Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - US banyere mkparịta ụka na Colombia maka ikike iwu ọwa mmiri; a bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta mana ndị Senate Colombia jụrụ ya. N'ọnwa Nọvemba nke afọ 1903, Panama, site n'enyemaka nke United States, kewapụrụ onwe ya na Colombia, Bunau-Varilla, onye nnọchianya nke ọchịchị ọhụrụ ahụ na Washington, bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta nke nyere United States mpaghara
nke a ga-eji rụọ ọwa mmiri. A kpọrọ Ụlọ Omeiwu nke United States ka ọ kwado nkwekọrịta ahụ na February 1904; arụmụka ahụ malitere ka Hanna na-anwụ anwụ. E mere nkwekọrịta ahụ na February 23, 1904, ụbọchị asatọ mgbe ọnwụ Hanna gasịrị.