The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-12-27
SENATE RAIIFIES TREATY.
Vote Was Fifty-five to Eighteen,
Six More Than the Requisite
TwO.ThirdS.

A Washington special says: The
Hay-Pauncefote treaty as amended un-
der the direction of the committee on
foreign affairs was ratified by the SEN
ate Thursday afternoon by vote OF
fifty-fve to eighteen, which is six
more than the requisite two-thirds OF
those voting.
The text of the treaty as amended
states its object as '':o facilitate the
construction 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
Apri. 19, 1850, commonly called the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, to the COB
struction 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 conve n
tion." Its provisions follow;
The treaty. in its amended shape,
will be forwarded through the regular
channels to the British government
for its approval.
The most interesting vote was that
upon the Butler amendment to strike
out the forti6cations clause, and on
this twenty-nine senators voted in tho
affirmative and forty-fve in the mega
tive. This vote of twenty-nine was
the highest vote polled by those who
sought to further amend the treaty.
"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 corporations or
through subscription to or purchase
of stock or shares, and that, subject to
the provisions of the present conven-
ton, the said government shall have
and enjoy all the rights incident to
such construction as we'll as the exclu-
sive right of providing for the regula-
ton and management of the canal.
"Art. 2. The high contracting par
ties desiring to preserve and maintain
the general principle of neutraliza-
ton established in article 8 of the
Clayton-Bulwer convention, which
convention is hereby superseded,
adopt, as the basis of such neutraliza-
tion, the following rules, substantially
as embodied in the convention between
Great Britain and certain other pow
ers, signed at Constantinople October
20, 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
vessels of commerce and of war to all
nations, on terms of entire equality,
so that there shall be no discrimina-
ton against any nation or it's citizens
or subjects in respect of the conditions
or charges of traffic or otherwise.
"'2. The canal shall never be block
AIDED, nor shall any right of war be ex-
ercised nor any act of hostility be COM
mitted within it.
s's3. Vessels of war of a belliger-
ent shall not revictual nor take any
stores in the canal except so far as
may be strictly necessary, and the
transit of such vessels through the ca
nal shall be effected with the least pos
sible delay, in accordance with the
regulations in force and with only
such intermission as may result from
the necessities Of the service. "
RULES 4. 5, 6 and Z relate to matters
of minor Importance.
cart. g. The present convention
shall be ratified by the president of
the United States, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the senate thereof,
and by her Britannia majesty; and the
ratification shall be exchanged at
Washington or at London within six
months from the date thereof, or
earlier possible. JOHN Hay.
"PAUNcEFoTE.