The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-25
LORD PAUNCEFOTE ONE
Ambassador Choate the Other. Reaches
London New Years Day.
NO EXCHANGES WITH NICARAGUA YET
Nor With Costa Rica. If They Have Any OBJ
jections to the Amendments They Will
Hardly Make Them Known
at This Stage.
fBy the Associated Press. J

Washington, Dec. 24.-The State De-
partment has decided to send the amend
ments Of the Hay -Pauncefote Treaty TO
the British Government through two
channels, one copy being transmitted to
Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador,
and the other through Ambassador Choat3
at London, who will present it to the For
eign Office. 1t is the understanding that
the State Department will make no repre-
sentations whatever as to the changes
made in the treaty; the Senate amend
ments will be allowed to speak for them
selves, and the action of the Depart
ment in forwarding them to the British
Government will be purely formal AS
the papers leave New York on tomorrow's
mail steamer they should reach London
about New Years day, so that the nego-
iiatons certlinly will lapse over into the
next century at the very earliest.
Ii can be authoritatively stated that
there he's been no exchange whatever.
either in the shape of written notes. or
oral communications between the State
Department and the Governments of Nj
caragua and Costa Rica that has de-
Governments to refuse us the construc-
tion of a canal. in view of the action OF
the United States Senate upon the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty. All that is officially
known of the attitude of the two Gov
ernments mentioned is that their repre-
sentatives here, Senores Corea and Calvo,
thoroughly approved of the Hay -Paunce
fote Treaty as the basis for the canal
f.on eft rl1a aI,o
| made in that convention will affect their
attitude is unknown. The impression pre-
walls that not being called upon to come
TO decision on this point, until the Brit
ish Government shall have passed upon
the Senate amendments, the Govern
| ments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica will
not anticipate that action by any declara-
| tion at this stage.
The British Government has not up to
this time, given the slightest Indication
| as to its purpose on the amended Hay
Pauncefote Treaty, and it is understood
| that the subject will not be taken up by
the British CABINET until the draft of the
amended instrument and the advices of
the British Ambassador a Washington
are received. The general results have
| been briefly summarized in cables to the
London authorities. but in matter of
this magnitude they would not act until
| they were in possession of ali the data
1 by mail
| The Nicaragua Minister, Mr. Corea, was
asked today as to the report that he had
| protested in behalf of Nicaragua against
the amended form of the treaty He said
! he did not ,are to discuss the matter in
it's present stage. But he pointed out the
unliklihood that Nicaragua or Costa
Rica would protest while the matter was
one of domestic policy. Later on if il
assumed the concrete form of a PROPOSE
tion to be submitted to Nicaragua and
| Costa Rica. it would be for them to say
| whether it was acceptable or not, but in
| the meantime, it was hardly likely that
there would be any protest or other ac-
| tion concerning a subject still in its
| creative stages in this country and in
| Great Britain, and not yet before Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica
1t also can be stated, not on Mr. Corca S
authority, bus as a fact, that the Nlcara-
guam Government has not up to this tine
! defined it's attitude OH the amended docu-
ment. Mr.. Corea forwarded it with full
! advices. but as the Senate acted only a
| few days ago. there has not yet been tiple
| for the papers to go before Presid ant
Zelayas Cabinet. And even then as Mr.
| Corea has pointed out, it is doubtful
whether Nicaragua viii assert her posi-
| tion in advan,e of receiving overtures
as to the canal. It appears to be the az
cepted view. however, IL Central Ameri-
can diplomatic quarters that the Senate
ccnfned its consideration to he interests
of the United States and other maritime
powers, and failed to take into much ac-
count the interests of those countries
most vitality concerned by having the
waterway through tbeir territory