New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
TIE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE STILL DESIR-
Gus OF A TREATY.
-ur yANcHURIAN oUEsTIoN-ACCIDENT IN
UFsTMINSTER-SOUTHA AFRICAN NEWS.
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lronvright. 1901: BY The New-fork Trihuneb
lBT To THE TRIBUNEi
,onaon. April H. / a m.-The Washington re-
,or-s that the State Department intends to re-
sra negotiations for revision of the Clayton
,.,r,er Treaty are not discussed by the London
,rees Nothing is known about the matter at
.,e American Embassy. and there is official
>, ,he Foreign Office who is authorized to dis
ouss the subject. There at least two facts
bich can be stated with confidence: First that
.ha Foreign Office before the HayPauncefote
rreatv was negotiated anxious TO make
concessions which would be accepted by the
ca,ate and that the convention supposed
N embody what the American Government
wanted and what the Senate would sanction;
second. that Lord Lansdowne was supported by
,ba Cabinet without dissent in rejecting every
amendment and that while the convention in
ITS original form had been negotiated in a spirit
of neighborly accommodation and goodwill
there was not the slightest disposition on the
mart of any member of the government to dis
rse the alterations made by the Senate The
Inference which may be drawn from these facts
&c that the Foreign Office will take up the sub
,ect again in a friendly spirit whenever it can
he assured that the leaders of the Senate and the
State Department are in agreement respecting
the form and nature OF the concessions desired
by the United States for the purpose Of facili-
tating construction of the canal.
There is no ground for the belief that the For
eign Offices here and in Berlin have been es
,rauged by differences of Interpretation respect
ing the bearings of the AnglO-German agree
rnent upon the Manchurian convention. If the
Marking Viceroy has received from the British
Government. as reported, an appreciative letter
respecting his opposition to the Manchurian con-
,ciI Oh
expedient to compliment him and not because
there has been any divergence of views with
Germany. An experienced diplomat has told
me that while England and other powers
under obligations TO the patriotic Viceroys for
saving the situation. il is dangerous TO offer
them ostentatious support Foreigners were
popular in China before the Boxer rising; they
are even more obnoxious after the temples have
been looted and when indemnity claims
pressed by garrisons in occupation OF the cap
ital. The Vceroys who have thwarted the in
trieues OF Russia will be embarrassed and dis
credited if they thanked and patronized by
European powers
The wall shaft which mas fallen in one of the
chapels Of Westminster Abbey readily be
replaced. although it was portion of the an
cient structure The accident, while trivial, will
Involve careful inspection Of other shafts which
are subjected 10 undue pressure.
Colonel Harry McCalmont, popular alike
among turfnaen, yachtsrien and members of
Parliament. arrived in London yesterday from
South Africa. where ne has been serving with
the Warwickshre Militia. He will be warmly
welcomed at Newmarket and in many London
clubs
have been beseged three months without
anybodys knowing anything about it is strik-
ing proof Of the utter inadequacy of news ser
vice in South Africa INF