The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03
NICARAGUA CANAL
REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN THE
SUBJECT.
GREAT BRITAIN MAY CONSENT.
uan RETIRING VOLUNTEERS NOT
TO RE-ENLIST.

.ored ont in This COuntry-Others
wan Probably Conclude Their
soryice in Naniln-Nar Depart
ut Expects Some Difficulties in
ruling up New Regiments of Reg
uIars.
washington, Feb 2.-The possibility of
or extrs session of Congress has brought
revival of the Nicaragua canal talk AL
.houyb Senator Morgan has never ac-
L,ovledged that he had given up hope
action upon that bill by this Congress,
9, has been certain that the Republican
leaders of the Senate would not allow the
manure to come up In advance of action
b, the British government upon the Hay
psoncefote treaty. even If there was no
otber legislation before the Senate. And
q has been realized that the death Of the
Queen with the change of the outward
evidences of government. which it would
naturally involve. would. of course. pre-
vent further consideration Of the treaty
for some time.
# however. the new Congress is called
IN extra session it is more than likely
that in one way or the other the way
would be clear for action upon the canal
hill before the close of that extra SEES
sion. The State Department has heard
absolutely nothing from the British gov
eminent relative to the treaty. Mr..
Choate the American ambassador. has
had one talk with Lord Lansdowne, the
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs,
and was TO have had another on the day
after the death of the Queen. OF course.
this C. n -erence was pre- ented. Mr. Choate
has sent to the State Department an ad-
rrirable report of his presentation of the
American case to Lord Lansdowne, and
after reading that report, the P. esideni
and Secretary Hay bOth very much hope
that he Brit sh g vernment will yet see
its way clear to the acceptance of the
amended treaty.
Neither the President nor Secretary
Hay have said they expect the treaty
to be accepted, but the fact is tn be-
lieve the chances are rather in favor OF
acceptance. Mr.. Choate pointed out that
whatever difference of opinion there
might be as to the relative value of the
amended treaty and the original dra {,
the amendm nts do not eliminate from
the treaty the pr ncipal of neutrality
which was the basis of the original draft
and which has been the basis of all for
x
American Congress on this subject.
Mr. Choate has done all he could to
meet Their objectio's t'is rep ct AMI
at the same time has pointed out to Lord
Landsdowne that the fai'ure to accept
the treaty would, in ell probabil't be 20
lowed by more summary ton by Con-
gress. He means that Congress would
promptly pess a rerolution or a bill,
whichever form is best declaring TIE
Clayton Bulwer treaty abrogated and h
has further sought to make It clear that
this woul dbe done by such a decisive ma
iority as would make 1t impossible for
the President to veto such bill or joint
resolution.
The policy OF the war department as
it is outlined by Secretary Root and Gen.
Corb'n does not go further than the mus
Ter out of the first three volunteer rogi-
ments to be brought back to this country
The thre regiments referred to are TO he
mustered out at San Francisco: what VII
be done with the others will Cen. C0rhin
tells me. depend upon the result of the
muster out Of these three.
To Muster Out at SIM Francisco.
1t is not at all proba bic. however. that
any of the regiments will be carried back
10 the place where they were mustered in.
The soldiers themselves would be very
because it would deprive them of a con-
siderable amount OF ready money, upon
which they are counting. They are al
lowed 4 cents a mile for TRANSFORMATION
from the point of muster to the point
Of their enlistment. and there is a con-
siderable profit to them in this cents a
mile allowance.
The muster out must. however, be at
some point in this country, and on this
account there is no chance for the volun-
teers to make a pick up of cents per
mile for each mile between Manila and
their homes. 1t may. however. be neces-
sary for these volunteer resiments to be
held in the service practically up to the
GATE when their term of enlistment ex
pres which is, I understand June so.
The passage of the army bill has been
so long delayed that ii is deemed by
the War Department authorities hardly
possible that very many of the new re-
cruits for the regular army can reach
Manila in time to admit of the volunteer
regiments getting away much before June
81 For this reason and for one other
It is probable that most of the volunteer
regiments will be mustered out at Ma
MIA. Each soldier being given an order
TOT his own transportation back to San
francisco and being paid in cash he
amount of his mileage from San Fran
cisco to the place from where he enlisted.
Neither Secretary Root nor Gen. Corhin
anticipate any such rush for enlistment
IN the regular army as would make it
possible for them TO send new regiments
Forward at very early date.
Ex-VOIunteers for Policemen.
The other reason which will at least
cut figure in the desire of the authori-
ues to lea these men go out of the service
d. Manila is the desire that a good many
VI them will remain in the islands and
WI become members of the municipal
poLce forces of the different towns and
lues' According to the plans now in
"oha' II is the purpose of the American
authorities exercising jurisdiction in the
HAIppnes, to perfect an elaborate scheme
u policing the islands. placing the bur-
zen OF the expense in each instance upon
we iunds of the municipality As the
aa'ailes TO be paid these policemen will
oe considerable in excess of the pay of
plNdtes in the army. 1t is hoped that
practically all of these places will be TAX
"a oy Americans. For such men as de-
uVu 70 remain, the mileage pay they
VII nave received, will form a nucleus
van which to start life In their new
tpHere and 1t is expected that the at
"@S'on OF these police places will be
"snl-leni TO keep a great many Ameri-
10 IN the island. Secretary Root be-
mat such a policing of the islands
'Ht Americans will be very valuable
. 1'e army and to the preservation OF
o,tngI unity throughout the Islands; in