The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-01
TREATY DEFENDED
SINCERE regret CLAUSE
Opposition to Such an Expression De-
yelops in Senate But State Depart
ment Head Is Still Hopeful That
it VIII Secure Favorable Report
and be Passed Promptly.

it VIII Secure Favorable Report
and be Passed Promptly.
Criticism of the proposed treaty
to settle the differences between the
United States and Colombia over the
separation Of Panama brought for
NAL statement Monday night from
Secretary Bryan defending the clause
expressing sincere regret" on the
part of the United States that any
thing should have occurred to mar
friendly relations between the two
countries. The expression, "honest
regret Mr.. Bryan said. was used in
the memorandum, on which the pres
ent negotiations as we'll as those
which previously had failed were
based.
Despite opposition in the Senate,
Mr.. Bryan was hopeful that the trea-
ty would be favorably reported and
ratified. Members of the foreign re
lations committee expressed tope
that correspondents in the archives
of the State department bearing on
the treaty would reach the commit
tee Wednesday. It will be referred
to a subcommittee and probably will
be made public. It is said this cor
respondence will show that at one
stage of the negotiations with Colon
bia during the Taft administration
the United States proposed to sub
NIT the dispute to arbitration with
the knowledge that verdict in favor
of Colombia would mean a judgment
for at least S40,000,000.
Secretary Bryan's statement fol
lows:
article / Of the treaty, now be-
fore the Senate, reads: The gov
ernment of the United States OF
America, wishing to put at rest all
controversies and differences with
the republic of Colombia arising out
of the events from which the present
situation on the Isthmus Of Panama
resulted, expresses, in its own name
and in the name of the people Of the
United States, sincere regret that
anything should have occurred to in
terrupt or to mar the relations OF
cordial friendship that have so long
subsisted between the two nations.
"'The governoment Of the repuo-
lie of Colombia, in its own name, and
in the name Of the Colombian people
accepts this declaration in the full!
assurance that every obstacle to the
restoration Of complete harmony be,
tween the two countries will thus dis
appear.
etIn what is known as the Dubois
memorandum, made during the Taft
administration, which presented the
basis upon which he was authorized
to negotiate treaty, the following
language is used:
"'The government and the people
of the United States honestly regret
anything should have ever occurred
to mar, IN any way, the long and
sincere friendship that existed fol
nearly century between Colombo
and the United States, and the latter
country has for years earnestly de
sired to remove the ill-feeling arous'
ed in Colombia by the separation OF
Panama
'It will be seen from comparison
of the two paragraphs tkat they are
Identical in language. In the Dubois
memorandum the United States hon
estly regrets and in the pending
treaty the government Of the United
, States Of America expressed in its
own name, in the name Of the peo-
ple of the United States Sincere re
gret'. The pending treaty uses the
phrase, 'to interrupt or to mar; the
Dubois memorandum uses the words
to mar. The Dubois memorandum
describes the friendship formerly ex
istly as sincere, while the pending
treaty describes it as Cordial. Both
refer to the events Of 1909. The
Dubois memorandum speaks Of the
Ill telling aroused in Colombia by the
separation of Panama; the pending
treaty refers to the events from
which the present situation on the
Isthmus Of Panama resulted
"In the pending treaty the govern
ment Of Colombia accepts this decla'
ration in the full assurance that
every obstacle to the restoration OF
the complete harmony between the
two countries will thus disappear
while the Dubois memorandum de-
clares that the United States earnest
ly desires to remove the ill-felline
aroused in Colombia by the separa
ton of Panama. The comparison is
made to show that the two 'expres
sions of regret are in all essentia,
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