Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-21
PROVISIONS SUBSTANTIALLY IN &C.
CORD WITH SENATE AMEND
MENTS.
SATISFIES ALL OBJECTIONS
STATESMEN CONFIDENT THAT 1T
WILL BE RATIFIED by THE
SENATE.

PauncefOte treaty was signed at the
state department at noon yesterday.
Lord Pauncefote appeared at the state
department at 1 o'clock and expressed
a desire to sign the treaty, as he has
been suffering from govt. and did not
know when he would be able to visit
the department again. The treaty
was signed by the secretary of state
and the British ambassador in the
presence of Percy Wyndham, second
secretary Of the British embassy; Sid
ney Smith, chief of the diplomatic bu-
reau, and two messengers of the state,
department. The text of the new treaty
will not be made public until it is sub
mitted to the senate and the injunction
Of secrecy has been removed by that
body. There have been attempts made
to give the full text of the treaty in
several New York papers, but they are
merely based on the old treaty with
changes suggested by the senate
amendments. Several senators and
representatives, members of the for
eign committees, have seen the new
treaty. They are satisfied with it and
are confident that it will meet the ap-
prevail Of the seEate and the country.
The forecasts that have been pub
lished are in the main correct. There
has been no effort to write a new
treaty, but to put in compact form the
provisions of the treaty of last year
amended by the senate. Great Britain
would not accept the senate amend
ments, but was not opposed to
Negotiating a New Treaty
which would provide for substantially
the same things. The substance Of
the. new convention is that the old
Clayton Bulwer treaty is superseded
by one that provides that an isthmian
canal may be constructed under the
auspices Of the United States govern
ment, either directly at it's own cost,
or in any other way, and this govern
ment enjoys all the rights incident to
such construction as well as the ex-
elusive right of providing for the regu-
lation and management of the candl.
This government alone shall guaran-
tee the neutrality of the canal, and the
rules incorporated in the treaty of last
year are so modified as to conform to
such guarantee. The other powers are
not invited to participate in this guar
antee, but it is provided that those
powers observing the neutrality as
guaranteed by the United States shall
enjoy the same privileges without dis
elimination in tonnage dues. etc. The
prohibition of Notifications does not
appear in the new treaty. There is no
mention of Notifications, but the
United States is conceded the right to
protect the canal. These are substan-
TALLY the principal provisions of the
new treaty. Secretary Hay and Lord
Pauncefote have endeavored to write
treaty that will embody all that was
In Their Former Treaty
after it was amended by the senate,
and make the whole a diplomatic
agreement between the two great Eng
disappearing powers, or to write
convention that will present the same
conditions and remove all friction.
They have smoothed out some of the
expressions of the senate amendments
to make them harmonic with the body
of the treaty. The senators who have
read the new treaty are satisfied that
it meets all objections raised against
the treaty of last year. and that it
leaves nothing undone to cause the
senate to hesitate in the ratification.
Admiral walker was at the state de-
rartment soon after Ambassador
Pauncefote left, and had a conference
with Secretary Hay. The report of the
canal commission is ready, but is with
held for a few days to make a few
slight changes in the final recon-
merdations. It will be delivered to the
secretary during the week and the
president will transmit it to congress
in the first week of the session. The
committee has reached a unanimous
agreement upon all important points.
and it is said have again recommended
the Nicaraguan route for the canal.
1t is predicted that the new treaty will
be ratified before the holiday recess
and there will be canal bill intro