721.23/956: Telegram
The Minister in Panama (Davis) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:15 p.m.]
22. Department’s circular telegram February 1, 7 p.m. The following telegram was sent to the Peruvian Government January 27 by the Panaman Government:
“The Government of Panama being profoundly alarmed by the possibility of an armed conflict between your country and the Republic of Colombia permits itself as a signatory of the Pact of Paris of August 27, 1922 [1928], which was likewise signed by Peru, to appeal in behalf of the peace of the continent to the sentiments of elevated Americanism by which Your Excellency’s illustrious Government has always been inspired.”