The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-24
HAYS TREATY
DOOMED TO DIE
Great Britain Plans Such a
Fate for It.
COUNTER PROPOSALS
ARE BEING DRAWN
Agreement VIII Lapse Before
They Can Be Considered.

London. Feb. 23.-The draft of the
| cabinets decision on the senate 5.
| amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote
! treaty is in process of being drawn UP
/ in the foreign Office. It is possible the
reply to Secretary Hays note may be
| transmitted through Lord Pauncefote
/ instead of through Mr.. Choate, though
/ Lord Lansdowne has not yet indicated
| which medium he prefers Diplomatic
| precedent rather favOrs making Lord
PauncefOte the bearer of the message
While the exact nature of the British
| counter proposals is still kept secret,
/ 1t is safe to say that if they are con-
sidered at all by The United States,
they will entirely preclude a conclusion
being reached before the date when the
Hay-PauncefOte treaty lapses.
In the course Of a, lengthy CONVEX
SatiOn with a representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press today, a responsible Of
| fcitl satiracally remarked that Great
Britain would be only too delighted to
meet the senate's wishes if the senate
was equally willing to meet Great Brit
aims. The mere fact that an adequate
discussion of the matter was impOS-
sible prior to the lapsing of the Hay
PauncefOte treaty was a circumstance
/ over which Great Britain had no con-
troll, but which he trusted would not
interfere with the eventual settlement.
So far the United States embassy is
without the VagueSt indication of Great
Britain's reply, and Mr.. Choate has
not received any summons from the
foreign Office. In the ordinary course
of events he will pay his weekly diplo-
matte visit Tuesday, and it is possible
the answer may be delayed until then
Even that viii be speedy procedure for
the foreign Office, as the cumbersome
machinery Of the cabinet and govern
ment Offices works much slower, as a
general rule.
Unofficial rumor persists in putting
down Alaska among the subjects Great
Britain is DESTROYS of having settled
prior to meeting the Nicaragua canal
demands. A representative of the AS
SOciated Press learns that the colonial
Office has been bUsily engaged In gath
ering Alaska data within the past few
weeks, and this may be taken TO some
extent as confirmation of the report
However, Mr. Chamberlain's depart
ment has serious doubts as to whether
the United States viii consider Alaska
and Nicaragua in one breath. There is
not a shadow of doubt that the Hay
PauncefOte treaty viii lapse, barring
always the possibility of the state de-
partment's speedy acceptance Of con-
ditions that, in the ordinary course of
events, would take months to negotiate.
The counter proposals are not made in
the belief that they are impossible of
acceptance, though they are, or, rather,
viii be suggested with thorough cogni-
zance Of the fact that no satisfactory
conclusion could be reached in the time
remaining before the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty lapses.
The Saturday Review, discussing
American affairs. SAYS:
They who fancy we are going to
get anything in Alaska in return for
further concessions in Nicaragua must
be willing duDes-
Russia is giving an object lesson
of tie proper way Of meeting an Amer
lean bluff"