The age-herald., 1901-11-03
f Senate Accepts t the Clay tOn-BuIWer Agreement to
 Be Abrogated
NICARAGUA ENDS ITS TREATY
Friendly Relations Between the coun. tries Are Not Affected, But No Reason Is Given
 for Action.

New York November 9 = Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British ambassador, af- ter an absence of two months. returned today on the St. Louis. With him were the Hon. Maud Pauncefote anS the Hon. Audrey Pauncefote. Sir Julian is hasten ing to Washington, and it is said that he | will at once confer with Secretary Hay regarding the isthmian canal. He refused to discuss the matter or to say anything for publication.
 London. November 2.-The first official statement of any kind made for a 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 a draft of new treaty. abrogating the Clayton Bulwer treaty. which is in every particu- lar satisfactory to Lord Salisbury's cabi- net Since a representative of the Asso- ciated Press interviewed Lord Paunce- fote, not one word officially authorized has been given out here with reference to the canal. The editorials which have appeared in England have been based entirely upon dispatches from the United States. This is explained by the rather astonishing announcement that all nego- tiations up to the present day have been entirely unofficial from strictly diplo- matic point of view. and that on pour pariers'' only depend the hopes generally shared for a successful bringing over of the diplomatic difficulty. These pour pariers,' however have been particularly searching.
 State Department knows Ternns. | 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 convention are withheld.
 Though it is admitted that Great Brit ain has agreed to put the Ciayton-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 fancied advantage to Great Br1taln. lt WOulo not De Ialr to say that a quid pro quo constituted the main feature of the protractsd pour pariers," but that it will directly or in- directly result in firmly established in the minds of the cabinet.
 Nicaragua Annuls Treaty.
 Washington, November 2.-The govern ment of Nicaragua has terminated the treaty which the United States was em- powered to construct an inter-oceanic canal across the territory of Nicaragua. This action has been conveyed to the state department by the Nicaraguan min ister for foreign affairs. That officer de- clares that the denunciation in no ways affects the friendly relations between the two countries, and the Nfcaraguan gov ernment desires the conclusion of new treaties.
 Besides the treaty of friendship com- merce and navigation of 1867 thus de- nounced the same not conveys the de- nunciation of the extradition treaty of 1870, between the United States and Nic- aragua Under the terms of the denun- citation, the first named treaty. covering the right to construct and guarantee a caral the convention will expire October 2l, 1902, which is one year from the date the notice was received at the state de- partment. The extradition treaty ter inmates May A next, as provided in the convention.