Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-29
OENAIE kAIIrIEN
COLOMBIA PACT
SENATOR LODGE DECLARES RAFT.
FlcATloN PART or GREAT
NATIONAL POLICY.
VOTE FOR INDEMNITY
AFTER EIGHT DAYS OF DEBATE
SENATE VOTES TO SATISFY
CLAIMS OF COLOMBIA.

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Washington. April 2i.-The Colon.
bin treaty has been ratified 10y the Sen.
ate. II provides payment by the
United states of S25.OOO,OO0 10 the
South American republic, hut has yet
10 he approved 10y the Colombian As.
sembly. The vote was ~ ~ ~, II
more than the necessary two.thlrds.
Fifteen Republicans and four Demo.
Gratis voted against ratification. Forty
Republicans were Joined boy twenty
nine Democrats In voting for rntif1ca.
tlon.
senator Bornh, Republican, ~ Idaho,
was defeated, ~ Ia 30, IN m attempt
TO insert II clause declaring provisions
NJ the trcuty could not he taken nv
implying that the United States aided
In the runnman revolt or violated amy
treaty with Colonhin.
The proposal Of Scnutui' p%olndcxter
10 reduce the payment to Sli0OO,O00
lost, 6S to -.
The Harding administration through
The ratification won It's first fight In
the Sennte. The President IN u mes.
snge March a.. five days after inaugural
tl0n, recommended ratification rs
very helpful In promoting our friendly
relationships"
This recommendation was supple.
mented 10y senator Lodge, Republican
leader, who In reply 10 nttncks ~ Re.
publican senators NJ the progressive
group, declared ratification was part
NJ II great national foreign policy ron.
templated by President Harding.
a murmur swept the chamber when
senator Lodge changed front on the
amendment. a mllder demonstration
had occurred when he supported II on
the first call.
The flnnl vote ended eight days Of
debnte. Opponents, composed largely
Of what Is known ~ the Progressive
Republican group. were vigorous In
their denuncintion of the pact. They
declared It's acceptance would place n
stain on the name of Theodore Ilousc.
welt, would he u useless suuundcr nf
public money and would amount to
compliance with ~ hluckmnll demand
On the part of Colombia"
The Colombian treuty grew out NJ
the charge TIA. the United Stutcs had
wrongcd Colombia In the partition IT
punumu. II was one thing IN n Sc
quencc Of many connected with the
building Of the Panama cuunl. and
what was characterized hy lis pro.
ponents. the taking OF the isthmus
by Theodore Roosevelt while Congress
debated"
Those who urged ratification charged
that when Panama reyollcd from Co.
lOmblan rule, American naval forces
prevented Colombia from recovering
her lost territory.
Those who opposed ratification
charged Colombia had long been en-.
gagged In trying 10 hold up the United
States for II large sum of money for II
cunal route and that Panama revulted
from Colombian rule for Just cause.
The treaty ns 1T first negotiated
expressed the regret" NJ the United
States. Inter II was rcdruwn merely
TO pay S25.OOO,OOO "a Colombia.
supporters Of ratification declared
that the treaty would improve reln-
tlons of the United States with Latin
American republics. would satisfy de-.
MINDS cqultubly made hy Colombia
and would aid the United Stutcs In
the world quest for oil.
In the wrnnglc which hus lustcd over
many years, few facts seem to be- un.
controversial. II does seem undisput
ed, however, that President Roosevelt
negotiated a treaty with Colombia hy
which the rights of the old French
canal company to build the cunul, with
n cash payment of $1,000. 0OO and nm
annual payment of S2iu0tu, were dc
qulred hy The United Stntos. Th,
treaty was ratified hy the rn'te.
states Srnute, hut the Colombian Sen.
ate refused To accept It.
ON NOV. 3, 1901, Panama rcyolted
A small American naval force, less
than fifty men, the record says, was
landed to protect Americans. Zen
days later the United States rctig
nizrd pnnnhn, guaranteed her indie
%pendcnce. aud later made the treat,
by which the canal zone was coded Il
the United States, and the canal wa
built,