Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-12-14
THE Y.PAUNCEFOTE TREATY.
WILL LET IT STAND AS IT Is.
Great Britain viii Not Agree to Amy
More COncessiOms-Wili Back Lis
hons C0ntenti0ns Against the
HOlla ndePs.

London, Dec. 9-The Nicaragua canal
creates only mild interest in England. The
cable dispatches dealing with the prob
able action oi the United States senate
in its deliberations are read by the gen.
eral public with comparative interest and
less understanding. The report that the
British government has IN any way IN
Dictated its Willingness to accept the
amended treaty is utterly false. In fact
the indications, such as they are, point to
Great Britain refusing to consider any
amendment to what tine foreign Office al
ready believes to be generous conces
SIGN.
To quote high authority: I'VE would
not have abrogated the Clayton Bulwer
treaty for any other nation in the world.
Unless all the traditions OF British for
egn policy are reversed, fail to see how
We can afford to give away any more ad-
vantages, even to America"
No official representation or inquiries
have been made to the foreign office,
where it is pointed out that Is impos-
sible to form any final Judgment until the
senate acts. That war, or even u seri.
Gus misunderstanding, could ever result
from such u cause receives no Official or
public credence.
Though the trouble between Holland and
Portugal can scarcely result in war, it Is
far more serious and interesting than gen
orally regarded here. Great Britain is con
| hn atT n;r yrnr AoQrllU tina
appears on the surface, tor the Associated
Press learns that it is due to Il British
protest to Portugal that the exequatur OF
Herr Pott, the Dutch consul at Lorenzo
Marques, was withdrawn and the visit OF
the British fleet to Portuguese waters Is
something more than a coincidence. The
Lisbon press frankly declares it was in
tended as u warning demonstration to
other nations to keep their hands OIL Port
ugal.
The British officials also do not hesitate
to admit their governments readiness to
back up the action which Portugal took
at its request Hence Holland can do lit.
tie more than gracefully make the bes,
OF bad job unless she receives the sup
port Of some OF the great powers, which
rs very remote contingency.
| The withdrawal Of The Netherlands
minister at Lisbon and the Portuguese
minister at The Hague, though officially
belittled, is the sequence OF serious fric.
ton, the details OF which were known to
the British secretary Of state for foreign
affairs, the marquis Of Lansdowne, some
weeks ago. The unusual action OF send
ing the whole British channel squadron to
Lisbon is regarded as being one OF the bold.
est and most successful strokes OF aggres.
siye diplomacy in recent history. With
Great Britain showing such strong hana
the absent ministers are likely to return
to their posts shortly and the incident will
probably only produce an effective i'm.
preston OF the fact that an alliance eX.
lists between Portugal and Great Britain.
1t was effected when the question OF land
ing South African troops ut Beira, Por.
tuguese South Africa, came up, and was
announced at the time in these dis.
patches. In this connection it is interest.
ing to note that the French press regards
the whole affair as fresh menace to
France, and that the Spanish papers III
terpret it similarly as regard their own
country.