The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
RFTF()R 4 NEN TRFITY
SECRETARY HAYS PROPOSALS FOR
A CANAL AGREEMENT HAVE
REACHED LONDON
QUESTION OF FRENCH SHORE
Not Impossible That Some sntisfac-
tory Agreement May Be Reached
Covering the Vexed
Subject.

LONDON, May 1S.-The draft of Sec
rotary Hays proposals for q new Mica
ragua treaty were received from Lord
Pauncefote by the last mail 1t is q
Voluminous document and is being print
ed previous to examination and discus
sion. 1t is described as a redraft of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, with what ap-
pears from a casual perusal to be eXten-
sive annotations. Several weeks are
likely to elapse before the cabinet can
commence its preliminary discussions.
The dispatches relative to the possibil-
ity of the substitution of the Panama
Istnmian route are read with interest in
Downing street.
The Associated Press learns that the
! agents of the Panama company have not
| approached the British government, but
if the United States should think it advis-
able to complete the Panama canal the
decision would be hailed with no little
satisfaction at the foreign Office as being
an easy way out of the present contro-
versy.
However, the British officials are with
out any accurate knowledge of the terms
offered by the Panama people, and they
incline to the belief that financial and
other difficulties will probably prevent
the United States from adopting this So
luton of the affair.
L
Clayton-Bulwer treaty on account of is
| being out of date" said a high official.
chow much more necessary is it to an
! null the French shore agreement which
was made long before the Clayton-Bul
w,er treaty and which has been mill
stone around the neck of New Found
land
THE FRENCH SHORE.
Inquiries reveal the fact that negot:a-
lions to this latter end are progressing.
| though slowly. For the first time in re-
cent negotiations, France is, said to be
exhibiting a genuine desire to have the
J matter settled and though perhaps at
! the expense of concessions in other parts
! of the globe Great Britain will endeavor
| to meet her wishes.
The result of the conferences between
Mr.. Bond, premier of New Foundland,
| and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier Of
| Canada, regarding reciprocity with the
| United States, has not yet been commu-
| nicated to the colonial office, though
! Colonial Secretary Chamberlain sincerely
hopes that the reports of Canada's as
sent to Mr.. Bonds proposition are cor
! rect.
With regard to China when, with the
| exception of the foregoing, is the only
| foreign matter engaging the government
| attention. it is still hoped in Downing
| street that Great Britain and America
will. be able to effect a reduction of the
! indemnity.
| The Associated Press is informed thai
| the German objections continue to form
! the obstacle to this end.
FRICTION WITH GERMANY
The affair of the tug Ewo, which
was fired on at Tien Tsin May by some
| German soldiers guarding a German
| bridge across the Peiho and on which
! the Times dilated so strongly, has moi
) get been reported to the foreign office
| and so far remained a purely local mat.
! ter, no representations having passed be.
! tween London and Berlin In the alb
sence of official information, the pres.
| accounts of the affair certainly do no;
tend to diminish the slight friction which
| exists between Great Britain and Ger
many over the far Eastern policy
i An important development in the forma
ton Of the National Federation of En-
ployers' association and trades unions oc
Cured this week, When labor leaders
| members of the house of commons anc
! employers, mot in London to discuss thu
! details of the organization 1t will b.
remembered that the movement had it
inception through the keenness of AmerI
| can commercial competition. Anon,
those present at the meeting were CIV,
members OF the house Of commons
Charles Bill Conservative, and Hugl
Crawford Smith representatives, OF tn
miners, boiler makers, ship builders, 18th
| ographic and other unions, and severa
large snip-builders and factory owners
| John Locke, the well-known student O
labor problems and founder of the Ma
! tional federation, announced that fort
organized labor bodies had expresse
their willingness to join. 1t was sug