Deseret Evening News | 1903-12-28 | Page 6 | Colombia's Debt

COLO DEBT Is Willing to Proportion ot of U It New Nes York Dec 37 la Ia ot of to 10 the tho United States Slates sUited tonight that he had hod no tilled Sir 1 H Durald Durand BrItish to the United States ot of to assume a part of the exterior debt ot of Colombia III pro proportion proportion portion to time the of o compared wih with that of Colombia Th ho minister says this wl be done 1 as soon loon ni as the Independence of Panama Is In mec by Colombia hero who sho were Informed of oC the course adopted by M Hanu said that this step had bc been n taka tak taken en to show the tho good faith ot of time tho neW ness republic They bleve believe that no court of arbitration Would have reached time the conclusion that any of Colombian exterior debt det shou should be ba assumed by Panama as never In the his history lory of time the country WIS was any part of at the tho exterior loan loans utilized for fOI the benel benefit of lana mn ma maThe The total amount ot of the tho exterior debt wIth interest added Is about I wih and Panama has hns a about of at that thal of at Colombia so that Panama will 1 take upon the tho are payment carried of out I it th the