The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-09
SAN DOMINGO
 MAYBE OURS Possible; hat Uncle Sam ! is tQIAssimilate" It. DISCu SION OF TREATY Amendment Will Be Offered
 in Senate. Effort to Strike Out of Preamble This Country's Agreement to Respect
 Integrity of the Little Ma
 ttoE.

Domingo treaty was practically passed today by the Senate committee on for eign relations so far as phraseology is concerned and without regard to the principles involved in the procedure proposed by the Dominican convention. The committee progressed so far that 1t was agreed to take a vote on the | treaty at 11:30 a. m., tomorrow to de- termine whether the report will be in
 favor of ratification or rejection. What
 the report will be cannot be determined
 positively, although 1t Is believed it will be favorable. The Democrats on
 the committee have expressed them selves as against the treaty fundamen-
 tally, although they took an active part
 in the presentation and adoption of
 amendments. It is expected that most
 of the Republican Senators will vote
 to report the treaty as amended. All the amendments adopted by tho
 committee are with a general aim of
 making the question covered stand
 alone and of removing the question of chance of its being used as a precedent for like procedure in other countries l under guise of being required by the
 Monroe doctrine. For instance, one of the first amendments strikes out that portion of the second paragraph of the preamble which has been construed as | an application of the Monroe doctrine | to the Santo Domingo case.
 Other important amendments are as follows:
 Important Amendments. That part Of the preamble which de- clares that the Dominican government | Is in Imminent peril and urgent mem | ace of intervention on the part of the nations whose citizens have claims" is stricken out and the preamble left to
 read that the proceeding Is on the ground of adjusting debts which bur- l den the republic"
 In the first article. which describes | the character of the claims this govern
 ment proposes to adjust, an amendment
 was adopted to include obligations .'lir-
 uidated and agreed upon" This arlend-
 ment is for tho purpose of giving the treaty application to the adjustment of | the claims of the Santo Domingo 1m-
 provement Company. the payment of | which already has been entered on by | the agreement under which the United | States has taken charge of a number of custom houses under the protocol of
 January 31, 1903.
 A provision providing for the em- ployes of the United States, who will | be charged with carrying out the pro- visions of the treaty under the Domini- can government was amended so as to
 declare that such employees shall not be
 subject to the civil and criminal juris-
 diction of that republic.
 The article which declared that the Government of the United States at the request of the Dominican Govern
 ment shall grant the latter such other
 assistance as the former may deem proper to restore the credit. preserve | the order. increase the efficiency of the | Ntv Qd m n q a
 material progress and welfare of the | Dominican Republic, was amended so | as to permit the Government of the | United States to grant this additional assistance if 1t desires. but 1t is not
 bound by the treaty obligation to do so. Building in Future. | A new article was added which pro-
 vides that whatever Is done under this | treaty shall be binding on succeeding governments in the Dominican Repub- lie so as to eliminate the chance of a
 succeeding government attempting to | repudiate it's agreement with the
 United States.
 A number of rather immaterial
 amendments have been adopted and 1t | Is understood when the committee meets tomorrow 1t will consider some | others which Senators have leave to prepare and submit.
 It was decided that this Government may have to take over Santo Domingo
 as territory of the United States. In | that connection an amendment will be | offered in the Senate striking out that | part of the preamble whereby the
 United States agrees to respect the
 complete integrity of the Dominican | Republic.
 This amendment was suggested fin the
 committee. but was regarded as
 against the policy of the government,
 and this. 1t Is believed. will be the
 judgment of the Senate. At the same
 time 1t was pointed out that Santo De-
 mingo lies between the United States
 and Porto Rico and that the govern
 ment is now constituted as a bar
 neighbor.''
 1 Discussion of the santo Domingo treaty in executive session of the
 Senate today was complicated by a
 protest submitted by Senator Teller
 from members of the Haytien and De-
 minican colonies in Eeurope. It was
 dated in Paris and was directed against
 the protocol of January 20, which was
 negotiated immediately prior to the present protocol. but never was sub
 mitted to the Senate.
 MOraIes' Alleged Scheme. It is asserted by the protestants that
 President Morales of the Dominican
 republic is a dictator and by entering into this agreement with the United
 States is indirectly attempting to ac-
 cede to the United States territory which he fears he cannot hold. They
 declare further that Morales is acuated by a desire for personal gain. They
 declare against what is termed a con-
 stitutional alienation of government right and forms without the executive
 first submitting the question to the neOnle for official sanction
 The protest was in French but Sem ator Teller submitted translation. He
 made a speech in which he criticised
 the action taken by this government and predicted that the protest showed
 that the country is inviting trouble by dealing in this manner with an ir- ! responsible ruler of an irresponsible
 people. He said he knew that the pro- test was not properly before the sen- ate.
 Senator Platt (conn.) objected to tho consideration of the protest, contend