Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Beaupré to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

United States Legation,
Bogotá, July 9, 1903. (Received July 12, 1903.)

Confidential. General Reyes has requested me to say to you he does not think the treaty can be ratified without two amendments: To article 1, stipulating payment ten millions by the canal company for the right to transfer; to article 25, increasing payment to fifteen millions, and says that the treaty can be ratified at once with these amendments. He asks your views confidentially.

Beaupré.