The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-29
PANAMA CANAL DEAL
DENOUNCED BY RA|NEY
Declares Treaty Obligations With
Colombia Violated by Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt.
CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS
Franchises Held by French, Com
pany on Eve OF Expiration When
isthmus Was Seized by United
States.

Theodore Roosevelt violated our treaty
obligations with Colombia, placed
blot on the nations history by tomcnt-
| ing revolution in Panama and aided
the French thieves In selling the canal
TO this country.
! This I'm brief. summarizes the sensa-
tional statement made to-day TO tho
| Public Ledger corresp ondent by Repre-
sentative Henry r Rainey. OF Illinois.
! in replying TO = statement by Colonel
Roosevelt that the payment of $4,000.
900 Is Colombia would he bclatcd pay
ment of blackmail, with All apology
to tho biackinailcrs."
! Another sensational charge made by
Mr. !tainey was that the first improper
| expenditure of money by tho French
! government was contribution OF
100000 to the Republican campaign
! fund"
J Mr. Rnincy's Statement.
| His statement. bristlinS with stub
Born facts rejecting upon the activity
OF President Roosevelt in the Panama
negotiations and the revolution, is as
follows:
THE completion Of tho Panama Ca
nal makes absolutely necessary the ad-
| justment by this country with Co
/ lcmbia Of the differences which have
existed between these nations from
| November. 1903. to the present time
! have road Mr.. Rooscvelts recent
statement Oh the subject. Ills admin
! istration is responsible for the unfor-
tunatc situation which confrontS us
as "A nation. We arc doing the best
we can 10 wipe out tho chapter OF ma
tional dishonor for which he is re-
sponsible.
! In order to build tho Tsthmian Canal
! the disIucm bermcnt OF Colombia was
not ut all necessary There never was
a time when Colombia was not Will
! ing TO negotiate with us with refer
! cnce to tho rights we afterwards
] forcibly obtained on the lsthmus.
/ Prior TO the fake revolution arranged
! by Mr.. Roosevelt and his advisers. we
We're on most friendly terms with Co
! lomhia In 1916 we entered into
treaty with Colombia. at that time
/ known as Now Granada. by which we
! guaranteed the rights of sovereignty
| Of New Granada now Colombia, in the
/ lsth:nus of Panama. subsequently, We
! protected on more than one occasion
| the rights Of sovereignty of the Co
/ lomnian government over the 1sthmus
! of Pananu.
Treaty obligations Violated.
There were no revolutions on the
! Isthmus OF Panama from 1851 down
! to the Roosevelt revolution of 1903. At
| that time, under the direction Of Mr..
Roosevelt, we violated all our treaty
obligations and became directly re-
7 SIplE.tic ipi inc tiSiUcln DtTlncnt OF
| Colombia This act of national dis
honor was not at all necessary. We
could have built the Panama Canal
/ without it, and IL might not have cost
MS sio.00c.000 TO acquire the rights the
| two t:cuch companies had in the 18TH
mus AS matter Of fact, their fran
chise was about TO expire. In few
| months ii would have expired.
| Under the contract the French COM
pani"s had with Colombia, in a few
months all the property the French
companies had on the Isthmus would
have reverted to Colombia. Colombia
owned a large block OF stock in the
! French companies. and was a party
TO hr reckoncd with
! Colombia claimed more of the $40
0o0,0O We were willing TO pay for the
canal rights than the Panama Canal
! company was willing 10 give her. and
! the night made by the Roosevelt adj
miniGtration was u Tight for the new
| Panama Canal Company. on account
! OF Inc TACT that prominent person;,vcs
connected with the old Panama Canal
| company had looted the company and
| M" stolen millions OF dollars the new
| fah:ina Canal Company was organiZed
'On account Of the nanipulations Of
| the Roosevelt administration these
thicNcs We're paid IL. full. The Roose-
Velt administration preferred that they
% pala IN iuil 10 giving Colombia the
amount OF the $4,000. Oo0 We paid for
| the canal which Colombia Thought She
ought TO have. I do not know whAi
| became OF the $4,000 900 cXccp; thai
know that under tho Roosevelt re-
sime The penalized stockholders in tho
ne" company got their money.
Papers Sealed and Locked Tn.
Mr.. Roosevelt has frequently stated
! that all the archives and the papers
connected with the Panama Canal
country by the lqudator of the French
comp2nies The archives that were
-s.sss Il
! blue prints. drawings, etc. The papers
which show what became OF the $40
100000 are locked up i'll a nrcproof
vault in the city OF Paris by order
Of the civil Tribunal of the Seine,
there to remain under French law for
| twenty years.
They are in sealed packages. At the
expiration OF that time under French
law these packages. with the seals UNI
broken. must be taken out and burned.
| II an order could be obtained, and this
administration may be able to obtain
ill., directing the surrender to this
country of these documents, which
OF all the S40000000 We are supposed
to have paid to the French companies.
The Panama revolution was ar
ranged in the United States ny DR..
Amador, the first President Of the Pan
ann; ana republic. rcpresentatiye OF the
son Cromwell, OF New York. The evil
dence shows that the Roosevelt adj
mini stration was in Il position to know
all about il.
United states Warships Arrive
AT critical period just at the out
before any one except the conspira-
tors ever dreamed of revolution in
the lsthmus of Panama. They were
of these ships received their orders
from the Roosevelt administration long
break of the revolution. our warships
instructed to keep the Colombian GOV
crnment from landing troops or the
Isthmus 10 put down Il revolution This
they accomplished.
Colombia was not permitted TO land
her troops. although she tried TO do
so. We placed u Gordon of warships
around the new republic and made this
fake revolution successful. we did
this in the Interest OF tho French
thieves. who wanted their share Of the
$40.000,O00 we were willing to pay
The Il. V. mentioned in the letter
OF DR.. AmadOr was Bunau Varilla the
FIRST minister of the Panama republic
to the United States. He also was ono
Of the largest penalized stockholders
in the new company.
at is time the facts about the Roosc-
welt revolution on tho Isthmus OF Pan
anna were known"