| Show OPPOSITION TO TOI I TIlE THE NEW MEN TREATY May Delay Ratification but NOt NOti i Strong Enough to Defeat It I Ii II i I DISCUSSiNG G S 1 o n nl at 1 ed edIt It ii h All 11 lur mum oil r n York 7 I special I to the herald from ton says of time tilt liB flay treat permitting the con ot of all an n canal by the United need not lit be expected Just enough opposition h has developed to time the provision prohibitIng the ot of fortifications at the entrances to toWe We tile tir Pr pote CAnal to provoke discus ian and thus deJa delay action on en the Ir Iry C y A careful canvass made ot of the Senate does doe not indicate however that tills opposition Is II strong to either tl secure cure the adoption ot of an amend insist providing for Cor or to prevent the ratification ot of th the treaty without such an amendment I Leaders all re ren on n both sides appear to be well veIl satis nd fled with ith all the provisions ot of tire the trea tea teaty ty Iy end and th they will tr try to have hae It withoUt amendment The principal advocates ot of sin an amend meat tn in favor tAvor of at military are Mason and who are rarely In sympathy with anything that by br the When the was WIS first read yesterday Sena toe Lodge seemed to think such luch an amendment s ss 89 but Lut after aUIt with other senators this at lie he said IBid the matter maHIr should be beVery Very er carefully discussed 1 before either the foreign relations committee committe or the I Senate took look notion A meeting ot of the committee on for tor olga III U ns has hus been cali tar for to tomorrow morrow to the treat treaty Leading members of at this commute are quit willing to accept u as It stands tand bUt Jut th the discussion ma may develop enough to 10 delo delay a report for tor another week tek Suggestions that Secretary lIn ha wa tricked by the Lord arc at laughed lit at L by the leading members ot of the committee who have hae known knon ot of tIme the then n negotiation and reasons allOns for tor a adopting the articles artIcle prohibiting th tIme eon con ot of fortifications It H tl is argued on behalf of at non tor that with nn an agreement signed IJ by all 1111 the ot of the world far the absolute ot of the canal canalIn In war var II as well ell as l fAce no do de tenses will be necessary Time TIM moral ob Incurred by each nation sign signIng signing Ing th the neutralization agreement will b be u as effective 8 as guns In pr preserving tIme tho neutrality An Any nation violating the agreement will have hae nil all the rest of at the world against it II Tiiu ThuI who ho think or of the tr mini of the canal are du do not that fortifications itt IL In him time ot of war var It I Is ar State Stat uld If enry ar send lend n a fleet lIet of oC battleships to each ech ot of th the entrances nn and thus be able to ph force torce neutrality It If for tor any reason It was feared It could not be morall enforced To those thoe who point out that Greet Britain Is 18 able ab to control the Suez canal by her strong defenses at Gibraltar the I is made that with witha a naval bill base at San Juan Puerto Rico and the probable acquisItion of the Danish and Islands the I States will wiil be In a as good position to 10 otTer offer military resistance to nn any nt at attempted tempted violation ot of the neutrality ot of oftie tie Nicaraguan canal as Great Brit aPr Is connected with the Suez canal Discussion oVer the treaty IOn may dela delay somewhat final action on th the Nicaraguan uRn canal anal bill but It Is the opinion ot of Aldrich and other leaders In the Senate and Mr Ir Hepburn Heburn And other leaders headers In the Stat It will not prevent the final p passage ot of the bill this season J If the tue treaty Is ratified in Its prE present shape all an amendment will he have to be made mad to the bill eliminating the contemplating the erection ot of fortifications lit the terminI or of the canal J If any n dela delay occurs It wilt will be beaver aver thee thes amendments Senator Morgan the author ot of th the fh bill tn in the Senate sas S there I is no for tor a 11 radical amendment Ha treat There Ther are some men h Ia the Senate he said wid who would propose an amend meet ment ot of th the ten It if they were ere lent cant In here hert b by God Almighty himself I do not believe an any material amendment to the pending treaty I is rl re to protect our rights In tIme the canal All th title talk about the or of the canal for tor the protection of oC our interests tn in ease cue ot of waT is 18 to say th the least with without without out reason alon and should not receive con coni i Senator hiatt ot of Ne New York ork said Mill W Whit U is II the nt ot of ionS If you ou are going to hive have an inter international na national I agreement for Cor absolute neu neutrality I C can n seen no uon for tor an amendment and do not believe timers there will be nn any Hepburn chairman of the House caucus In charge ot of the I Nicaraguan canal bill satI tonight lie he mIld did not care cate to treet treaty and its 1111 bearings on th the canal until he hid had bad hIllI On nn opportunity to study tudy It and determine Just what iti different pro meant There will bl be no In tilt the present Plans ot of the committee rn 1 Mr Ir Hepburn Is at work on this rel report rt ott the bill and ander er to submit It to the House before the ed ead ot the week III He lien take tako the first to gt t the mea measure sure lIuro before the house |
