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Show COLOIIA MAY FORGIVE PANAMA Difficulties Which Have Existed Ex-isted for Some Time in Fair Way of Settlement. Secretary of War Tall Takes a Hand In Central American Quarrel, and It Is Believed That a Satltfaeory Settlement Is In Sight. New York The longstanding difficulties dif-ficulties between the government of Colombia on the one side, and the republic re-public of Panama and United States nn the other, are Hearing a solution Secretary of War Taft whipped over In New York for a few hour on Wednesday Wed-nesday for Ihe purpoe of acting aa a mediator between tho leader of tho two republic, wllh the lusolt. It I lielleved, that the conclusion of n formal treaty between Ihem Is n matter mat-ter of only a short time Al thn Hotel Manhattan Secretary Taft had n long conference with Senor Knrlque Cortes, mlnlsttr lo the United Sintes finm Colombia, nnd William Nelson Cromwell, legal adviser to tho government of the republic uf Panama Pana-ma Though no one else was present at the confen lire. It was n coincidence that President Amador of Panama, arrived ar-rived hero nn Wednesdiy en roulo In Kurope After the conference none of those present would discus the details de-tails of their converatlons "All that can be said al till lime," said William Nelson Cromwell, "Is that the conforenco wns hlghl) satis-factor) satis-factor) In nil concerned. This I no time to go Into detail, i,l I am happy hap-py to say that ns a result l today' meeting the three ciniiitrloa tho cotin trie which are most dosely connected connect-ed with the coustmctlun of tho Pnna'-ma Pnna'-ma canal, the greatest work over undertaken, un-dertaken, nnd among whom there ha been more or tea feeling for aevcral )ear are nearer a iwifect under landing than the) havo ever been before " Secretary Taft and Minister Corte were even more rcwerved than Mr. Cromwell a In the results of Ihe conference Neither would dlscini .t.n tMaltur In nnv u-nv. It I tiellMveo. however, that within a few- months a treaty between Colombia and Panama will be concluded, which will put at rest tho questions which havo been nt Issue between Ihe Central American Ameri-can counlile for more than four )ar |
