The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-03-14

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him over until Spring term. He
was turned over to Constable Flem-
ing late Saturday night, and during
the night he escaped. They looked
for him all day Sunday, but failed
to find him.
Miss NJ. E. Chiles returned home
the 7th. She made many friends
while here.
Miss Alice Chaires returned home
from Monticello Saturday.
Mr.. Fred Minis, Of Tallahassee,
was in the village Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. E. Patterson is still i'm
proving.
Mrs. II. D. Thompson is improv-
ing very fast.
Mr.. S. P. Chaires was in the vii
lage Monday on business.
Messrs. J. II. Patterson and E. f.
Scruggs went out Friday afternoon
and bagged twenty snipes in a short
while.
Mr.. J. H. Patterson took his lit
tie daughter to Tallahassee Monday
to the doctor.
Status of the Hay-PauncefOte Treaty.
The British Government has re-
fused to accept the Hdy-Pauncefote
treaty as amended by the Senate.
As the treaty was not in force until
ratified by the Senate it has never
existed as an agreement between the
Governments and the ClaytOn-Bul-
wer treaty stands as the last agree
ment between them as stointerOceanic
canals. This treaty was made in 1850,
and provided for the encouragement
of the building Of a canal through
Nicaragua, or elsewhere, connecting
the two oceans and guaranteeing its
neutrality.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty was
intended to take the place Of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, but was con-
sidered by the Senate as incomplete,
and amendments to it we're proposed
for the purpose Of settling questions
that it left open. One amendment
was a simple declaration that the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty had ceased to
: exist. To this the British Govern
ment objects on the ground that the
| repeal of the treaty is a matter Of
: importance that should not be de-
cided without conference between
the two Governments and careful
consideration by each.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty was
so worded as to bind the United
States if engaged in war, to permit
a hostile fleet to pass through the Ca
nal unmOlested if it once succeeded
in: getting within the three-league
limit. This is a promise that no ma
ton would have kept, and the
change in the treaty so as to strike
out this promise was made in the
interests of truth and fair dealing.
Another amendment strikes out
the clause. in the treaty inviting
other nations to become parties to
it. No treaty limitations bound the
United States to consult any nation
except England as to the construc-
ton of this canal, and there was no
reason why others should have been
invited to become parties.
While Great Britain refused to
accept these amendments about
which she was not consulted, they
being added by the Senate, and not
> while the negotiations were pending
between the representatives of the
two Governments, it is not certain
that she would refuse to accept sub
stantially the same propositions if
submitted to her by the United
States. What she would do under
such conditions is uncertain, though
it is safe to Sc dy that the Senate
amendments only provide such pre-.
cautions as she would take if she
were in the position that the United
States occupies. England herself
holds the same rights as to the Suel
canal that the Senate amendments
propose as to the Nicaragua canal
=. When the Suez canal was. construct
ed Turkey was not bound to permit
hostile feet to pass through it un
molested after it had succeeded il
getting within the three-league linn
it. By purchase of the shares tina
\ were allotted tOthe KhediVe of Egyp
> and by subsequent occupation o
Egypt, England now has the power
originally granted to the Sultan a
ls to the Suez canal, and the UniteC
o. States ask nothing more as to tn
I. Nicaragua canal.