Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-21
AMENDED 1'HE TREATY
Senate Acted on Hay-Paunce-
fote Treaty.
Ratified 1T BY VOTE OF IS TO is.
Articles That Eject the Projected Canal
In c ase Of War. Not to Apply to United
states should Necessity Arise Provides
Against Fortlacations.

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Washington. Dec After more
debate in The senat the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty Tor tbs modiicat3 "a of the
GIayteH BriNer conTention Of 1880
vas aei Eled and ratified us amead-
ed hese were six roll e9lts and
several viva Yoce Votes Tire first
five % the roll cails were on amend
IN nts offered by Individual senator's
and the last orc on the resolution to
ratify the treaty as aa.eadea. al tie
amendments, except those clerd by
Senator Foraker and reported by
the committee on foreign relations,
were voted down by majorities aver
aging about 10. Tie ratification res
olution was adopted by vote Of IS
to Is.
The text of the treaty as amended
is as follows
Tha United States of America and
her majesty. the queen of the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and ire
land, empress of India, being DESTROYS
to facilitate the construction of ship
canal to connect the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans, and to that end to re-
out of the convention of April 10,
1850, commonly called the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. to the construction of
such canal under the auspices Of the
government of the United States,
| without impairing the general prin-
ciple" of naturalization established i'll
article VIII Of that convention, have
for that purpose appointed as their
plenipotentiaries:
The president of the United States,
John Hay, seer ta1y of state of the
| United States of America, and her
majesty. the queen of Great Britain
and Ireland. empress of India, the
| Right Honorable Lord Pauncefote, g.
G.. B., b, G. NJ. e.. her majesty's
| ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary to the United States, who.
| having communicated to each other
their full powers, which We're found
| to be in due form, have agreed upon
| the following articles:
Article lit is agreed that the
canal may be 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 corporations or
| through subscfiptins to or purchase
of stock or shares and that, subject
to the provisions of the present con-
vention, the said government shall
have and enjoy all the rights incl
dent to such construction, as well as
the exclusive right of providing for
| the regulation and management of
the canal.
Aticle 2-The high contracting par
ties, desiring to preserve and main
| tain the general principle" of neu-
| tralization established in article VIII
of the Clayton Bulwer convention,
which convention is hereby suppressed
ed, adopt as the basis of such neutral
ization. the following rules, substan-
TALLY as embodied in the convention
| between Great Britain and certain
other powers, signed at Constantine
pie on Oct %. 1888, for the free
navigation of the Suez maritime
| canal. that is to say:
l. 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 all nations, on terms of entire
equality. so that there shall he no
discrimination against any nation or
| its citizens or subjects in respect of
the conditions or charges of traffic. or
! otherwise
>. The canal shall never be block
AIDED, nor shall any right of war be
exercised nor any act of hostility be
| committed within it,
8. Vessels of war of a belligerent
shall not revictual nor take any stores
in the canal except so far rs may be
strictly necessary; and the transit of
such vessels through the canal shall
be effected with the least possible
delay, in accordance with the regula-
| lions in force, and with only such in
PERMISSION as may result from the ne
! cessitieS of the service.
| Prizes shall be in all respects sub
iect to the same rules as vessels Of
war of the belligerents.
f. No belligerent shall embark or
| disembark troops, munitions of war
or warlike materials in the canal ex-
cept in ease of accidental hindrance
of the transit. and in such case the
! transit shall be resumed with all pos
sible dispatch.
3 The provisions of this article
shall apply to waters adjacent to the
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