Show COLOMBIAN MINISTER enrique bontez Is no stranger to washington washington july 3 enrique cortez who has been named aa colombian minister to the united states is no stranger to washington in the he served as secretary of the colombian legation in this city and last year he was sent to abia country as the special representative of president reyes he Is a banker and tuia banks both in london and bogota at present ho Is in england at the beginning of the reyes administration he for a short time as minister of foreign affairs but was compelled to give up the cabinet position to look after his business inte ests in great britain mr cortez was a member of the colombian senate at the almo of the failure to ratify the hay herran treaty and he predicted the dire consequences which came as the result of the failure to approve this convention this made mr cortez very unpopular for a time but his countrymen soon realized tho wisdom of his prediction |