The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-22
Mr.. LODGE ON TREATY
mASSACHU sETrs SENATOR ABLY
DEFENDS sen ATE's ACTION.
NO HOSTILITY TO ENGLAND.
AMENDMENTS SIMPLY PRoE1ss-r
RIGHTS or THss COUNTRY.

Mr.. Lodge Review. the senate'- Ac-
ton in a Clear. Logical Manner.
showing the Intent OF Each
Amendmcnt-The senate Part 81
Treaty Making Powcr--Main oh
jrct of New Treat, wss 20 Ds
Away With oIRyton-HuIwer
Treaty.
Washington. Dec q senator Lodge.
who had charge 81 tbe Hay Pauncefoto
treaty ia tho senate TO-DAY. made the fol-
lowing statement.
Tho Seuate'a actions we're not dictated
by hostility toward England aud stlil less
were ,hey Ia any degree reflection upon
the Secretary Of State The amendments
were made hy the senate solely because
in its opinion they were necessary Tor the
interests of the United States. Tor the
avoidance OF any question a. 20 the con-
iro. OF the canal ana consequently for the
sake Of peaceful and harmonious rela-
lions with the rest of the world on that
subiect Ia the future. The vote by watch
they were adopted shows this.
The hrst amendment ls a simple dsela-
ration that tho clayton Buiwer treaty
ceases TO exist and Is superseded by tho
Hay psuhcelote treaty. The object OF
the latter was 20 remove ,he former as
an obstacle 70 the construction OF the
isthmlan canal
Under Article II or the Hay-Paunoo-
fote treaty as % stood We we're clearly
hound. II engaged in war 20 permit
hostile flcct, II it succeeded IN getting IN
side the three- mile zone, 10 pass unmo-
Tested through tho canal n We meant
TO keep ~ then b was a promie no ma
ton ought 70 make. II We knew that we
should not keep 81 In time 81 war then
h was only honest and fair 20 relieve
ourselves OF the obligation In the treaty
Itself This was the purpose of tho second
Davis amendment. which entirely dis
poses of any such promise and which
follows exactly in principle. and almost
exactly iu words Article y ~ the Suen
convention, which reserved similar rights
20 Turkey whose interest in the Suez
canal b. trivial compared 90 ours In that
proposed Ia Nicaragua.
The third amendment strikes oui Ar
ticlc III by which We engaged 70 invite
other nations 90 adhere 10 the treaty.
and thereby become parties % a. Had
there been no clayton Bulwer treaty We
should have negotiated with no one ex-
cept Costa T,ica and Nicaragua as 60
building the canal
"It g. well recognized in international
law that when the conditions under which
treaty has been made have radically
changed and new conditions aud new de-
mands have arisen. this fact ia an ample
ground for seeking an abrogetion or mod
lncafion OF the original instrument The
American people desire 20 build. and mean
10 build ana control the isthmian canal
They wish 90 remove all obstacles 20 u by
amicahle arrangement IN suitable ana
becoming manner Tho ay-pauncef1te
treaty was framed for this object. Tho
senate D. part of the treaty making power.
and treaties sent 60 81 for ratification are
not strictly treaties, hut projects for
treaties They are stii inchoate. The
senate. continuing the negotiation begun
by Mr. Hay. offers three new propod-
tions to England. They ask her 10 omit
the clause inviting either nations % ad-
here. which does not touch her at ahi
10 agree in unmistaknbie language Go the
suppression Of the Clayton Bulwer treaty
b, the -Paunccfote treaty, whieh v
the whole purpose OF tho negotiation. AMI
finally 70 accept the reservation of rights
In time OF war which she granted 20 Tuf-
kew la tho guez convention. and OF which,
as the present poeaeaor of Egypt, she -
now herself the peueneiarf theiahn
interest in having the canal built, be u
great or small is second only 10 ours.
We agree that al vessels OF commerce and
% war shall pass through Che canal on
the same terms az our own. and In war
between other Powers. we agree 70 pre-
serve the neutrality u the canal toward
all balIlgereuta In difference 10 the
wishes OF Nicaragua and Costa Rlca IN
regard 20 this treaty. and not 70 any. We
may hereafter make with them, we reiln-
auish the right TO erect permanent foru-
ncationa. and although there is no need
OF such fortincations the right 70 erect
them ls an important right and its re-
liuquishmeut goes to che last verge of
concession. The vast expense and MAIN
tenance ana defense of the canal are
ours and the American people Will never
permit a canal there which they DO not
control. because the defense Of the Unit
,ed States overrides every other eonsld-
Grafton p"