Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Snyder to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Bogotá, January 26, 1904.

(Mr. Snyder reports that in Colombia’s official circles a rumor is current, as coming from Reyes, that the Government of the United States has retreated from its position and will permit the landing of Colombian troops at Panama, and states that it is from this motive that Colombian forces are being organized. He requests to be advised as to the situation.)