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r,erylew wish Senator Lodge. th" hcmD"t
Of the Committee on Foreign R"lnuohs WIZ
bad charge ~ the Hay -Paunccfote treaty
during It's consideration Ia tho Senate NJ 'he
n,...n, ss..ion. was obtained to-day
senator Lodge said'
~Tb. s.nat. am e ndn snes Are vsry fmpor-
TINT but thsy are also very simple, although
thar. s.sfns TO BE- some misund erstandins
in revard 20 thsrn owing TO the fact thae all
,hsdeba,ss upon the treaty took place behind
oIosed doors Now that the amendments
and vote. have been made public by order
of the Senate, II may not be arniss 70 explain
them briefly.
-I~~ me say. nrvt. shss the amsndmenss
vers not dictated by hostility toward Eng
land. and sull less were they In any oesrec
q reflection upon the Secretary OF state.
whose patriotism. purity Of purpose knowi-
edge, accomplishments and high aehisVe-
ment In dealing with our foreign reiauohs'
especially In China. are fully and oordiaiiy
reooynized By mon Of all parties and all shades
Of opinion In the senate. Tho amendments
were made by the senate solely because. IN
II, opinion, they were necessary for the inter-
sst OF the United STATES for tho avoidance
Of any question a. to the control OF tho canal.
md conseausntly, for tho sake OF peaceiu
and harmonious relations with tho rest OF the
world on that subject In the future. The
votes bv which they were adopted snow thi'.
The second or Davis. amendment was pss-eu
by a vote Of G5 to II. and the other two were
adopted without division
"'rhe frs, amendment Is a simple declafa-
ton that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty ceases
To exist and is superseded by the iay-Pauhce-
fo,s treaty The OBJ ect OF the latter was
to remove the former M an obstacIe 10 INC
construction Of the isthman canal some
good Judges thought that the Hay y-fauh'e-
fote treaty did this completely as II stood
Other. believed that certain portions OF the
CLAYTON Bulwer treaty stiI remained IN
force To allow this doubt 10 continue would
have been a grave mistake. The American
r.on,e dcslred 10 he rid Of the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty finally and beyond question
THIS is a reasonable and proper wish and
10 fulfil II ia the purpose Of tho nrst amend
nent
Under Article II Of the Hay-Paunce'o'e
treaty. a. IL stood. We were clearly bound
N engaged In war. to permit hostile heet'
II Il succeeded In getting inside the three
mile zone, to pass unmolested through the
canal This may or may not be practical
question and IL is OF no consequence whether
II is or not: II was a solemn promise TO per-
nit hostile feet 70 use the canal lhat
promise we either intended to Keep or else
We made IT, knowing that under the stress
of war we should break it II We meant TO
keep II then IL was promise no nation ought
10 make II we knew that We should not Keep
II In time OF war then IL was only honest ana
fair 20 relieve ourselves OF the Obligation In
,he treaty itself Thi. was the purpose of
tho second or Davis amendment. which en-
tirely dlsposes or any such promise and which
~ lp r,ripnirlp y
actlv in words Article X, Of the Suez con-
vention. which reserved similar rights To
Turkey. whose interest In the Sue1 Canal
IA trivial compared to ours In that proposed
In Nicaragua
The third amendment strikes out Article
Ill by which we engaged TO invite other
nations 90 adhere TO tho treaty and thereby
become parties TO II. Had thero been no
CLAYTON -Bulwer treaty we should have ne
potiated with no one except Costa Eica
and Nicaragua as to building the canal.
With England. owing TO the Clayton BIlwer
treaty. we were obliged TO treat. but as we
expect Europe 20 keep out OF this hemisphere
IL seemed 70 the Senate unwise. however
excellent and liberal the intention TO invite
European nations 70 share In an American
treaty and thus give them the right 10 meddle
in American affairs Mt any point,
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ments which In no way deroGate from 'he
intention of the United states that this oahaI
shall be a neutral highway Tor the worlds
commerce
DO you think Engnnd VIII accept or re-
!ect these Senate amendments:
Senator Lodge That is question have
becn asked many times, and upon which ]
don't think II would be right OF proper FOR
me 10 express an opinion. ou' u'hK
can WIN proprieN say woro a. 70 our view
Of the amendments ~ wen recognized
IN internauohhI Ia" ,nst "hen we cohdl-
tlons unoer "hlch treaty mas peeh mao"
nave radchIF 'hHnseo ana he" cohn''lonS
ana new deh'ahd7 nave ariNen' 'hls thct IS
an ample GROUND LOT seeking an hprosatloh
or modlh'a''nh "' we ofIRlhal instrument
Inc american peopie desne 10 bu'In' ana
mean 10 bulId ana CONTROL the i'thmian
canal. lhey recognize hat the clayton
Buiwer treaty, maze UitN years ago under
condltlohs no longer existent stahds IN inc
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