Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-02
BRYAN TO WITHDRAW
N|CARAGUAN TREATY
Requested by Senate Commit
tee to Submit New One With
Limited Provisions.

The proposed protectorate for Nicara
qua embraced In a treaty suggested re-
Gently by Secretary Bryan will be with
drawn because of adverse action by the
Senate foreign relations committee. At
meeting of the committee today
Chairman Bacon was instructed to ask
Secretary Bryan to transmit Z new
Nicaraguan treaty that would be limited
strictly to the proposed three-million-
dollar purchase of canal and naval base
concessions.
The fight made against the Wilson
Bryan policy of extending protectorate
over Nicaragua became so pronounced In
the committee that 1t was decided it
would be impracticable to attempt a set
Element of the policy at the present time.
AS a result, it was decided to ask the
Secretary to withdraw his protectorate
suggestions and to limit the Nicaraguan
treaty to the features 1t originally en-
braced.
limitations had been received by demo-
cratic members of the committee that
the President and Secretary Bryan would
be willing to lay the protectorate policy
aside temporarily. and it is expected that
a completed draft of the Nicaraguan
treaty will be received within a few
days. minus the proposed provisions CIV
future.
Provisions for New Treaty.
Chairman Bacon was instructed by the
committee to ask the Secretary Of State
to submit a treaty limited to the follow
ing provisions:
The grant by Nicaragua to the United
States of a perpetual and exclusive right
to build a canal across Nicaragua; q
site on Fonesca bay and q ninety mine
year lease on the Corn Islands, In the
Caribbean sea-
The payment by the United States to
Nicaragua Of 100000 in return for these
This Is practically Identical with the
terms Of the Nicaraguan treaty as orig
inally proposed by Secretary Bryan be-
fore he decided to inject the so-called
Plat amendment into 1t. by which Amer
lean protectorate would have been es-
The Senate committee did not def
nitely settle the question Of future pro-
tectorates In Central America, however.
IL willing to withdraw the suggestion for
the present, In order to secure an early
ratification of the Nicaraguan compact
The question Of the application of the
Plat amendment to Central American
countries as a general policy of the
United States Is left unsettled.
Oppose Sovereign Authority.
Strong opposition was led in the COM
mittee today by Senators Borah, Clarke
Of Arkansas, Williams and others. who
are opposed to any action by the United
States toward the exercise Of sovereign
authority in the Central American coun-
tries.
Other members Of the committee de-
Tended the policy with equal vigor. A
vote was proposed to settle the question.
but many members Of the committee re-
fused to register final decision at the
present time, and the proposal for a vote
was withdrawn.
Opponents of the proposed protectorate
had made 1t clear that 1t would be i'm
possible to secure ratification of the
Micaraguan treaty In the present Con-
gress IL the Plat amendment. was includ-
| ed in it. This sentiment Is understood
| to have induced Secretary Bryan to con-
| sent to Its withdrawal.