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Show HDiiTOPAY COLOMBIAN DEBT Old Panama Canal Treaty ! Coming Up in Senate Early in Week WASHINGTON. March ". Arrangement Arrange-ment for senate action next week on 'several pending treaties wore made today by Republican leaders. Minor treaties only are to be taken up at 'first and the question of considering the Colombian treaty still was unsettled, unset-tled, although Pnsident Harding waf said to have Indicated today in con-ference con-ference with Senator Iodgo that he hoped for its early disposal. That the administration has agreed to take no action on the "three-powi-r" treaty, negotiated by former President Wilson, guaranteeing France against I aggression was Indicated today by ' K. public. in leader-. Tl.etr.Mt i n. on file with the senate foreign rela-itions rela-itions committee WORK STARTS MONDAY. Other treaties, possibly including the Colombian, will be taken up by the senate committee Monday, under a call Issued today by Chairman Lodge. I Among minor conventions for which (action is planned during the extra session ars several commercial treat-lies treat-lies with Latin-American mtion None of the treaties referred to the I senate committee died with the ad Journmrnt of the last congress but during the senate's executive session yesterday all were re-referred to the committees. It was expt-ctod that the l olom.'i in treaiy. ivmtn was mo'sviu-ed mo'sviu-ed to the last senate would be report-led report-led favorably again Monday without change. I RRMKD Bl 1CKM Ml ( Uv Newspaper Enterprise, i WASHINGTON. March 5 Although Hoosevelt called the proposal "international "inter-national blackmail." the new administration adminis-tration Will ratify tho long-pending agreement with Colombia which consists con-sists chleflv of tho payment of $2.S.-ono.noo $2.S.-ono.noo to that nation for acquisition bv the United States from Panama of the Panama Canal Zone. Incidentally it will bs lbs first overtures over-tures of friendship from the Republican Republi-can administration to tho nations of South and Central Ami rlcs Eighteen years after. Panama, in S Utsodless revolution, seceded from Colombia, Co-lombia, the United States will awii- (age ihe wounded feelings of the Co-i llombians BffOrts were made on several oc- casions to. put through this treaty r ident Taft made repeated overture- to Colombia. without result-ESarly result-ESarly In tho W ilson administration, while Bryan was the cabinet premier, a pact was negotiated with Colombia and submitted to the .senate for ratification. rati-fication. It failed of passage and now near- Iy eight years later some of the san M natora, led by Lodge and Fall who then opposed the agreement, are ad- vocatlng It. Their objections to the: treaty wen- based principally on a; clause in which this government apol-j ogv.ed. The treaty will contain no apology1 to Colombia. The $J5,0O0.U0 will be, paid in five armual installments. Here, briefly. Is what caused tho treutv and why the United States Wounded the feelings of tho South American nation: I Roosevelt, In seeking a right of way for the Panama Canal, after long negotiations ne-gotiations with Colombia finally agreed to pay Colombia $10,000,000 for the strip. The Colombian congress after dilly-dallying around adjourned lr. 1903. without ratifying the treaty. The people of Panama were anxious to have the pact approved. When their congress proved itself politicians Instead of statesmen, the 1 people of Panama seceded. The I Washington government thereupon served notice to Colombia that It i ,,, a roopa within 50 n I of the Panama railroad. Four American Amer-ican warships were dispatched to the Isthmus to enforce the mandate. A few davs later the new Panama puv -i rnnient was reeognl.ed by President Booscvclt and the $10,000,000 was paid to Panama Instead oi Colombia The result was Colombia having lost $10,000,000 in American gold, also a valuable strip of territory, felt deeply deep-ly humiliated and blamed the United States. |