Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-21
RE:ATY RATIFIED.
Senate Stood 55 to is on Hay
 Pauncefote Instrument.
TEXT OF AGREEMENT AMENDED
Two Weeks Discussion Ended in q Brief and Not Exciting Session Senatorial Case.

Brief and Not Exciting Session
 Spirited Debate on the Montana
 Senatorial Case. London. Dec 21.-Nearly all the morning papers have editorials on the action of the United States senate in connection with the HayPaunce- fote canal treaty. They express re- gret. rather than surprise, at the sup erceSsion of the Clayton -BulWer treaty and unanimously declare that it will De impossible for Great Britain to ac- cept the amended treaty. The senate has struck a serious blow. says the Daily News. '.at the funda mental prin ciples Of good faith among nations, at its own reputation and at the very constitution of the great republic"
 Washington Dec 21-AfieI' spending the greater part of the past fortnight in considering the Hay-Pauncefote treaty for the modification of the Clay tou-Bulwer convention Of 1850 the sen ale yesterday consumed only one hour and ten minutes i'll amending it anu ratifyfng it as amended. During this time there were six roll calls and Sev- eral viva VOce votes. The first live of the roll calls were on amendments offered by individual senators. and the last one on the resolution to ratity the treaty as amended. All the amend ments except those offered by Senator Foraker and reported by the commit ice on foreign relations were voted down by majoriticS aVer2 2ging about ninetet Il. The ratification resolution was adopted by a vote of JJ to IS.
 The senate was in executive session for about an hour before the time for voting arrived listening to speeches by Senators ThurSton, Gallinger, NOlcOtt and Bard. explanatory of their atti- tude.
 Senator Lodge. who as a member of the committee on foreign relations, has piloted the treaty through the sen- ate since the dc ath of Chairman Davis, last no time in demanding that the voting begin when 5 o'clock arrived. The foreign relations committee amendments were read first. Sen ator Lodge himself suggested q verbal amendment to the first of these. add ing the word ''convention'' after the word which so as to make the amendment read, which convention is hereby superseded" He explained that suggestions had been made that without the addition of that word the amendment might be construed as ap- plying only to article eight of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty, whereas, he said. it was intended to apply to the entire treaty.
 The amendment was accepted, and the committee amendments then were both accepted without division
 The text of the treaty as amended is as follows:
 'Ihe United States of America and her majesty the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land and empress of India. being de- sirous to facilitate the construction of d 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. 1850. commonly called the Clayton -Bulwer treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the gov ernment of the United States without impairing the general principle of naturalization established in article eight of that convention. have for that purpose appointed as their plenipoten- tiarieS 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 and empress of India. the Right Hon Lord Pauncefote, G. c. B., G. C. M. G., her ma jeSty'S ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States. who. having con- municated to each other their full powers. which were found to be in due and proper form. have agreed upon the following articles:
 Article l. 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 subscriptions To or purchase of stock on shares. and that subject to the provisions of the present con- vention. the said government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction as well as the ex- elusive right of providing for the regu- lation and management of the canal.
 Article 2. The high contracting parties. desiring to preserve and main- tain the great principle of neutraliza- ton established in article s of the Clayton-Bulwer convention. which convention is hereby superseded, adopt as the basis of such naturalization the following rules substantially as en- bodied in the convention between Great Britain and certain other pow CTS signed at ConStantinople October 29, 1888, for the free navigation of the
 
 "First.-The canal shall be free and open in time of war as in time of peace to vessels of commerce and of war of all nations on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no dis crimination against any nation or its citizens or subjects in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic or oth- erwise.
 s.Second.-The canal shall never be bloekaded. nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it.
 "Third--Fessels of war of bel figerent shall not reyictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary, and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay in accordance with the re9ulat tions in force and with only such sufermissien may result from the necessities of the sarvice. prizes shall be In all respects subject to the same rrles as vessels of warsof the belliger- ents.