| Show THE PACT AND I THE CONVENTION HC tentative understanding as liB asto asto to the isthmian canal reached Turn THE by by the tho United States and und Great Britain In the Hay liay convention as os re reported reported reported ported will It Is believed re remove remove move a II cause causo of ot Irritation that drat has ex cx existed exIsted isted between the two twe countries for Cor a j err I I r more than half halt a century Ambiguously worded its Ita real intention veiled In dip dill diplomatic tornado phrasing the tho pact has been an on object of ot suspicion to American statesmen tate men from administration to tho the present time At last it Is believed that trat stumbling block to te a n perfect rapprochement be between between tween the United States and Great Britain has hOB been radically excised by bytho bytho bythe tho the convention to be signed by Secre Secretary Secretary tary tar Hay Day Un and early arb next month and ond which In treaty form farm will afterward be presented to the tho senate for Cor ratification In his forth forthcoming forthcoming coming message to the congress doubtless President Roosevelt will discuss the draft of oC the tho new treaty which It Is understood l ador Choate recently brought with him to this country Without claiming overmuch for Cor the diplomacy acy displayed cd by Secretary Hay lillY It may ma nUll be Je said that the convention concedes all ail that American statesmen have contended for tor and nn on the side of oC Great Britain abandons a 1 position firm firmly firmly ly held by her for Cor fifty years To show this thin it Is only necessary to compare the text of at tho the most mot Important articles In Inthe Inthe inthe the Clayton Cla Bulwer treaty with that of ot the convention Article 1 I of tho the treaty reads Neither Great Britain nor tho the United States shall ever obtain or maintain uny exclusive control over tho the canal nor shall they build any fortifications along alon the route of the tho same name nor establish any colonies there nor exert any dominion nor make mako use uso No fortifications forti fica lions shall be ha b erected com commanding manding the canal caunt or tho the waters ad ud adjacent adjacent jacent The Tho United States however shall be bo at liberty to maintain such su h military pollee police along the canal canalIs as may maybo maybo maybe bo be necessary to protect It against law lawS lawlessness lawlessness and disorder In the present convention however the United States reserves the right I to take such steps for Its protection protection tion as it may ma deem Is Ie It itt t r 9 r M 0 P Pv PrU v rU tW r t b 11 rr ji f i lilt r r tN tp hi hl t n r i t i 1 4 il ils s Jf U IS y s s 1 h n tS Mr 1 I t r hl nett III i 1 J C A R A G Ti A Ac c N d i r 1 U r t tU r rr v I 4 l fetus t Y I r 1 t ell I n r t s r u d L LY L t I 1 S I Y 1 r Y II 1 j 1 U S fn r i r i ft Gre town j Ji J i G x ti 1 I Ii i r M L iii 71 k of ot any alliance or protectorate either may have hao there to that end cad Article 7 1 of ot last years tots foto convention which caused so much adverse criticism In the senate reads may If IC It chooses erect cr ct fortifications or patrol the tho canal cann worships warships with without without out asking the consent of oC any other na nay nation tion Again the neutrality of ot the ca canal caha nal ha Is to be guaranteed by the United States alone and other maritime pow ers ere are ore not to be Invited to participate In la such guarantee Great Britain Is inferentially one of oC the Guarantors merely because she is a party to this treaty t tIn In Article 3 of tho the first treaty treat Great Oleat Britain and the United States promise mutually to guard tho the safety anI and neu neutrality neutrality of oC the canal and to Invite nil other nations notions to do the same In oth other other er words while the United States as ns assumed assumed all nil tho cost of or construction maintenance etc of oC tho the canal it was wao not to have havo the sole privilege of guard guardIng Ing lug it This tacit Invitation to other powers was strenuously objected to In Inthe inthe the senate last year and nod constituted an nn Insuperable obstacle to tho the ratification of oC tho the treaty This obstacle has been removed and to the tho great sur Hur surprise surprise I prise of or all concerned Great Britain virtually admits the Justice of ot our con tenUous tendons by withdrawing wing all nil opposition to tho the elimination of ot these objection objectionable able ablo features Tho The claim of oC Great Britain to an nn Interest In III tho the prospective prospective tive canal across tho the American Isthmus was 18 based upon her claim of ot a II protectorate protectorate over oer that portion of oC Nicaragua known as ns the Mosquito coast Some Somo English settlers had hal ferreted out nn on obscure chief of tho the Mosquito tribe persuaded him to 1 proclaim himself the rightful representative of oC ofa ofa a n hereditary monarchy looking to Great Orcal Britain In the nature of oC protect protector or A most ridiculous court of oC no nor noble ble hlo lords and dignitaries with high names was lUS established con consisting cong slating mostly molly of British and ami the sovereigns took tho the names of oC kings though Great Britain did dill not nol at It lr t formally assume sumo o tho the protectorate Sho Sian did not object however how hol however holev ever ev r to asserting all ull the powers of oC un an prerogative and ami terri territory tory tort wherever found that might be utilized j as os termini for Cor the projected canal canar on either coast const of oC Nicaragua These Theta proceedings were prior to the ne lie negotiation of or tho the Clayton treaty but were probably for the express pur per purpose pose 1151 of oC asserting what was wall In effect recognized 1 In that the right to territory In or adjacent to Nicaragua This claim could not nol he be established by hy bynn byan nn an extension of oC tho the boundaries of ot Brit British BritIsh British ish Honduras for Cor that colony was too far away so the alleged protectorate was all that could be bo urged in justification tion of ot the tM claim Stripped of oC all nil verbiage and shorn of ot ambiguous phrases the Clayton Bul w er treaty amounted In fact to a II rec recognition recognition of or these British claims claim It Inv In trenched the British in a n position which they th y had lad at nt first only tentative tentatively ly ty held and not all nil the Invoking of oC tho the Monroe doctrine by various could make Great Britain budge So far Car Lack back as the days dars of ot Lord Loral Lor Palmer Palmerston ston stop the United States government has striven to obtain a n formal abrogation of oC the tho treaty and congress directed President Buchanan at nt ono one time to de demand demand demand mand Its Ha abrogation on the ground that Great Britain had herself herselt violated it by her subsequent action In asserting claims to territory in Central America |
