Show JAPAN fla 1 A WITH COLUMBIA ORIENTAL POWER RENEW RENEWS AT TEMPTS TO OBTAIN FOOTING ON WESTERN hemisphere negotiations of comparatively re cent origin followed the failure of ef japan to make bargain with panama washington information was forthcoming forth caning from an authoritative source on sunday that japan has renewed her attempts to obtain a footing on the western hemisphere at the present mo it was stated oa on high authority japan Is negotiating with colombia for tho the purchase of A site on her coast these negotiations we are of combar recent origin it is said and ellov the failure of japan to consummate a similar bargain with the republic of panama japan approached panama according to the report through her ambassador to spain who broached the subject last summer to the panamanian Pana marian minister at 11 madrid adrid antonio burgos tho the negotiations begun verbally finished with a four page document written in french setting forth the terms oa on which japan would make the purchase of an island from panama the document itself which Is said to bear the signature of the japanese ambassador at madrid Is now no filed flied away in the archied archies of the state department part ment the island named in the document Is colba situated in the pacific at a distance of more than miles from the coast of panama included in the offer made to panama for th island it Is understood was nas a guarantee by japan that she protect panamas pajamas Pa independence |