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Show ' STlHiij Lident Porras Fears U. S. Attitude as to ; Guarantee. falsh Cables Assurances of ! Obligations to Protect . I Isthmus. l ! I i PC,-MA. Fridav, Aug. S. Dr. Beli--rio Vorras! president of Panama, ex-".tA ex-".tA anxietv in a statement issued t?M over the attitude of the Ciited States congress tow-ard the first of the Amcrican-Panaman treaty . ,ranteeing Panaman independence, in 'ff of tne objections voiced in the ieriran senate" to article X of the ):jpje of nations covenant, which is ''fieator Walsh (of Montana)," tsidunt Porras said, "in- a speech 'uch appears in the Congressional cord of June 11. defending the right ;tbe president of th United States fulfill sucb an obligation without re Hin? to congress for a declaration of J mentioned the treaty between i'araa and the United States. In this an- the latter guarantees and main-ins' main-ins' tbe independence of Panama. presses His Anxiety. "A3 the objections in the senate to e league of nations are mainly by Re-liblican Re-liblican senators, and as the Republican -rtv was mainly responsible tor the ' Imr'oval of the treaty with Panama, ere is felt in my country a certain Mxictv in regard to the attitude of i ose 'Republican senators because of e influence they may exercise in de-rmininif de-rmininif whether or not the first ar-i.e ar-i.e of the Panama treaty, which is 'iialo'-ous to article X of the league of ,tiniis covenant, is binding on the bniteil States in view of the consti-!f consti-!f tional questions raised in the senate. Vln view of the debate in the Amer-iin Amer-iin senate Panama wishes to know if it senators opposing the covenant hold ;i licfs that 'justify fears entertained by : e Panamans regarding the ultimate ',: tc of the United States obligation to j lintain our independence." |