File No. 711.21/336
Minister Thomson to
the Secretary of State
No. 257
American Legation,
Bogotá,
February 4, 1916.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a
copy and translation (very hastily made) of a note which I have only
just this moment received from the Minister for Foreign Affairs with
regard to the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to the
Senate of the United States concerning the Treaty of April 6, 1914. The
mail leaves at once, so I am unable to add any comment.
I have [etc.]
[Page 214]
[Inclosure—Translation]
The Minister for Foreign
Affiairs to Minister Thomson
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Bogotá,
February 4, 1916.
Mr. Minister: The modifications which the
Committee of the Senate of the United States has presented to that
high Body with the Treaty of April 6, 1914, preoccupy at this time
the Government and people of Colombia. They in effect diminish
greatly the satisfaction and indemnity acknowledged to the Republic
by that act; and also, should these modifications be adopted finally
by the Senate of the Union, they would cause various and very grave
difficulties when they came to be considered by the Congress of
Colombia.
I therefore beg your excellency to kindly inform His Excellency the
President of the United States that Colombia and its Government will
receive with special appreciation the new favor, should His
Excellency vouchsafe to grant it, of recommending in a special
message to the Senate of the United States of America the approval
without amendments of the Treaty of April 6, 1914.
I reiterate [etc.]
