The daily sentinel., 1914-07-02
DUBOIS SAYS
TREATY IS
JUSTICE
Answers ROoseyeIt's Charges
by Proofs Of C0IOneI's Errors;
UphOIdS Wilson

7 IALLSTEAD, Pa, July 2.-[As-
II sociated Pressl In a state
ment Issued here last night
dealing with the proposed Colombian
treaty, James T. Dubois, who was
United States minister to Colombia
under the Taft administration, takes
issue with the views recently eN-
pressed by Col. Roosevelt and eN-
plains his own reasons for support
ing the treaty.
Regarding his difference with
Col. Roosevelt on this subject. Mr..
Dubois expresses regret at opDosin-
"a great leader whose fortunes | de-
yotedly followed for ten years" and
states that mo man will tolerate the
thought that any of Col. Roosevelt's
acts were inspired by tainted mo-
tiVes, but no man is always right"
Negotiations for treaty during
the Taft administration failed. he
says. because his instructions, out OF
excessive care not to impugn the
motives OF President Roosevelt 'In
taking Panama, failed to give Co.
lombia sufficient justice. The pend
ing treaty. he believes, should be
heartily approved by the American
people.
Taking issue with Col. Roosevelt
regarding the character OF the public
I man in Colombia, Mr. Dubois declar-
ed that they compare well with the
I public men OF other countries in in
/ telligences and respectability, in
stead OF using "blackmailers and
4 bandits"
Quoting Mr.. Roosevelt's declara-
ton that the people OF Panama were
a unit in demanding the revolution,
he says. "a handful OF men, who were
to be the direct benefclaries- OF the
revolution, conceived 1t and not the
hundredth part of the inhabitants OF
the lsthmus knew of the revolt until
an American officer In the uniform
OF the United States army raised the
| flag OF the new republic"
The claim made by Col. Roosevelt
that the Colombian treaty is n black
mailing agreement is dealt with by
| Mr. Dubois in his Interpretation OF
the document,
While negotiating for treaty
made the Colombian authorities un-
| derstand that under no circumstances
would the United States apologize to
a nation for political act-that was
our unwritten law that never had
been and never will be broken In
purely informal conversation. and in
my unofficial memorandum. | sug-
gested that a chivalrous expression
of regret that our friendship had in
any way been marred. such as any
real gentleman would freely grant to
another. might later be embodied in
the treaty as balm for the wounded
feelings OF a once friendly nation
which had been humiliated before the
world. whose credit had been destroy
ed in foreign countries. whose, bor-
rowing ability had been annihilat-
ed and whose persistent appeals for
arbitration had been ignored. The
opposition to this feature, on the
ground that it is an apology. is not
Just and is not in the true interests
of the United States. If the anglo
Saxons are to live in harmony with
the Latin on this continent they
must treat them with absolute jus
tice, as we shall exact justice from
them
Dealing directly with article III.
of the treaty providing payment to
Colombia which Col. Roosevelt at
tackled as blackmail. Mr.. Dubois. de-
scribes the claim OF Colombia for the
unpaid annuities on the eession OF
the trans-lsthmian railroad company,
the reversionary rights in the Pan
anna railroad and Panama's portion
in the Colombian national debt. all
OF which. in his opinion. should be
met by the United States.