Show HAY BAY TREATY REAT I WILL BE CONCLUDED B Final Ratifications in the Matter Are Soon to Be Arranged V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 21 TIe The English EnglIsh English Eng- Eng lish Lord wa was vas at he he State department yesterday and i It has Jus been arranged between himself him him- self and Secretary Hay ay that the final ratifications of the Hay be exchanged here as soon as tIe the mechanical work of af pressing the Che exchange copies can be executed The British Government has conveyed to its Emb mb full aut authority to conclude conclude con con- clude dude this arrangement Mr l Brun the Danish Minister also saw Secretary Hay in relation to the ratification of the treaty for the cession to t. the Jolted States of the Danish West Indian Islands Tf Tt pm 1 now that th the mo mooted ted ted-p plebiscite of th f-th the inhabitants of ot the Islands will be had by the Danish Government However should it be he decided otherwise the tak talc ing log of af the vote w will be he a very small matter mat mat- matter ter Inasmuch as the franchise Is enJoyed enJoyed enjoyed en- en Joyed in the Danish West Indies by only anly a few hundred of at the total population lation and their votes could be recorded I in a a. day or two It will not nat be necessary to wait walt upon Congress for tor the Appropriation of af 5 as a preliminary to the acquisition of ot the Islands by the United States Under the treaty as soon as the ratifications ratifications' are exchanged the United States flag will be e hoisted and the If not already appropriated will be ie charged up un against the United States as a debt |