Show I COlOMBIAN COLOMAN TRET TREATY RESURRECTED OR FOR I SENATES SENATE'S ACTION Foreign Relations Committee Commit Commit- Comi tee to Report Pact Ba Back k to Solons Today Today Br Ily nodded Prel Washington June 3 tion ton that tho the long pending treaty with wih Colombia growing out of ot the treaty p partition partition- ing of ot Panama be bo reported back to tho the thoI I Senate enate for or final action acton were made mad a to the foreign relations committee 6 loda today i by the subcommittee appointed to an amendment designed to protect protect I American oil 01 and mining interests front from tho the operation of or the presidential de deI decree decree de- de cree regarded by some senators as I I Tho subcommittee of or which Senator Fall an n Republican New Mexico 1 Is chairman said Bald an amendment was Unnecessary un unnecessary Un- Un UI- UI I necessary because th the tho supreme court of or Colombia had declared Invalid In ald not only the pr presidential decree but leg legis leI lation laUon along along similar lines which had been presented In tho the Colombian con con- grass gress It I c called lcd attention that tha Ihie his decree was as similar to that that Issued In Mexico against which the United StAt States has protested but expressed full ful confidence con con- that the tho people and government government govern govern- ment mont of or Colombia were sincere in their expressions of or desire to protect AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican rights and interests within the republic On Friday Calendar The subcommittees subcommittee's report wa was af approved ap ap- proved b by tho the full ful committee late to tona to- to na nay and the treaty treah will wil be placed on or the S Senate nate calendar probably probably to- to to morrow Senators said there was wat little probability of ot it I being acted up upon u until the tho next session of or the Senate which b begins in December Tho TIm treat treaty was before the Senate for fot ratification last summer when th the Presidential decree was Issued and ii It was wag recommitted for tor amendment Tin rue he original draft had been signed a at Bogota by the Colombian government in 1901 S. S but subsequently had beet been changed lJ by the state department to tc meet objections of ot senators who senator op up- up posed especially the clause by which tho the United States would have hae ex expressed ox ox- pressed regret over o cr the partitioning o ot of Panama I The document provides es for tor the pa pay pay- ment meat of or O o. o OO to Colombia Colombia by the United States and when It Va was taken up in the tho Senate last summer Bummer it I was as understood that Colombia Colombie ColombIa hail had hll agreed to the chan changes es The subcommittee in Its Is report to- to hay however said Bald the records of ot the state state department did not show that hat Colombia had given Ivel Us its Is approval The committee added adde that the Co Co- Co minister in Washington had hed undertaken to obtain from his government government govern govern- I ment assurance that the tho treaty as now drafted would be he accepted Before Deore tho the Colombian supreme court court had passed on tho the presidential decree degree tho the subcommittee had drafted an air ou amen amendment ment the character of ot which was was communicated to the thc Colombian government through Minister Philip at Bogota Commenting on this the subI subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- I committee said Comment b by Committee Unfortunately It would appear that I Instead of this matter being left to tI the Colombia Colomba minister In n Washington let I to take up with lh his hla own government Minister Philip upon being advised of oC such suggestions himself himsel communicated communicated tho the same to tho to Colombian go gov- gov emment and at the same time notified the state department that by the action acton of ot the Senate and the action of ot the department In pur pursuing Us ts course lH of oC operation co-operation with the Senate and b by its actions in discussing the matter I mater with the tho Colombian Colomban minister with I this tIlls country his position wa was rendered to some extent untenable and he sugI sug sug- I the tender of oC his resignation The rhe report explained that a representative representative I o of the subcommittee had discussed discussed dis dis- cussed tho the matter mater with th the Colombian minister In the tho presence of a a. r of or the state department an and added I Of Ot course this action acton of ot Mr Philip and the Impression which h he seemed to entertain In the entire r matter ter In the I Judgment of ot the subcommittee would hn have havo 0 rendered practically futile further I negotiations with Colombia Colombia along the It suggested lines if It conducted through Mr fr Philip At the state department It I was said j that nothing was known about th the offer of or Mr Ir Philip to tender tonder his resignation ican lean nation naton minister Mr r. r Philip at Bogota still Ul is tho the ADer- ADer Amer Anier- |