The Penn's Grove record., 1904-01-22

cesS was Due TO This Country-Assur.
ances of Secretary Hay.
Washington, D. C.-The President, in
accordance with his expressed deter.
mination to make public every scrap
of information on the Panama subject.
transmitted to the Senate additional
correspondence between Secretary Hay
and General Reyes, relating to Colon.
bian and Panama affairs. The CORE
spondence includes General Reyes for
NAL protest against the action of the
United States and Secretary Hays re-
ply thereto. Several letters from Min
lister Buchanan to Secretary Hay and
a letter from Minister Bunau-Varilla to
Mr.. Hay were transmitted also.
On December % General Rafael
Reyes transmitted to Secretary Hay a
statement of grievances of Colombia"
This statement calls attention to Sec
ton 5 of Article XXXV. of the Treaty
of 1916, which provides that in case of
violation of the treaty the aggrieved
party may submit to the other a state
h1CAt VI 1AJuIlCo anu udu1dSGS, uG"
handing justice and satisfaction.
General Reyes then reviews the his
tory of the Hay-Herran treaty, and ar
CUES that the Republic of Colombia
acted entirely within its right and ac-
cording to the treaty itself when it
considered the treaty in Congress and
finally rejected 1t. IF the United
States had rejected the treaty" says
General Reyes, "the disapproval would
have involved no grievance for Colon
bia." '"The rejection of the treaty by
Colombia" he continues, did not dis
qualify the Government for the con-
clusion Of another treaty with the Gov
eminent of Your Excellency, and it in
deed resolved to make a proposition to
that effect. Neither did that course
imply any slight toward the Govern
ment of the United States. On the
contrary, the Senate, observant of the
existing friendly relations, relied on
the sentiments of American fraternity
by which it was animated for the in
PRODUCTION in the new agreement that
was to be made OF stipulations more
c%onsonant with the notion of sover-
eighty entertained by the people of Co.
lombia.
81 firmly believe that if the Colom-
bian Senate would have approved the
convention with amendments that
would probably have been acceptable
to the United States, had not the Amer
lean Minister at Bogota repeatedly de-
clared in the most positive manner
that his Government would reject any
amendment that might be offered"
GAnaro1 Dounc nrnfnC frrno 49, -
Minister Beaupre's notes, dated June
13. 1908, to the Minister of Foreign Re-
lati0ns, ending as follows: 'If Colon
bia now rejects the treaty or unduly
delays its ratification, the friendly re-
lations between the two countries
would be so seriously compromised
that our Congress might next winter
take steps that every good friend of
Colombia would regret with sorrow"
mo n will wonder" says General
Reyes, "that under the pressure of
threats so serious and irritating and
in presence of a formal notification
from the party which had authority to
serve it that no amendment would be
accepted. preference was given to dis
approval"
General Reyes comments politely on
the opportune arrival of cruisers at
Panama and. Colon and their orders to
prevent Colombian troops from land
ing on the Isthmus, and asks that the
claims he makes may be referred to
The Hague tribunal for settlement.
Secretary Hays reply, dated January
5, SAYS that the Government of the Uni
ted States has carefully considered the
complaints made by General Reyes.
"The question which you submit" says
Mr.. Hay, "can be viewed only in the
light Of accomplished facts. The Re.
public of Panama has become a menu
Der of the family of nations"
Mr.. Hay recognizes that Colombia
has suffered al appreciate loss
through the revolution and offers the
good offices of the United States with
a view to bringing about some ar
rangement between P"nama and Co.
lombia on a fair and equitable basis.