The Red Cloud chief., 1904-01-08
President Clearly Shows Congress that Colombia
Committed Act of War Against Us.
DEFINES UNITED POLICY
A State Paper Containing Historical Facts of Great
Import to America--Treaty of I846 Conf
piled With in Every Detail.

/ OF any arrangement thar might ha
made. II has formed an ~ssentie fco-
turc OF all our plans. and its ncces.
/ Sity liz fully recognized I'm the Nav
Pauncerotc treaty.
No New Principle Was Laid Down.
The corggcsa, I'm providing that sIcb
| control should he secured. gdopted no
| new Principe. b. only jncorDofated
ia tts lcgialltiot< condition. no
\ Importance aud proprIcty OF which
were universally recognized. During
| all the years of nesotiations and dis.
| cusslon that preceded the CONCLUSION
| OF the U~ay-TIprrnn treaty. ,,olombin
| ncvcr %intinstcd that the reauirement
by the United States of control over
the canal strip would render unat-
tainabic the construction of canal by
way OF the Isthmus of Panama. nor
were VIC advised. during tho months
when legislation OF 100. was pending
before congress, that the terms when
II embodied would render negotiations
with Colombia impracticnblc, II IL
plain that 40 nation could construct
and guarantee the neutrality of the
canal with a less degree or control
man was stipulated ia the Hay-Her-
ran treaty.
a refusal to grant such "a degree OF
control was necessarily n refusal to
make any practicable treaty at all.
s1llth ENIiNll tnatetDtR SDt1ftslN raised
the question whether Colombia was
entitled to bar the transit of the
worlds traffic across the isthmus.
Coiombia's aelated Offers.
r,.. ,,- -.
demanded by the people of the local
ity through which 1t was to pass. and
h n h people OF this locality no less
eagerly longed for it's construction un-
der American control. are shown by
tnc uIi'lilinity OF action IN the new
fanama Republic. Furthermore. CO.
tr.atw Ia snt,. $500 =.
,,.r ~ W "" p'1'es's aiIu
,n ,nnn,, !, a.. ne pows'
mo., .agornoas $3.50 o"n Nv Nv.
,ontv isn,,, " $3.50 u san'c
ra.torod o. ha 80 u"o .oupu w
bIybes, 4, IN. o,coiai it, nas
innhia nm Noy.n,hon : 'a,I,rs m 20.
A,rarinon ,n,u;.,an auueoseu ~
,hat =, H. 49, aus
Stot.a yu,,iJ i.na ,rnon
co,o.'. 49, .anu ..o'ps u preserve
ct, a.. ,r,he a"u .ue .Ian,
sdccIar. ,onr,,ai 6o'r,,''nm. Wou,o
OF vested coustitutionn authority
whom public order 10 distnrhoI
(would) approve by decree the rati,
Gcation OF the canal treaty as signed.
or. N tho government Of tbe IInited
states prefers. would, call extra sea-
sion of the conrress-with new and
friendly mombcrs-ncx Nav 10 an
prove the treaty.
No po.;h;I;t, ot N;.... DAD.
"s"A "ou'e'
ih,ru' .inaiIy u congress dehn-
,te,y Se,.'eu where n canai was to be
Jun, ~ was pToViocu ina a treaty
siou.u w l'"ue ior ou''uins the u
a'ross 'ne istnihus OF fatlaina;
ana u, aiier reasohab!e uinc,
u p'oVeo iImpoSsiDie 10 secure
sucn treaty, thnt then we should
go 10 N,carasns' n treaty mas
peeh r'ade' lot II needs no argu-
hleht 10 sho" that the intent or the
congress was 10 insure u canal across
rahalna, ana ,hat whether the repub-
nc granting tne t'''e was called New
u%rnhaun. ooionloia' or Panama mat.
tered ',ot one WHIT. As events turned
out .ne QUESTION OF ,~reasonapie Time
GO not e'',er into the matter at ail'
n',nousn' as tne nionths Went py,
~ oecn,ne ,,ereasinsly ~hpfouao that
.ne .".oIno,ni. v"nsrcSs woulu Ta.ner
ra.my t.e .,uH.s ~ steps wh'cm
H"u'o " 'pu',"'ent '"eteto, YET an
tUhN'f loT Sutn dCtton OH tnclE part