The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-18
new TREATY.
Senator Hays Draft OF PrOpOs-
ais Reaches London.
Same as the Old One With a
Few Amendments.
A PLEASING WAY OUT.
England Would Like Us to Take
the Panama Canal
Ruf nnnS Not AuffaTn0fn Amv
A PLEASING WAY OUT.
But Does Not Anticipate Any
Such Solution.

London, May 1s.-The draft of Sec
rotary Hays proposals for a new Mica
raguan treaty were received from Lord
PauEcefote by the last mail. 1t is a
printed previous to examination and
discussion. 1t is described as a redraft
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with
what appears from a casual perusa1 to
be extensive annOtatiOns. Several
weeks are likely to elapse before the
cabinet can commence its preliminary
discussions
The dispatches relative to the posi-
bility of the substitution of the Panama
isthmian route are read with interest
il Downing street. The Associated
Press learns that agents of the Panama
company have not approached the Brit
ish government, but if the United
States should think it advisable to COM
plete the Panama canal the decision
woulds be hailed with no little satisfac-
ton at the foreign Office as being an
easy way out of the present cpntro
versy. However, the British officials
are without any accurate knowledge of
the terms offered by the Panama peo-
pie, and they incline to the. belief that
financial and other difficulties will
probably prevent the United States
from adopting this solution of the
affair.
IF it is advisable to abrogate the
Clayton Bulwer treaty on account of
its being out of date" said a high off,
cial, how much more so is 1t neceS-
sary to annul the French shore agree
ment which was made long before the
Clayton BulWer treaty, and which has
been millstone around the neck OF
Newfoundland"
Inquiries reveal the fact that nego-
tiations to this latter end are progress
ing, though slowly. For the first time
in recent negotiations France is said
to be exhibiting a genuine desire to
have the matter settled; and though
perhaps at the expense of concessions
in other parts of the globe. Great Brit
ain will endeavor to meet her wishes.
The result of the conferences between
Mr.. Bond, premier of Newfoundland,
and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of
Canada, regarding reciprocity with the
United States, has not yet been COM
municated to the colonial Office.
With regard to China, which with the
exception of the foregoing, is the only
foreign matter engaging the govern
ment's attention. it is still hoped in
Downing street that Great Britain and
ton of the indemnity The Associated
Press is informed that the German OBJ
jections continue to form the chief OBJ
stacle to this end.
The affair of the tug Ewo, which was
fired on at Tien Tsin, May 4, by some
German soldiers guarding a German
bridge across the Pei Ho. and on which
the Times dilated so strongly. has not
yet been reported to the foreign Office,
and so far remains a purely local mat
ter, no representations or inquiries hav-
ing passed between London and Berlin.
In the absence of colonial information
the press accounts of the affair GER
tainly do not tend to diminish the slight
friction which exists between Great
Britain and Germany over the far east
ern policy
An important development in the for
nation of the national federation of
employers associations and the trade
unions occurred this week, when labor
leaders, members of the house of COM
mons and employers met in London to
discuss the details of the organization.
Tt will be remen bered that the move
ment had its inception through the
kecnness of American commercial COM
petition. Amn " those present at the
meeting were two members of the
house of commons, Charles Bill Con-
sentative. and Hugh Crawford Smith.
Liberal Unionist. representatives of the
miners, boilermakers, shipbuilders, lIth-
large ship builders and factory owners.
John Locke, the well known student of
labor problems and founder of the ma
tional federation, announced that forty
organized labor bodies had expressed
their Willingness to join. It was sug
gested the plan be made international
and that American cooperation be in
vited, but it was decided the tine was
not yet ripe. and especially as defense
is one of the main features of the iGea.
1t was decided to press a vigorous cam
paign in the United Kingdom to bring
the masters and men into a federation
trades would be furthered and methods
adopted to preserve the prosperity of
the various industries, which, it is adj
1oitfed have been endangered.