The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-24
Of
COLUMBIAN TREATY
CORRESPONDENCE WILL SHOW
THAT AT ONE TIME U. s. WAS
WILLING TO AGelTRATE.

Panama brought formal statement TO-
night by Secretary Bryan, defending
the clause expressing sincere regret"
on the part of the United States that
anything should have occurred to mar
friendly relations between the two
countries The expression honest re-
grct," Mr.. Bryan said, "was used in
the memorandum drafted during the
Taft administration, on which the
present negotiations as well as those
which previously had failed were
based"
Despite opposition in the senate,
Mr. Bryan was hopeful today that the
treaty would be favorably reported
and ratified. Members of the foreign
relations committee expressed the
cuinion that CORE spondence in the
archives of the stale department bear
ing on the treaty would reach the
committee Wednesday. 1t will be re-
forrcd to a subcommittee and prob
Iahly will be made public. 1t is said
this correspondence will show that
at one stage Of the negotiations with
Colombia during the Taft administra-
tion the United States proposed to
submit the dispute to arbitration with
the knowledge that a verdict in IA
Nor of Colombia would mean a judg-
lmont for at least $4O,O0O,00O Secre-
tary Bryan's statement follows:
Secretary EryDn's Statement.
article l OF the treaty now before
the senate reads:
"'The government of the United
states of America, wishing to put al
rest all controversies and differences
with ;he Republic of Colombia aris-
'ug out CT the events from which the
present situation on the lsthmus OF
Panama resulted, expresses in It's own
name and in the name of the people
OF the United States sincere regret
hat anything should have occurred TO
interrupt or to mar the relations CT
cordial friendship that has so lors
existed between the two nations.
"'The government Of the Republic
of Colombia IN its own name and the
name of the Colombian people ac-
y ccp;s this declaration in the full as
surancc that every obstacle to the
restoration Of complete harmony be-
tween the two countries thus viii
disappear
"In what is known as the Dubois
memorandum, made during the TAFT
administration. which presented the
basis on which he was authorized to
negotiate a treaty, the following Ian.
guage is used
"'Thc government and the people
of the United States honestly regret
alything should ever have occurred
to mar in any way the long and sin
U cc1e friendship that existed for nearly
a century between Colombia and the
United States, ana the latter country
! ha. for years earnestly desired TO re-
4 urvc the iii :ec!ng aroused in Co.
l. romba by the separation of Panama.
Identical in Meaning.
) 1T will be seen from comparison
of The two paragraphs that they are
identical in meaning anl almost iden,
teal in language. In the Dubois
I memorandum the United States hon
esuy regrets and in the pending
treaty the gov le~nment of the United
States of America expresses IN its
t own name and in the name Of the
: reople of the United States sincere
t regrets The pending treaty uses the
t phrase to interrupt or to mar the
Il Dubois memorandum uses the words
=! to mar The Dubois memorandum
Al described the friendship formerly eX
le isting as sincere while the pending
treaty describes it as cordial Both
Il refer 10 the events of 1903 The Du
! bois memorandum speaks OF the ii
III feeling aroused in Colombia by the
L. separation of Panama the pending
y treaty refers to the events from
= which the present situation on the
H. Isthmus of Panama resulted
l. In the pending treaty the govern
1, mnt Of Colombia accepts this decla
~ ration IN the full assurance tina
u every obstacle to the restoration o
u the complete harmony between the
TWO countries viii disappear, while
u The Dubois memorandum declares
4 that the United States earnestly de
a. s;res to remove the i'll feeling arouse,
$ in Colombia b. the separation Q
'u Panama.
L. This comparison is made 20 show
Otuat the two expressions Of regret
are in all essential particulars th,
II same