The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
A NEW CANAL TREATY
SIGNED BY US
Vafilla Affixed His Signature
as Representative of
Panama.
LORDS o. ALL WE SURVEY
Ibis New Convention Gives Us a Per.
petual Lease Of Right of Way.and
authority 70 Build Forts and
TO Police the Strip.
10 Police the Strip.
rs lhe A.eoelalcl pras.A

us the Associated Press
Washington. Nov. lS.-Tle Hsy-Buae
Narllia lSthman Canal treaty wa sncl
tbs evening II the residence Of Secretary
Hay BY The Secretary and Philippe Bunaa
Varilla, the minister from Panama.
The treaty in its text cannot be made
public At this moment for two reason
First, because Of the unwritten law whlcG
oblges the State Department 10 await
the pleasure Of the enate III the matter
o. publicity, and second. because the
President has not yet determined when
the convention shall be submitted 10 the
Senate tor ratification. HIS present puT-
pose + TO withhold il until there Is q
reasonable assurance that its consider
ton Viii not obetruct any Of the legisla-
tion lor which the present special session
o! Congress has been called. But certain
facts have been disclosed as To the Pre-
VISIONS OF the treaty which make il APP
pear that IN It's gcparal outlines the nrfr
Hay-Bunau-Varilia convention j. pat
termed upon tho failed Hay-Horran treaty.
with che exception that the new conven-
ton follows not only the spirit bur the
letter OF The Spooner Act.
Thus instead OF the lease for 4 fixed
- y sbt 1oiitiA 81 IL Ill INV (tNdiN
provides for 4 perpetual lease Of the right
OF way to the United States and instead
o! Il complicated provision for courts OF
mixed compo~ltion-aalf American an4
half COi0mbiaD-to administer justice over
the canal strip, the new treaty permits
the United States government to exercise
the most complete jurisdiction theleupoR.
The United States may fortty the line
and terminals and il nay police il with
TROOPS. The money consideration is ~
derstood to be the same, only Panama
instead Of Colombia is 10 receive the Ten
million dollars and the canal i to be
neutral and open 10 all nations on even
terms.
These arc understood to be the terms o.
the new treaty, which Il much slmpler
III form tnan tho failed Hay-Herral
treaty, and has been specially drawn =
| meet objections urged against the Ia
ter.
! The keynote Of the treaty is the provis-
| ion in one OF the very first articles by
| which Panama cedes to the United States
whatever land or lands throughout the re-
| public Of Panama this government shall
find desirable IN connection with the build
ing or the operation and maintenance of
| the canal. In addition the treaty gives to
| the United States absolute sovereignty
| over the canal strip which it is understood
| comprises between eight and ten miles on
| each side Of the canal. Within this zone
the power OF the United States Is as abso-
lutte as if the zone were part and parcel
! OF this country
The cities OF Panama and Colon retain
| their municipal autonomy under the Re
| public oil Panama SO long as they mann
| tain public order and sanitary conditions
TO tho satisfaction OF the United States.
Failure to do this gives the United States,
| according to the treaty, ther right to force
| strict compliance with the wishes or this
| government in this direction and the
| United States can ever use force to com
| pei obedience to its rules as to public or
der and public health in these cities
The treaty further provides that the
| canal Is to be neutral and open to all na
| lions on even terms.
Secretary Hay had a conference with the
| Panama minister late last night and the
| general terms of the treaty were agreed
upon.
Secretary Hay was at first somewhat I'M
decided as to whether the treaty should
be an amended form of the Hay-Herran
convention OF an entirely new paper. This
point was decided at a luncheon at the
Secretary's house today at which were
present Secretary Root, Attorney General
Knox and a number OF leading Senators
Their unanimous opinion was that an en-
tirely new treaty would be the more fay
orably received by the Senate.
The contention Of the Washington gov
eminent that the capital OF the new re-
public be not located in either Panama or
Colon was yielded by Secretary Hay
| when he found that the Panama govern
ment was earnestly opposed to 1t, and the
treaty makes no such provision. This Is
the only point in the negotiations which
caused even the expression OF a difference
Of opinion.
No time will be lost by Panama IN rat
flying the new treaty. Whether the ratl-
~fication will be made by the government
at Panama or whether the commiss' on
which arrived here tonight will be cabled
powers to ratify it has not yet been de
termined. The exchange OF notifications
will occur in Washington.
This smiled the fond young wife as
she passed a plate of dessert to her hus-
band, is cottage pudding. | made 1t
myself"
The man tasted Of 1t.
I'D have known it was cottage Dud-
ding" he asserted.
You WOULD" she asked, delighted.
Yes. l can taste the plaster and the
wallpaper. What did you do with the
shingles ana the bricks for the chimney o.