The sun., 1900-12-14
BRITISH VIEWS or THE TREATY.
General Opinion That the Amendment Can.
not he Accepted by England.
Special Cdoie D,,pafeh 10 THE ST,


| LONDON, Dec Is The Morning PAST
| commenting on the adoption by the United
| states senate Of the Davis amendment to
/ the ll1v-pnunCefote canal treaty, SAYS
| that any upen-mnded observer Of the re-
| cent American action IN the light Of the
| Presidential election must be convinced
! that the policy Of the United States is no
| longer consistent with the terms or spirit
| OF the Clayton-B Bulver troaty, which the nom
| ratification Of the Hay-Paunc'fote treaty
/ will leave still IN force. The United states
aims at that cont'ol Il the canal which was
renounced by treaty and the result Of the
| Davis amendment would probably be TO give
| IL to her
What. then, should be Great Rritains
| course now that, as II seems. the people Of the
United States repent III" treaty OF 1880 and
! have inauguratcd a new policy? 1fthe United
States Government declares that tho treat
| no longer accords with irs policy there Is no
means known to international law for uy-
holding the treaty Tho only known method
of Inducing n state to accept an Obligation
of which IL Is tired Is compus.ou That
method is out OF tho question and will hardly
be proi osed If the United States should
determln" TO seek military control of the
canal and il Nicaragua should consent
II will then be open to Great Britain alone
or I'm conjunction with other maritime states
to consider whether anOt her canal not under
the control of the United States may not be
worth making In this matter the interests
Of Great Britain are Identical with those
Of all other maritime powers OF the world
except the United States
The Graphic says The abortion Of the
Davis amendment was foreseen. and there
fore wo have little doubt that the statesmen
y 'nS
prepared to fnd an amicable way out Of the
difficulty created by the unreasouablcnc.-
Of the American jingoes. The Amendment
cannot. of course. be accepted by this couutry.
With the disappearance OF the Hav- Paunce-
fote treaty the United states would be- con-
frontcd bv the far more onerous conditions
Of the Clavton-Bulwer treaty, while the ue,l-
traitv Of the canal. which we chiefly desire
to safeguard, would be more securely pro-
teoted than ever
We do not quite see how the ,ingoes will
get rid Of the Clayton Buwer treaty. for
II II l. torn UP II can only be on condition
that the territorial situation which 1t changed
be restored. In that case the Mosquito
Coast and its dependencies will again become
British"
The STANDARD saws. The result Of the di-
vision in the Senate was foreseen. but /, IL
none the less unfortunate. We are convinced
that the senators were onlv animated BY the
most patriotic motives. but. a. fact their
action 10 only likely to serve the interests
Of the shareholders In RAILWAYS whose prop
ertv would be deprecated In value by the
opening Of a canal.
The Senate has run counter TO the views
Of both Governments Great Britain has no
desire to obstruct the enterprise. but rs the
canal Is an object OF much deeper interest
for America than for Us II I. Mr. Mckinley.
Executive. who has really received a rebuff.
II will be for Mr.. Mckinley and Mr. Hay To
find. II they can. a mode OF removing the
impediment
Discussing the proposal t. abrosate tho
Clayton-Buwer treaty. the STANDARD saws:
The suggestion will certainly be an
preached nv us with every desire to assist
the United states 10 carry out the protect,
which would toe highly beneficial to their
own commerce. but II cannot bee supposed
that We shall abandon all the rights secured
to VA by the convention, which We have up-
held for half century without solid con
.idcratiou IN r"tur'l
That the Hay Pauncefote Treaty should
be accepted by " as now amended j. out of
tho question W. hat con" a long U..,.
in the direction OF concession when W. aLro-
gated our joint ,luim t. N" construction and
maintenance Of a canal in favor of IN" | ui',d
states II the Americans are not satisfied
thai We are cory We have been ural.l. To-
meet their wishes aud must 'ali back ulou
the right which belong 10 ~ under inter
national law
The Clavtou-BulWer treaty now remains
IN opcrairr unchanged in validity il
would he insulting to the people and Govern
rrut Of the United States TO a ume TINT
they ould GcununCe II without oNo-Iur
an equivalent or would contemplate tLe
gro ~ ilegaty OF disregrdi ingit
The chronicle regards the passage Of tho
amendment a. very s"rious. ~ ending far
b"vund the actual question of the canal and
reaching international relations The i'm
goes and anti-fugllsh senators have tri-
nlnphrd," says the IhrOnicl', and w. nra
har; again TO-DAY to where wcrn ~ no
tame of the Nenezu'ln quarrel and tl"vol1nd's
n-pl"nt speech.
The better feeling which became maui-
fest dur ring the Spanlsd war has been shaken
hv the American pro-Boer symrath,"- aud
II is now swamped by self interest We
cannot possibly allow the Clayton -BGlwcr
Treaty 10 be thus imyeriously set aside,
and this Is the ouscome OF President MCkin.
ley's reelection. Worse could hardly have
happened II Mr.. Bryan had been returned"