Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — THE IOWA TO GO TO PANAMA. [ARTICLE]

THE IOWA TO GO TO PANAMA.

Battleship Will Land Marines If Needed to Protect Railway. The big battleship lowa will be dispatched to Panama, and if necessary will land marines to protect the Panama railroad for its entire length across the isthmus to Colop. Secretary Hay is determined to not only safeguard American interests but to fulfill the treaty obligations of the United States toward Colombia. All reports to the State department confirm the belief that a concerted movement is on foot to combine the republics of Venezuela and Ecuador and to force Colombia into the combination.