Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
REPLY TO GEN. REYES
Secretary Hay Refuses to Re-
open Panama Question.
THE FORMERS REQUEST
WANTS CORRESPONDENTS SENT
TO THE SENATE.
Pending Decision on This Point the
Matter Will NotsBe Made
Public,
THE FORMERS REQUEST

Gen. Rafael Reyes, ColOmbia's special en-
voy, today received the reply of the Wash
ineton government to- his note charging the
United States with open and repeated viola
tion of the treaty of 1916 and of other un-
friendly acts toward the Colombian govern"
ment by the American commanders in
isthmian waters. The reply was prepared
by Secretary Hay and although couched in
the most diplomatic terms, is an emphatic
refusal to reopen the Panama question, and
a denial of the principal charges of Gen.
Reyes
Prior to the reception OF this reply, Gen.
Reyes addressed a note to the State Depart
merlt, requesting that his note and the reply
be transmitted to the Senate for its consid-
Grafton. Pending an answer to his request,
the correspondence will not be made public.
1t IL expected the State Department will
reply to Gen. Reyes last note this after
noon.
Arrival Of Minister Beaupre.
Mr.. Arthur Beaupre, United States minis
ter to Bogota, arrived in Washington at
7:30 this morning and was an early caller
at the Department of State, where he had a
long conference with Acting Secretary
Loomis It was arranged that he should
VlS1C secretary nay Ut fuS IcSiuSlCc ldtci
in the day and tell him Of the situation in
Colombia and on the isthn1us when he left.
As in New York. Mr.. Beaupre Is reserved
in his expressions touching these matters,
feeling that his duty Is FIRST to talk over the
subject with his superior officers. Techni-
cally, he is on leave OF absence from his
post but 1t Is likely that this leave will be
extended beyond the usual sixty days,
which extension may lead to one of two
inferences-either that the distance of Be-
Qnta from WashiNRfOn tSi- 9O& great to
make an extension proper OF that the po-
1ittcal situation Is such as to make it eXps-
dent to leave the United States ministry at
Bogota without a head for an indefinite Pc
riod.
The communication Is long one and sets
out in detail the position Of the administra
ton on the various points raised and griev-
ances recited by General Reyes in his note
submitted to the State DAnartment in the
latter part of December. Fhe reply Shas
been given very earnest Apnstaeration by
the President. Secretary SRQot. who as
sisted in Its preparation The tine
Secretary Hay was III, G24 BeEfetafy
Hay himself.
Mail Report From Admiral Glass.
Rear Admiral-GIass, commanding the Pa
cinc squadron, in a mail report to the Navy
Department from Panama, under date Of
December %. conveys the information that
affairs remain quiet on the isthmus He
says:
"All information from the Yaviza country
points to continued quiet In that region, and
the affairs on the isthmus remain as they
have been since my arrival-quiet and or
derly. The elections of yesterday were
marked with perfect tranquility and the
absence OF any soldiers at the polls.
Tomorrow the Wyoming will go down
the bay for her preliminary target practice.
and the Concord will leave for Darien har-
Dor to obtain late information from the
Yaviza country. As the conditions now
permit target practice; 1t Is my intention to
continue the practice with all the ships as
opportunity presents"
Orders have been sent to the commandant
OF the Mare Island navy yard TO put the
new cruiser Tacoma, now receiving finish
ing touches at the Union iron works, into
commission as soon as she Is delivered to
the government. Commander Reginald F.
Nicholson, recently detail officer at the
Navy Department, will be the first COM
mander Of this vessel, which. 1t is under
stood, will be assigned to duty in isthmian