Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-17
COLOMBTA'S PROTEST
A Direct Appeal Sent to the
American Senate.
SENATOR FRYE SENDS 1T On TO cay
1t Ends, "In Thus Demanding Justice
Colombia Appeals TO the HIGH
Sense of Honor of Your
Senate and People"

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in the Panama situation ana now by
the Colombians, for President Mario
uuiu of Colombia has SEN to the presi-
dent pro. tenn. of the senate Il highly
w3rlcd protest against the action of
the Roosevelt administration in recog-
MIXING the independence of Panama.
1t is IL direct appeal for the senate to
turn against the administration and
undo what has already been done by
the president. the recognition of 18TH
| milan independence and the warning to
Colombia that she must not try to re-
take Panama. Naturally the president
ana his advisers consider this Il direct
attempt on the part OF President Mar
roQuin to touch the match Of eloquent
appeal to -aItagonisms against the gov
crnment which he evidently believes
are s~moldcring in the United States
senate.
If this was his purpose it has failed,
| for Senator Frye has merely turned the
protest over to the state department,
where it will receive Scant notice, be-
cause it did not come through The prop
er channel for such communications.
the state department.
The protest, translated from Spanish,
is as follows:
ITO His EXccllency the President Of
the Senate, Washington:
"Thc government and people Of Co
lombia have been painfully surprised
Mt the notification given by the minis
ter of the United States to the effect
that the government ut Washington
had hastcned to recognize the govern
ment consequent upon Il barracks coup
in the department of Panama.
The bonds of sincere and unintcr-
ruptcd friendship which unite the two
governments and the two peoples, the
solemn obligation undertaken by the
American Union in Il public treaty to
guarantee the sovereignty and property
of Colombia in the isthmus of Panama,
! the protection which the citizens OF that
country enjoy and Will continue to en-
JOY among us, the traditional principles
Of the American government in oppo-
sition to secession movements, the good
faith which has characterized that
great people in its international rcla-
tons. the manner in which the rCvOlu-
ton was brought about and the precipi
fancy of it's recognition make tie COY
ernmcnt and people of Colombia hope
that the senate of the people Of the
United States will admit their obliga-
ton to assist us in maintaining the in
tCgrity of our territory and in repress-
ms mat Instruction. which is noYevrri
the result of a popular feelisC.
IN thus demanding iudice Colombia
appeals to the d~ignitySand honor Of the
American sent" aui6 people.
MARROQUIN."
A cablegram from London SAYS that
the Colombian republic has cnblcd
to London a lengthy protest against the
action of the United States toward
Panama, in which they assert that the
'main responsibility for the secession
of Panama lies with the United States
governmcnt-tirstly, by fomenting the
separatist spirit, of which there seems
to be clear evidence: secondly, by has
tily acknowledging the Independence
Of the revolted province, and finally by
preventing the Colombian government
from using proper means to repress the
reballion."
The message goes or to say that
President Marroquin has enrrgetically
protested to the United States and
wishes that his protest should be
known throughout the civilized world.
The president contends that the United
States has infringed article 30 of the
treaty of 1916, which, he asserts, i'm
plies the duty on the part of tho Unit
ed States to help Colombia in maintain
ing her sovereignty over the isthDus,
and adds that the "COlGmbiun govern
ment repudiates the assumption that 1t
has barred the way to carrying out the
canal"
He asserts that since 1880 they have
granted canal privileges to different
parties no less than nine times and
that the treaty concluded with the late
General Hurlbut when he was United
States minister resident to Colombian
at Bogota, July S. 1870, has been ig-
nored at Washington.
After giving the previously stated
reasons for the Colombian senate's fall
IRE to approve the Hay-IIerran treaty
and asserting that the delay in the ne
goti2ti0nS had not affected the ultimate
issue of the canal project the protest Of
President Marroquin points out that
Colombia had Constantly underworld
to act in a friendly manner with the
United States, even asking for the as-
sistance of American marines to in
sure free transit across the isthmuS."
He says the rising occurred when the
government was not prepared, having
withdrawn most of its troops when
aeace was re-establisbcd last year, and
concludes:
The hAstiness in recognizing the
new government which sprang up j.
under these circumstances all the more
surprising to the Colombian govern
mcnt. as it recollects the energetic op-
position Of Washington to the acknowl-