Show BRITISH DECLINE TO ACCEPT AMENDED TREATY ilmoni adi ad i toy by if the confer 11 nce between and ami lay the 1 he long expected answer from the british government to the tho state stalo departments I 1 e t a communication reciting the faion of the senate satiate upon the lay hay fote treaty was wa returned at noon mon t aty ay lord lote the british had already acquainted acquaint cd secretary iry hay flay with the fact that lie had d ft a communication from lila his gohei ciment on tile subject and it had blan in aba lii vilou for several days daya secretary hay flay had acquired it general of the character of the rim lord fote read the answer to lo heere secretary tary flay it was to in the form of tin nn from lord lansdowne the british of foreign affairs affa irit to lord and of these in linds he left a copy with secretary hay flay at the conclusion of the conference it was stated that the instruction to tord ford fote was to notify the government of the united stat stalls that tile the british government did not ties set its way clear to accept of the senate the amendments were treated in dt de tall at some boine length in argumentative fashion the purpose of the baltish kovei being to show that it flat sound bound reason reanon for declining to accept them |