The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
He snys His Country Is United, and
VIII Surely Go to War with Pam
anna IL Necessary.
TROOPS CAN MARCH OVERLAND
NOTWITHSTANDING STATEMENTS TO
THE CONTRARY, HE ASSERTS.
He Is Clothed with Extraordinary
Power to Make PeaceabIe Set
tlement of the Trouble.

WASHINGTON, Nov 2S.-That the repub-
lie of Colombia grant to the United States
all the concessions provided for in the Hay
Herran treaty. but absolutely free of cost
is the proposition which General Rafael
Reyes, envoy of Colombia to the United
States, on a special mission, brings for
consideration of the officials at Washington.
General Reyes arrived here shortly after
o'clock this morning. He was met at the
station by a son of Dr. Herran, the CO.
lombian charge, and went at once to his
hotel General Reyes talked about his
mission to Washington. He said:
You will readily admit the propriety of
my refraining from discussing my mission,
which is of a confidential character, but
of the offers which Colombia is ready to
make / desire to say that my energies and
those OF my followers will be devoted to the
granting of the canal concessions to the
United States without the payment of a
cent. Even at this Colombia will be the
gainer.'
Are you authorized by President Mar
roquin to make this offer to the Washington
government" he was asked
That will be divulging my instructions
before l have executed them. / cannot say
more about this now" he replied. You can
further say" continued the general, that
all Colombia is afire with zeal for the build
ing of the canal by the United States, and
that the unfortunate political troubles
which were the sole cause of the treaty's
death before the Colombian Congress have
entirely disappeared We want the canal
and have come to Washington to what
the people Of the United States are pre-
pared to accept. I come with instructions
from the President OF Colombia direct My
mission In no way will interfere with the
prerogatives Of Dr. Herran, the Colombian
charge, for whom both my government and
myself personally have the greatest
spect. I shall be In daily conference with
him, and we shall work in entire harmony.
DIR. Herran win go TO the State Department
with me and present me to Secretary Hay"
What is the feeling in Colombia about
the Panama revolution ?''
Feeling is running high and there is in
dignation over the events on the isthmus.
We can and will put down the rebellion
II not interfered with from outside. So
tense is the feeling and national the
spirit or determination to bring the 18TH
mus back into the republic that Pres
ident Maroquin will have no trouble In rails
Ing an army twice the size necessary to
put down the disturbance. Such an army
can march overland to the isthmus, the
opinion OF ill-advised persons to the con-
trary Notwithstanding"
what can the Unified States do now
that treaty has been signed by Secretary
Hay and NJ. Bunau-Varilla?"
That treaty has not been ratified. The
Colombian government does not ask the
United States to aid In putting down the
revolution the isthmus. All ask is
TO be allowed to conduct our own af
fairs free from outside interference The
revolution without violating a letter of the
treaty of 1851 refer to the treaty that
we always have respected and adhered to
and to the trpatY intprDretpd i'm
these later days. II the United States
maintains a neutral position. the revolu-
ton will be put down"
When his attention was called to the re-
ports from Panama and other sources
that he had come TO Washington to con-
duct a lobby to defeat the. ratification of
the treaty, he said very emphatically: Il
authorize the Associated Press to say for
me at the outset of my visit that my move
ments here shall be strictly in accordance
with the powers with which am clothed.
] shall deal with the officials of the Wash
ington government direct 10 whom / bear
letters OF credence from the Bogota gov
ernment- am not here as a private agent
and i shall ignore such as reflects upon my
personal and official character"
General Reyes is clothed with extraordi-
nary powers TO make representations to the
United States and confer with the ENJOYS
OF the Latin-American countries at the
American capital in an effort to obtain a
peaceful settlement Of Colombia's troubles
with the people of the Isthmus of Panama,
and. II possible. TO devise means where by
and the United States and the actual con-
struction of the canal be begun In accord
ance with the terms of the convention. He
Is accompanied by General Pedro Oshna,
General Lucas Caballero. Jorge Holguin
and Jose Amgulo.
After General Reyes had conferred with
DR.. Herran he received a call from Senior
Walker Martinez. Chilean minister, who is
an old personal friend, and the visit, IL is
said, was not Of an official nature Within
the next few days General Reyes hopes
to see all the Latin-American diplomats,
20 whom he will explain his mission and
invite their cooperation in obtaining from
the United States satisfactory terms. In
deed. he has already cabled dispatch ad-
dressed to most of the South and Central
American countries advising them of his
visit 10 Washington and suggesting that
their representatives at Washington be in
structed to confer with him.