The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-15
1T is FURTHER AMENDED
No Submission Of the Convention to
Other Powers.
sUPERSEDES CLAYToN-BULwER TREATY
Senator Culberson Suggests Laying Aside The
Treaty and Passing the Hepburn Canal
Bill Without Further PreIiminaries.
Other Senator'S Views.
Other Senators Views.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations today held
a special meeting and decided ito recon-
mend further amendments of the Hay-
Pauncefote Treaty. The committee adopt
ed an amendment suggested by Senator
Foraker, which declares that the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty supersedes the Clay
ton-Bulwer Treaty and also strikes out
CT the Pauncefote agreement article
3, which permits the submission of the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty to other powers
and invites their acceptance of it.
Unless amended beyond any degree pro-
posed in the Senate by irresponsible lead
ers and resolved into such form as make
it an absolutely discourteous matter to
be communicated the pending Hav-
Pauncefote Treaty will be submitted to
the British Government by the President.
The communication will be purely pro
forma, for the Administration has not
the slightest idea that the convention
Will be accepted by the Bditish Govern
ment ANY expectation that the action
OF the Senate yesterday upon the Davis
amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
would result in the immediate retirement
OF Secretary Hay from the Cabinet, is
negatived bv the fact that the Secretary
has not resigned and according to his
own statement will not leave the Cabinet
at present.
Notwithstanding what amounted to the
a pio1 ha Hae
the story was persistently circulated du-
ring the day and finally reached the ears
of Secretary Hays fellow Cabinet Off
GERS. These declared that nothing what
ever was said at the Cabinet meeting to-
day on this subject. and said even yes
terday's treaty proceedings in the Senate
were not discussed.
The action of the Committee on Foreign
Relations took place after a prolonged
conference of Senators especially interest
ed in the Hav-Pauncefote Treaty, at
which the Foraker amendment was sug-
gested as meeting all the objections.
1t was stated that the committee had
been unanimous in its action with the
exception of Senator Money, who opposed
any action except the absolute and un-
conditional abrogation of the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty. That result is accom-
piished by the amendment reported to-
day. but the Mississippi Senator would
nave this done through other means than
the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
The President and Secretary Hay were
consulted with reference to the advisa-
bility of further amending the treaty by
senators Lodge and Foraker who called
upon them before going to the Capitol
today.
When the Senate went into executive
session Senator Lodge reported the two
amendments agreed upon in committee.
The first inserts the words (which is
hereby superseded after the words
'Clayton-Bulwer Treaty." in the first
paragraph of article End of the treaty,
making that paragraph read as follows
The high contracting parties, desiring
to preserve and maintain the general
principle of naturalization established in
article VIII of the Clayton Bulwer con-
vention which is hereby superseded,
adopted as the basis of such neutraliza-
ton, the following rules, substantially
as embodied in the convention between
Great Britain and certain other powers
signed at Constantinople October 29th,
1888, for the free navigation of the Suez
The second strikes, out article 8 of
the treaty reading as follows:
The high contracting parties will i'm
mediateiy upon the exchange of the rati-
fications of this convention, bring it 10
the notice of the other powers and in
vite them to adhere to it,"
Senator Lodge made an effort to have
day set for the taking of vote upon
the treaty. He suggested next Thursday
as the generally acceptable time, but
did not succeed in getting the unani-
nous consent necessary.
Senator Butler finally entered objection.
Senator Lodge stated. however, that he
should press the treaty early and late
until vote could be had and he after
wards declined to move an adjournment
from today until Monday because of the
refusal to allow a day to be named for
a vote.
Aside from these Incidents the execu-
tive session was devoted wholly to
speech making, the speakers being Sena-
tors Culberson, Spooner. Lindsay, Nc
Cumber and Elkins.
Senator Culberson's view was to have
the treaty laid aside and the Hepburn
Canal Bill passed regardless of the treaty
Senator Spooner said that he could
nor accept the view that we should pro-
ceed in the great work in total disre-
gard of the existence Of the agreement
Of 1850 Great Britain, he said, is