Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 711.21/327

Minister Thomson to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

American Legation,
Bogotá, January 26, 1916.

Colombian Government and public growing restless and impatient at the delay of the Senate in considering the Colombian treaty. I have received long and forceful note from Minister of Foreign Affairs urging action. Special message from the President at the earliest practical moment will relieve tension.

Thomson