Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
'J.T. DUBOIS HAD
SCATHING REPLY
TO ROOSEVELT
United States Minister TO Colombia Under
Taft Administration Dealt or Panama
Revolution--AIso Analyses the Colon
bian Treaty.
SAYS u. S. ARMY AND HAND
Full OF MEN MADE NATION
Few Krew Revolution Was Proposed, He
Declared in Statement. and Took Issue
With Former President for Slurs on the
C0l0mhianS.

Halstead. Pa. July 3.--In 4 statement
issued here dealing with the proposed Co
lombian treaty. lame- T. Dubois. United
States minister u Colombia under the Taft
administration takc~ issue with views re-
Gently expressed BIZ Colonel Roosevelt and
explains hi own reasons for supporting
the treaty. lie also analyze~ the treaty.
Regarding the difference with Colonel
Roosevelt on the subject Mr.. Dubois re-
gret~ opposing "A .grcat leader whose for
tunes | devotedly followed for ten years.
and SAYS "no man will tolerate the thought
that any of Colonel Roosevelt acts was
inspired by tainted motives, but no man i
always rieht.
Neg stations for a treaty during the Taft
administration failed. he says. because hi
instructions. out of excessive care not to
impugn the motives of President Roosevelt
an taking" Panama. failed 10 give Colon
bia Justice. The pending treaty. he be-
Iieved. should be- approved heartily by the
American people.
Taking issue with Colonel Roosevelt re-
garding the character IF public men m
Colombia. Mr.. Dubois declared they rom
pare well with the public men Of other
countries instead 81 being ..blackmailerS
and bandits" Quoting Mr.. Roosevelt
declaration that the people Of Panama
were a unit IN demanding the revolution he
-av~ "A handful Of men conceived II and
not the hnndrcdth part of the ISthmnS'
inhabits nt~ knew nf the revolt until an
American officer IA the uniform Of the
United states army raised the flag of the
new republic.
Regarding the acting president. Mario
quin. whom he quotes Colonel Roosevelt
describing a. AN absolute and uncon
trolled Dictator" Mr.. Dubois says he was
a helpless and haplesS old man not in ac-
cord with Il congress that was alive with
di~cord.
AT Theodore Roosevelt had realized the
true situation IN Bognta he would nave r.
nforccd hi patience with sympathy for
that helpless people who mad been for a
hundred wears our best friends south 81
the Rio Grande.' the statement SAYS.
Mr.. Dubois deals with Colonel kooSe-
velt'~ claim that the Colombian treaty l.
a matchmaking agreement IN his interpre-
tatiOn ~ the document. lie declares that
while negotiating for q treaty h. made tbs
Colombian authorities understand the
United State would not apologize "a any
country for a political act. but in hi-
formal conversation he suggested that IN
expression Of regret that anything 10 ma
a.. fr,.nIl, r.latt.n- hntu-aan tho conn.
tries might later ~ included IN the treaty
The expression Of regret. the statement
says. would have served 'as "a balm for tn,
wounded feelings 81 Il once friendly na
tinn. which had been Inundated before IN,
world. whose credit had been destroyed
whose borrowing ability had been annihi
lated. and whose persistent appeals TO
i FILTRATION had been ignored. The op
position to this feature. on the ground tina
II j. an apology. j. not iu~t and j. no
IN the true interests oi the United States
hi the Anglo SaxunS are a. live in harmon,
with the L.atins on this continent they mus
treat them with absolute Justice, just a
VIC shall expect Justice from them
Dealing with that part Of the treaty
providing Il payment "a C,lomhia. whicl
Colonel Roosevelt attacked aS hlaickmai
Mr.. Dubois describes Colombia'S claim
for the unpaid annuities on the ce~~ion .
the Trans I~thmian Railroad company. tn
rcvcrSionary rights IN the Panama %railroa'
and the Panama. portion IN the Colombia
national debt. all Of which. in his opinion
should be met by the United States.