The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-18
HAY TREATY
 IS REJECTED Colombian Congress Re-
 fuses Agreement.
 VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
Was Afraid lis Sovereignty
 Would Be Impaired.
Treaty was Absolutely Unacceptable to Colombian Congress Because of Sovereignty Issue-Future
 Course Uncertain.

5ogota, Colombia Aug. 15. via Buena Ventura, Aug. 1.-The Panama canal treaty has been reJected unanimously by the Colombian Congress.
 It is reported today that President Mar roquin has been authorized by Congress to make a new treaty which will not re- uuire further rat ication, but that the basis given for the treaty will probably prove unacceptable to the United States.
 It is considered, however. in official circles, according to reliable information, that the authorization given by Congress to make a new treaty will furnish a basis for re-opening negotiations with the United States. It appears that one of the objections to the ratification of the treaty which carried weight in the Senate was the Panama Canal Company did not come to a previous arrangement with the Colombian Government for the transfer of the concession The action taken by the Senate moreover seems to have been influenced by the communication made by the American minister in which the introduction of any amendments to the treaty was objected to. A
 President Roosevelt was immediately advised of the news, Mir. Beaupre's tele- gram being forwarded by Acting secre- tary Loomis to Oyster Bay.
 Little additional information concerning the action of the Colombian Congress could be obtained at the State Depart ment. Mir. L.enis was not at the depart7 ment today the statement being made that he had gone away for faw days on business Mir. Adee, acting secretary would not discuss Colombian affairs. nor Indicate what course the United States would pursae. The information in the cabiegsafn of Minister Beaupre was Dleager and there was no inttmstion where the treaty might not aGasn pc brought up for considera atioR. .ss-s,, lt r seetlon of the isthmian cafH act pro vides that shcsfaA ths President b& unable to obtain a satfsfactory.si sitie totthssprDv- erty of the new Panama Canal Company and control the necessary territory and the rights necessary for the construction of the canal from the republic of Colom- bia, he shap make the necessary treaties with Costa "a and Nicaragua and pro ceed with instruction of canal by the NicaraS Soute.
 Ii will be sible Cor President Mar roduin to submit again the treaty to the Colombian Congress in its present form. The Senate having rejected it, the treaty cannot again come before that body ex- cept by the Senate's own, vote.
 President MarroQuin, however, can send the treaty slightly amended to the Senate and reopen the canal, debate. It is be-
  President Marroquin will adopt some such procedure.
 The reason given for the rejection of the treaty by the Colombian Senate. 1t is said here. was the alleged encroachment on Colombian sovereignty which its op- ponents contended would result from the treaty. This information was contained in dispatch received tonight, by Dr. Herran. the Colombian Charge. from Foreign Minister Ricos at Bogota. This dispatch showed that in its present form the treaty was absolutely unacceptable to the Senate for the reason above stat ed, and that it had been rejected unani- mously The view taken by the Senate was at variance to that held by the gov ernment of Colombia, which felt satis- fled when it submittey the treaty to Con gress that there would be no impairment Of Colombian sovereignty if the treaty should be ratified. Incidental to the gem eral question of sovereignty necessarily was that of lease of the strip of land through which the canal was to be con structed. and the debate in the Colom- bian Senate indicated that that body re- garded this as amounting to a sale of the land therefore objectionable. When the treaty was submitted to the Senate by the committee to which it had been referred, seven of the senators favored 1t with certain amendments, which they proposed, ana the remaining TWO opposed it absolutely. The amendments proposed by the majority are not stated here. but they evidently referred to the question of sovereignty as is indicated by the subsequent rejection of the treaty in it's present form.
 An interesting feature of the whole debate in the Colombian Senate and in the committees report favoring the treaty is said to be the entire absence of re reference to the question of indemnity offered by the United States for the right of way. It was generally supposed that this would cut a considerable figure in the discussion of the subject. in Colom- bia. but the question of money consider ation is said faded away and was re- placed by the sovereignty issue.
 President Heard News.
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