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Show NICARAGUAN CANAL TREATY ABROGATED. One Givlnir United States Authority to Construct and Operate Nicaraguan Canal F.mied by Nicaragua. The government of Nicaragua has terminated the treaty under which the United States was empowered to construct con-struct an inter-oceanic canal across the territory of Nicaragua. The action has been conveyed to the state depart- ment by the Nicaragua minister for .foreign affairs. The officer declares that the renunciation in nowise effects the friendly relations between the two countries, and the Nicaraguan government govern-ment declares the conclusion of new treaties. Besides the treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation of 1807 thus renounced, the same note conveys the renunciation of the extradition treaty of 1870 between the United States and Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan minister's note conveys con-veys absolutely no information as to the motives which inspired the Nicaraguan Nica-raguan government to renounce these two treaties, nor has Mr. Murray, United States minister to Nicaragua, thrown any light on the subject. |