The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26
BRITAIN answers MOI.
RATIFICATION OF AMENDED HAY
PAUNCEFOTE TREATY IS FOR
MALLY REFUSED
Co-tinued from First Pa~e.


lowed to stand side by side in the con-
ventlon. To his majesty's government
It seems. as / have already said, that
the amendment might be construed as
leaVlng 1t open to the United States at
any moment, not only If war existed,
but even If it were anticipated, to take
any measures, however stringent or far
reaching, which, in their own Judgment
might be represented as suitable for the
purpose of protecting their national In
tereSts Such an enactment would strike
at the very root of that general princi-
pie of naturalization upon which the
Clayton BulWer treaty was based and
winch was reaffirmed in the convention
as drafted"
The third senate amendment struck the
provision inviting the adherence of 9TH
ers. AS to this. Lord Lansdowne says:
the amendment not only removes all
prospect of the wider guarantee of the
| neutrality of the canal, but places this
country in a position of marked disad-
vantage compared with other powers
which would not be subjected to the self
denying ordinance which Great Britain
| IS desired to accept. 1t would follow if
ms maJesty's government was to agree
to such an arrangement. that the United
/ States would have a treaty right to in
terfere with the canal in time of war.
or apprehended war and while other
powers could, with q clean conscience,
disregard any of the restrictions i'm
posed by the convention, Great Britain
alone, in spite of her enormous possess
SionS on the American continent in spite
or the extent of her Australasian colo
Mes would be absolutely precluded from
resorting to any such action, or from
taking measures to secure her interests
IL aid near the canal"
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
Having thus expressed his objections
to each of the three senate amendments,
Lord Lansdowne concludes as follows:
Il request that your excellency will
explain to the secretary of state the rea-
| sons, as set forth in this dispatch, why
his maJesty'S government feels unable
to accept the convention in the shape
bassador, and why they prefer, mat
ters stand at present to retain unmodi-
fled the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty His majesty's government has,
throughout the negotiations, given evil
dence of its earnest desire to meet the
views of the United States 1t would
on this occasion have been ready to con-
slider in friendly spirit any amendments
of the convention not inconsistent with
the principles accepted by both govern
ments which the government of the
United States might have desired to pro-
pose. and it would sincerely regret a
failure to come to an am1cable under
standing in regard to this important sub
ject.2
NORTHRoP's CHANCES IMPROVED.
The president has appointed ex-Repre-
sentative w. A. Rodenburg, of Illinois, a.
member of the civil service committee to
1. Allen, of Auburn, N. Y, commissioner
of patents, to succeed Commissioner Duell
resigned.
The selection of Mr.. Rodenburg re-
moves one of the factors which has de-
layed the appointment Of the St. Louis
exposition commission. Mr.. Rodenburg's
friends pressed him persistently for one
Of these places. 1t is generally believed
that Mr.. Rodenburg's candidacy cIashed
directly with that Of Prof. Northrop, of
Minnesota The announcement of the
commission is now expected within a few
days.
NAMED BY M'KINLEY.
The following presidential appointments
were announced today.
State-George e. Baldwin, of Ohio. to
be consul Of the. United States at, Nu-
rembourg. Bavaria, Henry B. Miller, Of
oregon, to be consul of the United States
| at Niuchwang. China.
IreaSury-Henry l.. Hertz, to be col
l lector of internal revenue for TIE First
| district Of Illinois.
War-Thirtieth Regiment of infantry.
Y. s. ", Frederick j. BarrowS, to be
captain. To be first lieutenants, Francis
| Charles U. Bear. To be second lieuten-
ants, Ernest L. Hamilton, William H.
Wilder. Thirty -eigth Regiment of in
| fantry, U; s.. ", John E. Morris to be
| lieutenant; Alexander c. Davis, to be
second lieutenant; John, w. Hunter, to
| be second lieutenant. Forty-eighth Regi-
ment of infantry, U. S. ", Jerry M.
| White, to be captain; Wilson Ballard, to
| be first lieutenant. To be assistant sur
| geons of volunteers with rank OF cap
| tain, George L. Hicks Jr., Erest K. John.
| stone and Julius A. Escobar. Militia of
| the District of Columbia, Garfield Ar
| thur Street, to be second lieutenant, Com
pany B, Fourth battalion; Harry Elliott
Burton, to be second lieutenant, Com
! pany G, Fifth battalion; Ferdinand Kim
| nell to be second lieutenant, Company
| c., Sixth battalion.
Navy-To be captain. Samuel w. Very.
| Io be commanders, Dennis H Mahan.
Warner B. Bayley and James H. Perry.
To be lieutenant commander Albert n.
| Wood. To be lieutenants, William K
| Gulse, Orion j. Jackson, Thomas S. VIII
son, Davis Van H. Allen and Edward S.
| Kellogg. To be pay inspector, with the
| rank of commander, John N. speel. TO
be paymaster, with the rank of lieuten
| ant. George G. Seibels. To be a passed
assistant paymaster, with the rank of a
| lieutenant, junior grade, George c. Shaft
| er and Frederick G. Perkins To be a
/ boatsWain, John f. Dunn.