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Title: Review of reviews and world's work Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors: Subjects: Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Text Appearing Before Image: om, on the Ameri-can plan, must occur.Impoitant discoveriesof gold will certainly bemade. The purpose ofPresident Reyes is todevelop the country,and he realizes that mines are the best agents for the introductionof immigration on a large scale. The mininglaws of Colombia, already the most lil)eral inSouth America, will be still further improved.Very probably the coinage tax will be al)olished.The export tax on bar gold has been abolished,and before long mining will be made an un-taxed industry. Colombias international relations. To insure peace with neighboring nations.General Uribo, the new minister to Chile, Ar-gentina, and Brazil, will strive to bring aboutan amicable adjustment of the dispute withBrazil over boundaries. Ilis mission, propi-tiously begun, will most probably be successful-ly concluded. Friction with Ecuador over ques-tions of limits, reduced temporarily, cannot againbecome dangerous. Relations with Venezuela are being mademore cordial. Six months ago, President Cas-

Text Appearing After Image: tro, of the latter country, proposed that thequarrel over the Goajira territory be terminatedby arrangements for arbitration, and PresidentReyes has met him more than half-way. A fewmonths ago. telegraphic communications, severedfour years ago, were reestablished between.Venezuela and Colombia, and there are pros-pects of an immediate resumption of diplomatictransactions betweenthe two countries. Theappointment of Gen.]Miguel Herrera. as oneof the immediate re-sults of the work of herspecial confidentialagent to Venezuela, Dr.J. T. Diaz Granados,indicates that Colom-bia is willing to have aminister represent herin Cardcas. Copyright, 1904, by Clinediiist, Washington. PRESIDENT RAFAEL REYES, OF COLOMBIA. NATURAL RESOURCES. Through the utiliza-tion of her water power,Colombia could sur-prise the world morethan by any other formof development. Thevolume and fall of hercascades, rapids, andcataracts exceed thoseof any other land. Ata distance of less than100 miles from Bogotd.the Cauca Ri

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