Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — PAUNCEFOTE CALLS ON HAY. [ARTICLE]

PAUNCEFOTE CALLS ON HAY.

British Ambassador Brings Draft of New Treaty. Washington dispatch: Lord Pauncefate, British ambassador to the United States', has arrived in Washington. He proceeded immediately from the station to the British embassy in Connecticut avenue, where he declined to see newspaper correspondents. The ambassador’s arrlvel at the national capital la peculiarly Interesting at this time because he is known to be the custodian of Great Britain's draft of the new canal treaty that is to be submitted to the senate very shortly after congress meets. Lord Pauncefote will visit the state department at once and arrange with Secretary Hay for a series of conferences, at which all of the details of the treaty will be discussed for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion that will be satisfactory to Great Britain and the United States. Secretary Hay has had a copy of the treaty for several weeks and is understood to be ready to make a few unimportant modifications in its context. The English draft practically concedes every contention of the senate. It admits the right of 'the United States to construct the canal, to police the waterway in time of peace and fortify in time of war. Most important of all, however, is its provision aDrogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which stood for so many years gs a menace to American influence in South America.