Salt Lake Herald | 1903-08-21 | Page 1 | Treaty up in the Air

TREATY UP IN THE AIR State Department Trying to Get Definite News From Capi Capital Capital Capital tal of Colombia Washington Aug 30 Minister lter Beaupre at Bogota has been bi en a asked ked by bl the state stats department to send more mor definite Information Information mation concerning proceedings about the isthmian canal calla I treaty hut but there Is Ig no noway noway noway way of oC telling how long Ions Ion the this message will willbe willbe willbe be delayed owing to the tite interruption of o telegraphic communication between Bue Buena Buena na us Ventura and Bogota The fact that two messages of the same samp date dAtt reached the th department with an interval of oC four days between n them shows how irregular this mode of ot communication has become The trouble seems Stems to be with the land lines and it is II understood und that heavy tropical growth has Interfered with the wires This The Tn only dispatch received from Minister Beaupre was dated th the l th and was wag very indefinite although It eon con conveys veys the impression that further efforts are being made to secure favorable fa ac an action action antion tion upon the treaty The Costa Rican minister called upon Acting Secretary Adee Ades today toda but it was stated that his hit visit was one of ot courtesy and had no reference to the Isthmian canal I