The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-20

In the Senate today, Mr.. Lodge from ii
Committee on Foreign Relations. reporte,
adversely the following resolution. present
ed by Mr. Morgan. which abrogaJes tn
Ciayton-RuIwer Treaty, provides that tn
ratification Of the Hay-Pauncefote Treat,
be not made a condition precedent to leg
IslaJion on the Nicaragua Canal, and en-
tiers into protocol with Costa Rica:
Whereas an agreement with Costa
Rlca. and also with Nicaragua has
been made with the United States in
the following terms, namely:
protocol of an agreement between
the Governments of the United States
and OF Costa Rica in regard to future
negotiations for the construction OF an
interoceanic canal by way of Lake
Nicaragua.
e 1t is agreed between the TWO Cow
ernments that when the President of
the United States is authorized by
law to acquire control OF such por-
ton of the territory now belonging to
Costa Rica as may be desirable and
necessary on which to construct and
protect a canal Of depth and capacity
sufficient for the passage Of vessels of
the greatest tonnage and draft now in
use from a point near San Juan del
Norte, on the Caribbean Sea, via Lake
Nicaragua, TO BritO, on the Pacific
Ocean, they mutually engage to enter
into negotiations with each other to
settle the plan and the agreements.
in detail found necessary 10 accom-
plish the construction and to provide
Tor the ownership and control of the
proposed canal.
AS preliminary to such future
negotiations it is forthwith agI eed
that the course of said canal and the
terminals thereof shall be the same
that were stated in treaty signed by
the plenipOJenJiaTies OF the United
States and Great Britain On February
5. 1896. and now pending IL the SEN
ate Of the United States for confrua-
tion, and that the provisions of the
same shall be adhered TO by the Uni
ted States and Costa Rica-
Ia witness whereof the under
signed have signed this protocol and
have hereunto affixed their seals
Resolved. That the CIayton-Bul-
wer Treaty of July 4, 1850, gives no
right 10 Great Britain 10 demand that
the Congress of the United States
shall withhold its ratification of said
agreements or shall abstain from
legislation to provide for their
prompt execution
Resolved That the ratification by
Great Britain Of the Hay-Pauncefote
Treaty Of February 5 1865. as the
same has been amended in the Senate,
is not a condition precedent TO legisIa-
ton by Congress IL providing for the
execution Of said agreements with
Costa Rica and Nicaragua; nor are the
principles or provisions Of the Clay
ton BulWer Treaty, which was ratified
July /. 1850 any just or admissible
ground Of objection on the part o. The
Government Of Her Britannia Majesty
to the enactment Of law By Congress
providing for the execution Of such
agreements with Costa Rica and Me
aragUa-'
Mr. Lodge gave notice that a minority
report would be fled by Mr. Morgan
The adverse report is held by the
friends of the canal to mean that there
viii be no waterway legislation at this
session Of Congress. Mr.. Morgan had de-
pended upon a favorable report so that
the Hepburn bill might be made a law.
By the adverse action of the committee
it is given as the intention of Congress to
await action on the -PaunCefote
Treaty by Great Britain and that no for
ward step, such as sunmariIy abrogating
the Clayton Bulwer Treaty. Will be had.
It is given as the opinion Of majority
OF the committee that the ratification Of
the -Pauncefote Treaty by Great B-i-
tain IS a condition precedent 10 the pas
sage OF any canal legislation.
Those who voted to report the resolu-
tion adversely were Messrs. Lodge, frye
CulIom, Clark. Foraker, and Woleott. al
Republicans.
Those voting to report the resolution IA
vorably were Messrs- Morgan, Daniel, Ba-
con. and Money, all Democrats
Mr.. Morgan intends, when he presents
the minority report, to call up the resoIu-
ton. thus forcing the Senate on record
in the matter