Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-03-10 | Page 1 | John Bull Obstinate

T JOliN BULL OBSTiNATE Has No Intention of Modifying Clayton Bulwer Treaty Without a Satisfactory Satisfac-tory Quid Pro Quo His Reply to the Note Conveying the Amendments of the U S Senateto HayPauncefote Treaty Will Soon Be Formally Delivered De-livered by British Embassador at Washington to Secretary Hay Desires to Make New Arrangement London March 9The reply of the British Government to the note conveying con-veying amendments of the United I States Senate to the HayPaunccfotc I treaty should be formally delivered by j the British Embassador at Washington Washing-ton to Secretary Hay within a few 1 days The Foreign office here did not originally contemplate delaying the 1 British answer until now The plan appears to have been to transmit the answer previous to the date on which the treaty lapsed which according I the British olllce view will have put the onus of its lapsing on the Senate WANTS A NEW LAs I L-As previously set forth in these dis paUhes the main object of the British I Government throughout is to make an entirely new arrangement At no stage I S of the proceedings has there boon any Inclination to accept the Senates amendments AN INFORMAL REPLY 1 It iu undci stood hero that the nature na-ture of Jlje t British Governments reply J his already bcn informally communicated 1 commu-nicated to Becrelarv Hay Great Britain Brit-ain has no intention of modifying the i PlnytonBuhver 1 treaty without a sat I isfactory quid pro quo That treaty according to the For I eign OfTlce view of the case remains as much inorce now as the day it was 5 signed Thr speeches made Jn the Sen f flteio rot disuirb Downing street T hy are dismissed with the remark tim t tr > n th05 cunnot be abrogated t Without the onbont of both the con i trnctlng parties j g WJIAT IS EXPECTED ei Thore Is 1 however an apparently genuine belief here that a satisfactory i arrangement will eventually be sir rveil at though it Is l generally thought Jl it could not bo got into the requisite Shape In time for discussion by the jnnte There Is a freelyexpressed L2lflClinLtioii on the part of the Brlt Sli officials to commit themselves to any tiVn furlllei treaties until they arc 1J y rouehly assured of the views the le hoJd 8 on the matter In 1UC