Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-14
THE DAVIS AMENDMENT.
Editor of Times-Herald Makes Known
 Just What It Means

Chicago. Dec 14--In regard to the meaning and justification of the so- called Davis amendment to the Hay Pauncefote treaty. II. II. Kohlsaat editor of lhe Times-Herald, to-day makes public Il private letter he re ceiyeii from the late Senator (. K. Davis. The letter bears date. ''toln- mittee of Foreign Relations. United States Senate. Washington. D. C.. March r, 190O," and is in part as fol lows:
 'The amendment has this especial advantage, that il was I,hraSCd as near iy as possible in the language of the tenth article of the treaty of Constan- tInopie. Therefore this amendment. so ahjuStGH to the treaty of tonStanti- nGplc, puts the British government i'll the position where it must either ac- ccpt the principle of the treaty of Con Stautinoplrl which Great Britain her self proposed. or tiAtly say that the lines of that treaty which are of ad vantage 10 Great Britain shall stand in our treaty. and that the lines of that treaty which are 10 our AuNHn tage and may bn Instantaneous to Great Britain shall he Ohliteratrd from our treaty. Ii the committee had framed their amendment on different lines. CT in different terms, Great Brit ain could have said that We had de parted from the treaty of CunStanIi- noplc and Introduced new principles She. would net have been correct in saying SO. but she would have said it. My own object Was 1o hold her as closely as possible to her own pr@cc- dent"
 The letter concludes as follows:
 "Thr poSstSSiuns of the United States, as to TcXns are less di>,tant.nnh as to California. not much further dis tant from the ports of access of the Nicaragua canal than are the posses SiOnS of Turkey at the lower pnu of the Red Sea. from the port of ogrCSS from the Sucz canal. Tine idea that the two situations are not identical in principle. S6 far as tine necessity of defense iS concerned is simply prppUStrrouS.
 Article 1G of the treaty of tonStln- tinOple binds the parties tu ask other states which have not signed il to ;ir ccdp to it. This the United States could not do. because to do so would he q violation of it's policy as |" Euro pran complications. steadily adhered to since Washingt0n'S farewell ad dress. Article $. and possibly som" other articles in the treaty of ConStan tinoplc binds the signatory powers to watch over the execution of the treaty. To do this would bring the United States within the concert of Europe as an active participating and possibly belligercnt power That which We cannot do as 10 Europe the Hay Paunccfotn treaty invites the European uuWerS to do as 10 lhr western hem iSphere. introducing them as parties i'll control under certain contingencies and all in violation of the Monroe doe trine.'
 Washington. Dec '1I.-Thc senate committGe on foreign relations to-day held q special meeting and decided to recommend further amendments to the Ilay-pauncefOtG treaty. The commit tee adopted an amendment suggested by Senator FOrakur. which declares that the IIayrauncefotC trcatey SUI perScded the ClaytOn- BUlwer treaty. and also StilleS out the llaE-pauncr- fote agreement. article three. which permits the submission of the Hay rauncpfutc treaty to other powers ana