The age-herald., 1900-12-18
TEXT OF THE TREATY.
The Important Document Which the
 Senate is Now Considering.

senate IS NOW OOnSiuSTiHys
 The text of the ay-Pauncefote treaty, which the Senate has under present con- sideration, Is as follows:
 The United States of America and her majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, being desirous to facilitate the con- struction 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 April 19, 1S5O 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 principle" of naturalization es- tablished in article 8 of that convention, have for that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
 The President of the United States, John Hay, Secretary of State of the United States of America,
 And her majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India: The Rt. Hon. Lord Pauncefote, G. c. B., G. c. M, G., her majesty's ambassador extraordi- nary and plenlpotentiary to the United States;
 Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following articles:
 Article 1. It 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 corpo- rations, or through subscription to or pur- chase of stock or shares, and that, sub ject to the provisions of the present con- vention the said government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as we'll as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
 Article II. The high contracting parties, desiring to preserve and maintain the general principle" of naturalization es- tablished in article of the Clayten-Bul- wer convention, adopt, as the basis of such naturalization, the following rules sub stantially as embodied in the convention between Great Britain and certain other powers, signed at Constantinople, October 29, 1888, for the free navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal, that is to say:
 1. The canal shall be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to the ves- sels of commerce and of war of all nations, on terms of entire equality, so that ,nere shall be no discrimination against any nation or it's citizens or subjects in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
 9 The canal shall never be blockaded nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it
 g. Vessels of war of belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly nec- essary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay in accordance with the regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the neces- sities of the service.
 Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents.
 f. No belligerent shall embark Ctr disem- bark troops, munitions of war, or Warlike materials in the canal except in case of ac- cidental hndrance of the transit and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch.
 5. The provisions of this article shall ap- ply to waters adjacent to the canal within three marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of belligerent shall not remain in such waters longer than twenty four hours at any one time except in case of distress and in such case shall depart as soon as possible; but a vessel of war of one bel ligerent shall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent.
 6. The plant, establishments buildings and all works necessary to the construction maintenance and operation of the canal shall be deemed to be part thereof for the purposes of this convention, and in time of was as in time of peace shall enjoy com plete immunity from attack or injury by belligerents and from acts calculated to impair their usefulness as part of the canal Mo- '. No fortification shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters ad- jacent. The United States, however shall be at liberty to maintain such military po- lice along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disor- der. Article III. The high contracting parties will. immediately upon the exchange of the notifications of this convention, bring 1t to the notice of the other powers and invite them to adhere to 1t.
 Article ". The present convention shaII be ratified by the President of the United States by and with the advice of the Sem ate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty. and the notifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London within six months of the date hereof, or earlier if pos sible.
 In faith whereof the respective plenipo- tentiaries have signed this convention and thereunto affixed their seals. Done in duplicate at Washington the fifth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred JOHN HAY, PAUNCEFOTE. The Davis amendment. adopted by the Senate, to be inserted at the end of section 5, article II, is as follows: It is agreed. however. that none of the
 immediately foregoing conditions and stp- ulations in sections numbered 1, ?. 3, and | of this article shall apply to measures | which the United States may find it neces- sary to take for securing by it's own forces the defense of the United States and the | maintenance of public order. Cave-in Accident. Bridgeport, Conn.,, December 17.-As a