New-York tribune., 1905-04-12
THE HAY-BOND TREATY.
1fter Being Pruned Mag BE Rati-
fled By the Senate.
rrRoM TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU.l

11-osb;pq+on April 1.-THE Hay-Bond reci-
procity treaty Is not dead, and may be ratified
~ 4to senate next fall after having been re-
ueved Of the fatal amendments with which it
was loaded during the late session. This asser-
ton made by a prominent official or the State
Department is supported by leading members
OF the Senate. The special dispatch to The
Tribune from st. Johns, N. F., has served to re-
,4va interest In the Hay-Bond convention. and
attention is called to the fact that the Senate's
action on this treaty was more final than
was its failure to act on the Dominican pro-
tocol It is appreciated that Newfoundland is
acting strictly within it's rights in abrOgating
the modus vivendi, and it is believed that the
abrogation will work injury to the Gloucester
fisheries and also to the fishing interests OF
Maine It is claimed that it is not these facts
which may lead the Senate to reconsider its
amendments but the more important point that
the broad craftsmanship Of Secretary Hay in
causing the treaty TO be negotiated was not
fully appreciated by the Senate when the
amendments which promised to kill the treaty
were adopted.
With the constant work Of the session out OF
the way and more time to examine the argu-
ments in favor of the Hay-Bond convention.
some influential Senators have come TO appre-
ciate the far reaching effects of the pending con-
vention They say that the treaty will doubt
less be referred back to the Foreign Relations
Committee and there shorn Of the Objectionable
amendments and If again favorably reported
determined effort will be made to prevent any
changes being made on the floor of the Senate.
AS pointed out in these dispatches when the
treaty was first sent to the Senate. Secretary
Hay clearly perceived by cementing more close
ly the relations between Newfoundland and the
United States, that colony could be saved the
necessity of entering into a commercial alliance
with Canada, and this country could, without
material sacrifice Of any American industries,
profit by the trade Of Newfoundland In the many
products Of the United States which not pro-
duced there. Closer union with Newfoundland
would on many grounds be advantageous to this
country, and it was the broader grounds that
the President and the Secretary Of State asked
the Senate to ratify the treaty
1t is now declared that these reasons were
not elaborated in the Senate. and that the full
import OF killing the treaty by loading it with
amendments not appreciated by those who
insisted on so doing. One Of the hopeful signs
for the future of the treaty is that Senator
Crane, OF Massachusetts, will support it, and 1t
is believed that Senator Hale, who opposed it
during the last session. Will withdraw his op-
position. Senator Lodge has in the past re-
garded the treaty negotiated undesirable,
and. as an influential member Of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, his opposition all
powerful, but now that his colleagues have de-
termined to uphold the convention it ts hoped
changed as to enable the senior Senator from
that State TO exert his influence in its benalf
at least TO refrain from obstructing its ratihca-
ton in such form as will leave ar exchange OF
Publications possible.
1t is not generally known that the last resus-
citation of the Hay-Bond treaty due
tirely to the wishes of President Roosevelt,
Secretary Hay having despaired of the ratifca-
tion of any reciprocity treaty by the Senate,
The hope is expressed here that Newfoundland
will not go too far at the present time, such
action might render more difficult the task of
the friends Of the convention in securing its
ratification, but IL the Gloucester and Maine
fishermen suffer badly as a result Of postpone
ment of action on the convention few tears will
be shed by those who have In view the broader
diplomatic advantages to be attained by its rati-
fcation.