Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-02-15
The HAGUE TREATY.
After Its Ratification the President
Will Name the Board. Y
CANAL TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.


Washington, Feb. 9.-There will be
no exchange of ratiIications of The
Hague treaty and owing to the pc
culiar conditions under which the
convention was prepared all that will
be necessary for the United States to
do to complete its adhesion to the
arbitration convention will be to de-
post at The Hague the final rati-
fication of the United States senate,
signed by the president of the Uni
ted States. The convention itself re-
quires that it shall be ratified as
soon as possible, so it is likely that
the president will sign the treaty
at once and send it to the United
States minister at The Hague for
deposit. 1t is made the business of
The Hague authorities, upon receipt
OF such ratification, to draw up what
is known as a process verbal notifying
each power, party to the treaty, of
the fact OF ratification. That will
complete all the formalities that are
necessary on the part of the United
States at this stage. Within three
months of the ratification of the
treaty, however, it will become the
duty OF the president to name four
persons at the most, of known COM
potency in questions Of international
law and of the highest moral repu-
tatlon, to serve as representatives of
the United States on the permanent
board of arbitration created by the
treaty. These persons are to be APP
pointed for a term of six years, and
may be reappointed.
The Canal Treaty. with Great Britain
Washington, Feb. 9.-Representa-
tive Hepburn, chairman of the house
interstate and foreign commerce com
mittee, which has charge of the Mic
aragua canal appropriation. opposes
the canal treaty with Great Britain
now pending in the senate. 81 think"
he said yesterday, that the negotia-
tons Of this treaty is very unfortll-
nate and that it ought not to be rati-
fed by the senate. do not know
that the pendency Of the treaty will
interfere with action by congress on
the Nicaragua canal bill, but the rati-
fication of the treaty would certainly
impair the value of the canal when
constructed. This treaty reaffrms
tho principles Of the Clayton-3ulwer
treaty; eonceding all the claims and
contentious of Great Britain has by
her own action given us the right at
any time to abrogate the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty. 1t surrenders every
thing TO Great Britain, abandoning
our contention of years that we might
abrogate the treaty at will. More
over it recognizes the right of any
foreign power to interfere and dictate
with reference to our negotiations
with the Independent governments Of
this continent. 1t abandons the Mon
roe doctrine"
Approved by Central America
Washington, Feb. 0.-Oflicial tele-
grams have been received by several
of the Central American representa-
tives in Washington stating that the
Hay-Paunceforte treaty concerning
the Nicaragua canal meets with gen
eral approval throughout Central
America These favorable assuran-
ces come not only from the two coun-
tries most directly concerned, but
also from Guatemala and Honduras,
which to some extent share in the
prospective advantages the canal will
bring to that section Of the country.
So far as Costa Rica is concerned Min
lister Calvo expresses the most hearty
of the new treaty, and the
messages he has received from his
show that this sentiment
is held by the Costa Rican govern
ment. AS the proposed route of the
waterway is by way of the San Juan
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