The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-03
CONCESSIONS ARE MADE
Principal Demands of United
 States Acceded To.
Some Real or Fancied Advantage to Great Britain Has Been Grant,
 el-First Official State

London, Nov. 1.-The first official state ment of any kind made for month in relation to the Nicaraguan Canal has been obtained by the Associated Press. It confirms the fact that Lord Paunce- fote, the British Ambassador to the United States, when he lands in New York today, will have with him the dratt of a new treaty, abrogating the Clayton- Bulwer treaty, which Is in every particu- lar satisfactory to Lord Salisbury's cabi- net. Since a representative or the Asso- ciated Press interviewed Lord Paunce- tote. net one word officially authorized has been given out here with reference to the canal. The editorials which have apps ar sl in England have been based en- tirely upon dispatches from the United States. This l. eXpl ,ined by the rather astoni hing announcement that all nego- tiations up to the present day nave been entirely unofficial from strictly diplo- matic point of view. and that on pour parlers" only depend the hopes generally shared fo- a successful bringing over or the diplomatic difficulty. These pour parlers," however, have been particularly searching.
 The State Department does not require to see a copy of the important document Lord Pauncefote carries in order to learn it's terms, though official negotiations will only commence when the Ambassa- dor reaches Washington. Until that time the exact conditions of the new conven- ton are withheld.
 Though 1t is admitted that Great Brit ain has agreed to put the Clayton-B Bulwer treaty to one side and to acquiesce in the construction of the canal by and under the control of the United States. this concession from Lord Lansdowne and the original contention has not been granted without some real or fancicd ad- vantage to Great Britain. It would not be fair to say that quid pro quo con stitutad the main feature of the pro- tracted ''pourparIers," but that 1t will tIiFfctly or ipdircc'ly result is firmly es- tabIi hed In the. minds of the cabinet,
 One of the most responsible officials connected with these and the earlier me- gotlations said: We never really ob- jected to the construction of the canal, but we did and do object to a cavalier abrogation of the Clayton-B Bulwer treaty. It was In that spirit that Lord Lans- downc couched his reply to the United States Senate's rejection of the last Hay Pancefote treaty. It was not what you wanted to do, but the nasty way yon said 1t, that was the chief reason for our opposition Since then we have been ap- preached in a re etioEal, polite manner, and we have again endeavored to substi- tute for the Clayton Bulwer treaty, treaty that will enable America to carry out design, which in a broad sense, will doubtless benefit the whole world"
 The modification of the foreign office has doubtless done more than anything to secure the assent of the British Gov ernment to a new treaty. But in almost the same breath must be mentioned the State Department willingness to agree to a reciprocal arrangement regarding the British West Indies and other Brit ish posses ions. This, while in the line of views latterly attributed by special cable dispatches to President Mckinley and President Roosevelt. was so at vari- ance with the American attitude that they now regard it in light of quid pro quo. for which they believed to be a concession over the Nicaraguan proposal The allegation contained in some of the British papers that Lord Lansdowne has tameIv given up inherent rights without any return is strenuously denied In the foregoing papers What is perhaps more interesting even than the reasons prompt ing Great Britain to send over Lord Pauncefote with his draft of treaty is the fact that inner circles of the cabinet are not nearly so sure of acceptance Of the convention as are some leading pa- pers on both sides of the water. When the fulI terms are announced 1t is feared that some members of the Senate may stiu find objections and that the fore casts so far uublis he'd, alleging too sweep ing q ..concession" on the part of Great Britain, may have deleterious action. For instance. the deduction that the pro- posed treaty in any way reaf- firms or extends the scope or the Monroe doctrine, meets with a de- niaI from the foreign office. For these and other reasons Lord Paunce- fote ie not likely to affix his signature to the document until a majority of the
 Senate shall have had full opportunity
 for studying Great Britain's proposals.
 In the meanwhile. there exists here species of indifference and feeling that'
 after all, the new treaty may be pigeon hold on account of some uheApecttu oeAa-
 torial obiection. though this development would create the keenest disappointment in snite of its present stoical anticipation. urroro o dinloniatic source there has lately arnanated a private rumor that the Suez
 Canal Company is using financial and
 other irAuenr, to prevent an agreement
 heinz reached in regard to the Nicara-
 euan canal. It has been further re-
 ported that this powerful corporation has
 joined hands with several American hl-
 terests alleged to be opposed to the con
 Gt
 Associatod Press learns, however, that
 investigations carried on here and else
 where in which Washington is not an
 entirely disinterested party reveal that
 tbero is no evidence of such machinations bv the suez Canal Company, though the
 head of one of tho British State Depart noents admitted that the Nicaraguan canal would probably rob the ta snez canal ana,
 1n,.aah 9l ali Goyerpmrnt ~ is the largest stock
 boider in the suez canal but it does not appear that financial interests ever enter
 "d into the discussion If the Nicaraguan
 oarai tbe considerations involved therein
 being regarded p3ra%ount p9,iGsnG. ,ro,, to any any
 s"eZ sussiV- Canal Company as to be unworthy
 of 7Tsn heing ,'' coupled with the subject. The
 actual 5usiness of the Suez Canal Com
 aaru"i neuv is all transacted in Paris, where the
 p..a,.'. paly is General If the company said
 to representa'iye of the he AssoGiatsd AsS Niss
 rag9a projects d. not exist. We pay
 absolutely Ts M no attention to them. We have a1e''r never exercised any influence to