Show hay treaty involving panama canal the ilay hay treaty of 1001 was signed long iong before there was a panama canal la in existence and did not give england free use of the panama canal notes a writer in the detroit news it replaced the clayton bulwer treaty of 1850 as an anglo american agreement of policy concerning an isthmian canal then supposed to bo be alved as across nicaragua public feeling for some years had been growing soro sore over the clayton bulwer treatis tre atys restriction on the independent action of the united states and there was gae fear lest congress might abrogate that treaty by open violence a great blow to future amicable action president mckinley in his annual message for or isdo declared that the canal had become a national necessity negotiations were opened with great britain and a draft treaty was seri sen by the president to the senate in february 1000 providing for the construction st of a canal to be permanently neutralized disputes la in the senate over the terms led to the formulation of a new treaty ratified Us na the hay day fote treaty in december 1901 before tho the opening of the panama canal in 1911 there thera was a controversy with great britain regarding the provision of tile panama canal net of 1912 1012 exempting american vessels engaged in coas coastwise twide trade from canal tolls this was regarded by the tit british as a violation of the original treaty eventually after president wilson allson had sent congress a message urging this action this exemption of american ships from the canal tolls was repealed |