms and ammunition, are securely intrenched in the mountain fastnesses and one man who has visited them declares that one camp of 1,000 men is so secure in its position that 100 times their number could not dislodge them. A peculiar political situation has resulted from this rebellion, which involvi s several South American countries. The rebels of Colombia have the open support of President Cipriano Castro and the Liberal government of Venezuela, and in the event of war Venezuelan troops would undoubtedly aid the Co’ombian rebels. The Litterals of Colombia are also receiving moral support from their fellow partisans in Ecuador and Nicaragua, where Liberal governments are in power. Colombia’s Conservative government is not popular with the governments of the countries mentioned, but is popular with the revolutionary elements in the same countries. The situation can Ite likened to a disrupted federation, composed of Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Nicaragua, in which Liberal aud Conservative parties are helping each other uud intriguing together. Being timing separate nations, however, the poll.leal and armed intrigues threaten interintion al trouble. It is reported that the Conservative revolt in Venezuela against President Castro is receiving actual support from the Colombian Conservative s. Nicaragua's threatened revolution will probably be similarly aided on the occasion arising. These conditions give ground for the report of actual or threatened international complications, and the talk of a federation or consolidation of some or all of the countries mentioned us a “Grap Colombia.”