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Show I COLOMBIA'S CLAIMS. Declares Conspiracy Was Formed to Organize Republic of Panama. : President Roosevelt transmitted to Bl tho senato Monday additional corro- Kf spondonco touching tho rotations of I', ' tho United States with Colombia and W Panama, covorlng tho period from Do- jL combor 23, 1903, to January G last. A statomont of grievances on the part of Colombia was presented to tho stuto departmont by General Reyes on Do-comber Do-comber 23. General Royes says that tho courso of tho United States had worlcod deep Injury to Colombia, and lio cited tho treaty of 18G1 as showing that tho lndopondcnco and sovereignty of Colombia was to be maintained Intact In-tact between tho two governments. Gonornl Reye3 said with rofcronco to tho Hay-Horran treaty that tho snmo t courso was followed In Bogota as was pursued In Washington. If tho treaty ho said, had been rejected In Washing- ton, the disapproval would havo In volved no grievance for Colombia and that tho Colombian congress In Its disapproval of tho treaty simply exercised exer-cised a vostod right. This action, he maintained, did not disqualify tho Colombian Co-lombian government for tho conclusion I of another treaty. I As to tho recognition of tho republic 1 of Panama, General Reyes says It Is a mattor of public knowledge that th mother country commands sufficient forces to subdue a revolution. Genoral Royes continues: "Bofore tho coup do mafn which proclaimed tho Independence of the Isthmus took plnco at Panama thoro wcro In this very city ageuts of tho authors of that court In conference with high pcrsonagos clothod with official of-ficial character, as Is asserted by roputablo American newspapers. I havo received Information to tho effect that a bank In Now York opened a considerable consid-erable credit In their favor with a knowledge of tho general uso for which It was intended, even though unaware un-aware that It was to be applied, In part, to tho brlbory of a largo part of tho garrison at Panama." |