Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1900 — SEEMS TO BE DOOMED. [ARTICLE]

SEEMS TO BE DOOMED.

SENATE IS AGAINST THE HAYPAUNCEFOTE PACT. , Palling of Davl* Amendment Fore* cant* Defeat—lntent la that Canal Shall Be American—Sequel May Be Abrogation Clayton-Bnl®er Treaty. By a vote of 65 to 1.7 the Senate Thursday adopted the Davis amendment to the Hay-Pahncefote treaty, and so decisive was the vote, a Washington corresponr dent asserts, that iu all probability the treaty is beaten. If the United States builds the Nicaraguan canal it will be an American canal, and foreign consent will not be asked as to its control or the means adopted for its defense. The Senate took the first step Thursday afternoon when it adopted the so-call-ed Davis amendment, reserving to the United States the right to use the canal at any time to protect itself; But this |s only the first 6tep. Other amendments •re pretty sure to be adopted?* When the Senate gets through with the treaty it' will be a document more closely approximating an American treaty. Eight or ten more amendments were formally offered in the secret session Thursday afternoon. In short, the. Senate is determined to revise the treaty in an American spirit, to make it a compact which will suit America, but will not suit Great Britain, and thus throw upon the latter country the responsibility for its rejection. If Great Britain refuses to accept the amended treftty the Senate and the House of Representatives will, it is claimed, almost instantly and by a large majority pass a resolution directly nnd formally abrogating tte old Clayton-Bulwer eon.vention. And that will be the end of it and the United States may go ahead and build the canal under any rules that it may see fit to adopt. The Hay-Pauneefote treaty was completed last winter and has been held in the Senate ever since. There is a noticeable absence of comment in London papers on the action taken by the United States Senate regarding the Nicaragua canal. The St. James’Gazette takes the occasion to lecture the “jingo Senate,” which, it says, “has again roughly rebuffed the President and affronted tlie generosity of Great Britain.” The St. James’ Gazette further declares that the action of the Senate in ordaining that one party shall keep its advantngesV but that the other shall not be safeguarded, is imprudent and*‘if it persists in Its ignorantly selfish course Great Britain must fall back on her rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, whereby she Is entitled to refuse permission to the Untied States to build the canal.” The Pall Mail Gazette says; “British consent to the nmendment is impossible. Everything for nothiug is not a working principle.”