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TO AMEND CANAL TREATY
CLA USE PROVIDING FOR ITS DE-
FENCE BY THIS COUNTRY.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee TO
Report In Favor of the ChanTc-SeMa-
tor Morgan In Opposition.

agreed to report the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, amending the Clayton Bulwel
treaty, with an amendment granting
authority for the defense of the canal
by this country when constructed. The
following is the text OF the amend
ment
Insert at the end of section 5, article
2, the following: 1T Is agreed, however,
that none of the Immediately foregoing
conditions and stipulations in sections
Nos. 1, 2, 3, and of this act shall APP
ply to measures which the United States
may find it necessary to take for Sc
curing by its own force the defense of
the United States and the maintenance
of public ORDER
The committee was nearly unanimous
in favor of the amendment. Some OBJ
lection was made by Senator Morgan,
dem, of Alabama, however. Quite an
elaborate report has been prepared by
him, which will be submitted to the CEN
ate in executive session when the treaty
is reported. 1t is the opinion of the
members of the committee that the SEN
ate will with but little delay ratify the
treaty as amended.
The amendment is brief. 1t simply
provides that the restrictions in the
treaty shall not operate to prevent the
United States from using it's own forces
for the defense of the interests of the
United States and for the maintenance
of order.
Senator Morgan was The only member
of the committee who cast his vote
against the amendment Senators Bacon
of Georgia and Daniel of Virginia, the
only other democrats present. voting
with the republicans They also voted
with the republicans to have the treaty
reported as amended.
Senator Morgan talked at length dur
ing the sitting of the committee in op-
position to the amendment, practically
consuming the entire team of the ses-
sion. He contended for the utmost lib
crafty toward other powers in the use
of the proposed canal and held that
American interests We're fully safe
guarded by the treaty as it stands. He
also contended that an effort to amend
the agreement might result In it's de-
feat and indicated his purpose to OPP
pose the change to the utmost. Some
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