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Treaty, and the Other strikes Out Art.
ei~ H.. which Invites Other pswsrs -
adhere to n"-The Amendments
Agreed To After u Conference of Rspsb.
iican Leaders sad Coassitstien With
the President Secretary Hay May Ne.
| sign ~ the Treaty ss Amended u Rsts.
ned Debate In Executive session.
| WAsN1NoToN. Dec IL At n meeting OF the
| Foreign Relations Committee this morning,
! Following conference of Republican leaders
| OF the Senate. the details Of the programme
| of procedure with regard 10 the pending Hay
! PaunCefote canal treaty were formally
agreed upon and later presented TO the Scl,-
ate. As stated In dispatches u rHR SrN last
| night. this programme provides tor adding
| to the treaty two amendments IN addition
! to that known a. the Davis amendment,
| adopted by the senate yC-t '-div The frat
| amendment Is a -pechc declaration To he
made In Article II. that the pending treaty
| "srIpersrdes" the Clayton -Buwcr conven-
! ton. As drawn by senator Foraker. its
| author. the word terminates" was used in
| stead Of "supersedrs. which the committee
! thought II more advisable to use. The other
amendment agreed upon was also presented
10 the Senate by senator Foraker. II pro
| vidc1 for eliminating from the treaty Article
| H.. which reads as follows.
, The high contracting parties will. inn
| mediately upon the exchange OF the rati-
| fcations Of this convention. bring II to tho
| notice of the other powers and invite them
| to adhere TO It."
| The advocates OF the treaty are now NJ
| confident that 1t will be ratified after these
amendments are adopted as they were last
week that II would he ratified without any
oh kat IL a sI,. ...I
sion OF the Davis amendment Before the
conference and the committee mec, ngs were
held Senators Aldrich. Foraker. Lodge and
! others consulted President Mckinley and re-
| ceived the assurance that If the treaty should
be amended and ratified. lie would submit
| It again to the British Government for its
approval The Senators told tho President
| that there was no doubt whatever that the
| two amendments would be acceptable to
the Senate. and when they were reported
later in the day by Senator Lodge he ex-
pressed the belief that 1t would not be neces-
| sary even TO take roll call upon them
protracted executive session followed
the reporting Of the amendments. and before
its close Mr.. Lodge endeavored to have IN
agreement made to vote on the treaty and
the mendments next Thursday. He did not
| succeed In this. however, as several Senators
were unwilling to bind themselves to a vote
until they could fully consider the question
| as affected by to-days developments. The
matter was. therefore. left open. and the
! Senate will meet tomorrow. when another
| executive session will be held
| Both houses Of Congress have already
voted to adjourn from Friday. the 2ist. until
| jan 8. and there Is reason TO believe that
| at to-morrow's session. or certainly on Mon
| day. Senator Lodge VIII be able to have
next Thursday agreed upon as the day for
| taking the final vote. The indications are
| that there will be no determined opposition
| to this. and TINT the whole question will be
| disposed OF before the adjournment for
| the holiday recess
There appears 70 be no doubt that the
amendments reported by the Foreign Rea-
tions Committee will be adopted. and there
Is only one other pending amendment which
is likely to cause discussion or which stands
a chance Of being adopted. This Is the prop
osition OF Senator Tillman to insert the Davis
amendmeant at the end of section 7 Of Article
H.. instead OF at the end Of section OF that
article so that the declaration In that amend
ment, that none OF the foregoing conditions
and stipuations shall apply TO measures
which the United States may find II necessary
to take for securing by it's own forces the de-
fences OF the United States. and the main
tenance Of public order" shall apply to all tho
provisions of the treaty.
ria, nra n cort,In nurrbe- of so,,,o,s
who ,,tI, ,co,,,,ro ,ba O,h, "a roioct the t,cotv
ha,,,,.in,, :, ., ~. 40 b,J thot NJ, o,,e,dror,s
cor, r,n,o I, n good c,nvcotion for tho nitci
states 10 adopt. Tho Senators who have
od,ooo,.d no r,,iGc ,,i,, -, tho t,.,.v "a
/, cau,e 10 the senate think that the A .Jninis-
,r,,io, ,yin chacrfu,,, ac,.,, ,ha si,usti,,
.rbI. ia ,r,hablv ,ruc Win rey,rd 10 ,h,
President. but IA far as Secretary Hay l.
,a,oa,,,d 4, is no, n,ort,io ,b,, Ia viu ho
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,rha,a hor, han, man, ,,,ors ,o-d,,
or,,r,i,, tho eoec, n, ~. Executive gover,-
nam, =, thc SAINT. ac,inr an tho pnvi.
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or,hor,ts t,ve,, denied J.was r.por,ed ais,
,h.,. ,h. ro,..r,r,o,, would reruse Ia submit
.hs sa,o,i,, ,ro,,, "a C,rsa, I,r,,,, /, ro,,ned
w.. ,ha sonato 1bsc,v,,pment bos already
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