Show UNITED STATES HAS REFUSED TO ARBITRATE may 7 that the republic of columbia has twice made demand tot for arbitration of her claim of f from the united states and twice has been refused was mado made known at the state department yesterday it was added that those demands and refusals were ancient history and that no fresh representation has been made mad e on the question this information perhaps more in antall will constitute the answer to mr bacons bacans resolution of inquiry adopted by the senate yesterday the basis of the co lumblad demand is explained to be the damage she claims to have sustained in the separation from her territory of what Is now the republic of panama made possible through the recognition by the united states of the panama republic the basis of the refusal of the american government to comply with wah this demand is that the recognition of the new republic was a question of policy and therefore not properly tho the subject of criticism by another nation and certainly not a question whir which h this government could permit to he be majc mac tho the subject of decision by an arbitration tribunal wl |