The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-07-02
TREA 'TY RICH
SA rs D DUBOI IS
President Taft Minister Ga.
lombia Who Replies 10
Colonel Roosevelt.
APOLOGY NOT ABIEC1

He Says He Followed lnstFuc.
tons MOT to AuIniliate n
Colonel Roosevelt.
tsy Assoearsc snsss, = z Is ~
I. HALLSTEAD, Pa. July In
statement Just issued here deaifnf
with the proposed Colombian treaty
James 7. Dubois. who was United
States minister to Colombia undez
the Taft administration, takes issue
with the views recently expressed BY
Colonel Roosevelt and explains hia
own reasons for supporting the
treaty. He also analyses the treaty
at some length. Regarding his dit
ference with Colonel RooseyeIts ON
this subject, Mr.. Dubois expresses
regret at opposing "a great leader
whose fortunes I deyotediy Followed
for ten years." and states that mo
man will tolerate the thought that
any OF Colonel Roosevelt,s & acts wa
inspired by tainted motives, but no
man is always right"
Negotiations for treaty during!
the Taft administration failed he
says, because his instruct tions, out Of
excessive care not to impuEn the mo-
ttves OF President Roosevelt In H.
ing" Panama, failed to give SColpmbfss
sufficient Justice. The pending
treaty, he believes, should be heart
lily approved by the American peos
pie.
Taking issue with Colonel Roose4
velt regarding the character of the
public men in Colombia, Mr. Dubois:
declared that they compare we'll with
the public men Of other countries In
intelligence and respectability. IN
stead Of being .blackmailers and
bandits" Quoting Mr.. Roosevait,a
declaration that the people Of pan.
ANA were a unit In demanding the
revolution, he says. "a handful Of
men, who were to be the direct ben
edciaries Of the revolution. COM
ceived 1t and not the hundredfh part
of the inhabitants Of the isthmus
knew OF the revolt until an tAmeri-
can officer in the uniform, of the
United. States army. raised the dag
of the new republic. = ~ .s
Helpless Old Man.
Regarding the acting president,
Marroquin, whom he quotes Colo
mel r Ropseyelt as tdescff fbine as ssank
absolute and unco ontroll he'd dfcta tori
Mrs Dubois ssaysi st;;s sssss y
4 4 he as q helpless and hap ptess old
man, placed in the midst 90 kfsat 3
national unrest and disorder at the 4
close Of the most disastrous ciyit war
in the history Of Colombia. He was
not In accord with the congreSs and
the congress was alive with discofd,
and five millions of innocent and
hapless people saw the trne inter
ests OF their country destroyed by the
selfish disputes Of less than one hun
dred men. 1f Theodore Roosevelt
had realized the true situation In 5
sBogota at that hour he would have
reinforced his patience with sNtiiniI.
thy for that helpless people who had
been, for hundred years, our best
friends south Of the Rio Grande. q
+ The claim made by Colonel Roose-
velt that the Colombian treaty Is d.
blackmailing agreement is dealt
with by Mr.. Dubois in his interpre.
tation Of the document.
While negotiating for treaty: Z
made the Colombian authorities uii-
derstand that under no circuri-
stances would the United States apol-
ogize to any nation for political act
that was our unwritten law that
never had been and never would be
broken. In purely informal conyerz
satons, and in my unofficial memo.
randum. 1 suggested that a chivai-
rous expression Of regret that our
friendship had in any way been
marred. such as any real gentleman Z
would freely grant to another.
might later be embodied In the y
treaty as a balm for the wounded
feelings Of once friendly nation
which had been humiliated before
the world. whose credit had been de-
stroyed In foreign countries. whose
borrowing ability had been annfhizi
lated and whose persistent appeals
for arbitration had been ignored
! The opposition to this fea-
ture. onSthe ground that 1t Is an
apology, is not Just and is not IN the
true interests Of the United States.
II the Anglo-Saxons are to iiyas ii, y
harmony with the Latins on fiiIa
continent they must treat them With Z
absolute Justice, Just as we shall ex
act justice from them" % (
Indemnity Justified.
Dealing directly with Article IN
of the treaty providing payment Is
Colombia which Colonel Roosevelt
attacked as Sblackmail, Mr.. Dubois
describes the claims Of Colombia for
the unpaid annuities ON the acces-
sion OF the Trans-Isthmian Railroad
Company, the reversionary rights IN
the Panama railroad and Panamass !
portion In the Colombia national
debt. all OF which in his opinion.
should be met by the United states
Under the contract OF IL 4. !, = he I
says. Colombia ceded the Trans
Isthmian Railroad Company to the
Panama Railroad Company for q pes
riod Of ninety-nine years, and for
this she was to receive $3.50. 900 am
nually during the life Of the contract.
At the time Of the separation Of
Panama there were remaining sfxfye
four annuities unpaid. amounting to
$4,000. 900. The concession also
insured to Colombia reversionaEy
riRhfa IN fha pn ~ f1..St