<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-US yangena ezingxoxweni neColombia ngamalungelo okwakha umsele; isivumelwano sasayinwa kodwa senqatshwa yiSenate yaseColombia. Ngo-November 1903, iPanama, ngokusekelwa yi-United States, yahlukana neColombia, futhi uBunau-Varilla, ummeleli kahulumeni omusha eWashington, wasayina isivumelwano esinikeza i-US indawo  <response>: lapho kwakhiwa khona umsele. ISenate yase-United States yabizwa ukuba ivume lesi sivumelwano ngo-February 1904; impikiswano yaqala njengoba uHanna ayesezokufa. Lesi sivumelwano saqinisekiswa ngo-February 23, 1904, ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-8 uHanna efile. 