The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-21
SENATE RATIFIED
AMENDED TREATY
The Vote Stood Fifty-Flve
to Eighteen.
DECISIVE MAJORITY.
All But Committee Relations Were
Voted Down.
PROVISIONS OF CONVENTION,
The General Principle OF Ncu'ra''zH-
,;o,, shall He Maintained, and
Substantially Same Knics
us Govern Sucz
Canal Shall
PROVISIONS OF CONVENTION,
lnr Associatcd press.l


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2o.-The Senate
consumed an hour and ten minutes TINS
afternoon in amending &nd ratifyins as
amended the Ilay-PauDcefote treaty for
the notification of the Clayto4-ButVer
convention of 1850.
All the amendments. except those re-
r,or,.d bv the Committee on For=igE Re
1ations. were voted down by :najoriues
averaging about 19
The ratification resolution was adopted
by a vote of So 10 IS.
The Senate was in executive session for
about an hour before The tim2 fof voting
arrived, listening 10 speeches by Senator'S
Ihurston, GaIlInscr, Wolcott and Bard
explanatory CT thcir attitude.
The two Foreign Relations Committee
amendments were read frs. and were ac-
cepted without division. 1hc irat ron
can was upon Senator lIIkllls amendment
declaring ,hat nothing contained III tiil9
treaty shall be construed TO prevent u'e
United States from acquiring at any Lliiie
sufiicient territory and sovereignty over
1h. same, upon which 10 oul4u, manage
operate. defend, fortify, protect, and con
1r.ol said canal, or for any other purposes
as the United States may deem pest III
its OWN interests.
Ii WAS lost by a vote Of . TO d.
Senators Foraker, Penrose ana BeFet-
idge withdrew their amendments pec'd9e
they were practically the same d9 l-io"o
reported by the committee.
The other amendments were voted down
by decisive najorities. The vote on Sen
ator Tillmans amendment authorizing inc
defense of the canal and the maintenance
of prblio order by the United states Was
q yeas 10 As nays. The treaty was 1Aeh
a. oBJEUT OF TREATY
THO text of the treaty as amended
state; its oaicct as 10 facilitate the con-
srrrIction of a ship canal to connect the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and. to that
end. TO remove any objection which may
arise out Of the convention OF Aurll u,
1850 commonly called the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty. to the construction OF such
canal under the auspices OF the Govern
ment OF the United States, without I'M
pairing the general principles OF neu-
traiiZation established IN article VII OF
that convention"
It's provisions follow:
Article l. 1t is agreed that the canal
fnay oc constructed under the auspices OF
the Government of the United States,
either directly at its own cost, or by gift
or loan Of money TO individuals or cor
porations, or through subscription 10 9r
purchase OF stock or shares, and that.
subject to the provisions Of the present
convention. the said Government shall
have and enjoy ali the rights incident to
such construction, as well as the eXclu-
sive right Of providing for the regulation
and management Of the canal.
NATURALIZATION.
Article H. The hish contracting parties
desiring TO preserve ana maintain the
general principle" of naturalization es-
tabished III article VII. of the Clayton
I2ulwer convention, which convention Is
hereby superseded, adopt, as the basis of
such naturalization. the following rules
substantially as embodied in the conVen-
tior between Great Britain ana certain
other Powers, signed at Constantinopie,
October 2gth. 1883, Tor the free navigation
of the Suez Maritime Canal, that is TO
sly:
a.. The canal shall be free and open, in
time Of war as in time Of peace, TO the
vessels OF commerce and OF war, Of ali
nations on terms of entire equality, so
that there shall be no discrimination
against any nation, or its citizens or sub
jects. in respect of the conditions or
charges of traffic, or otherwise.
60. The canal shall never be blockaded,
nor shall any right Of war be exercised
nor any act OF hostility be committed
within il.
80. Vessels of war Of a belligerelt shah
rot reyictual nor take any stores IN the
canal. except SO far as may be strictly
necessary. and the transit OF such EesSe.S
through the canal shan pc ehecttd "liil
the least possible delay, in accordance with
the regulations in force. and with only
such interrlission as may result from the
necessities ,.f The service. Prizes shall oe
IN all resnects subject 10 the same rules
as vessels of war Of the belliserentS
a., No bellige-ent shall embark or dis
embark troops. munitions of war or war
HI. ,,,a,ariais in the canal except in case
.,r accidental h;ndrauce of the transit and
IN such case the transit shali be resumed
with all possible dispatch.
-(5}. The provisions OF this article SHAH
apDiv 10 waters adjacent, wltHin three 'ua-
Tina miles OF either end. Vessels of war
OF belligerent sinai! not REMAIN Al s"cti
waters longer Ihan twenty-tour hours at
ANY time except in cases OF distress, ana
in such cases shall depart as soon as pos
sitle. bat a vessel Of war o. one oeI!aSsr-
ert shall rot depart within twenty-tour
hours from the departure OF 4 Ntssei OF
war OF The other bclliGerent'
SHAH. NOT. APPLY.
II IS agreed. however. that none of the
immediate foregoing conditions and st:pu-
Iatior.s in sections numbered one, TWO.
three, four ana five OF tbs article shall
annly 10 measures which the United
states may find it necessary TO take for
securing 5y Its own forces the defense of
ne United States and the maintenance
,f public order.
e5,. The pant. establishments, buildings
and all works necessary to the construc-
ION. maintenance and operation of the
.anal. shal! be deemed to be part thereof
time of war as in time OF peace, shall en-
10Y complete immunity from attack or
injury 10y belligerents and from acts cal
-ulated 10 impair their usefulness as part
OF the canal.
% No Notifications shall be erected