Letter
Santo Domingo Vila to The ageement upon the points embraced in this protocol of the same accords with my views and has received the approval of the President. The question, however, as to whether other points might not need to be entertained as a part of a formal convention on the basis of article 35 of the treaty of 1846 is not understood by me to be precluded by this protocol. WM. M. EVARTS. February 18, 1881, February 17, 1881
protocol. The United States of Colombia recognizing— That the construction of an interoceanic canal through the Isthmus of Panama will render more onerous the obligations of the United States of…