Eureka Reporter | 1903-08-21 | Page 2 | The Colombian Senate Rejects Canal Treaty

THE COLOMBIAN SENATE REJECTS CANAL TREATY vote rejecting convention was a unanimous one and president is so advised A cablegram dated august has been received at the state depart ment vent from minister beaupre at bogota saying that the panama canal treaty has been rejected by the colom blan senate the vote was unanimous president roosevelt was immediately advised of the news mr beaupre s telegram being forwarded to oyster bay little additional information concerning the action of the colom blan senate could be obtained at the state department mr adee ades acting secretary would not say what course the united states would pursue the reason given for the rejection of the treaty by the colombian sen ate it Is said here was the alleged en croach ment on colombian sovereignty which its opponents contended would result from the treaty A dispatch from colon says the re of the canal treaty by the co cc senate has produced a tremendous sensation on the isthmus it was generally thought that the treaty would pass with some modifications it will be impossible for president marroquin to again submit the treaty to the colombian congress in its pres ent form tee the treaty cannot again come before that body president marroquin however can send the treaty slightly amended to the sen ate and reopen the canal debate it Is to believed at the colombian legation that president marroquin will adopt some such procedure