Items Of Interest December 20, 1900 Issue

Items of Interest

The Davis amendment to the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty, modifying the neutrality clause in the agreement regarding the Nicaraguan Canal project, to the extent of permitting the United States to fortify the entrances, was passed in the United States Senate December 13, by a vote of 65 to 17. On the following day other amendments were introduced which would cause the treaty to be rejected by Great Britain; and Senator Lodge and Senator Foraker served notice on the President that they would be adopted unless the treaty should be withdrawn. This the President refused to do.

The Washington correspondent of the Boston Herald outlines what he understands to be the programme that will be followed in regard to the Nicaraguan Canal proposition as follows: "The Hay-Pauncefote treaty will be transformed by amendments and then ratified by the Senate, and in its new shape will be rejected by Great Britain, after which the Senate will endeavor to secure the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and will pass the Nicaraguan Canal Bill."

The treasury estimates of the provision necessary to be made by Congress to meet the expenses of the United States government for 1901-2 are as follows: Agriculture, $4,669,050; army, $113,019,044; diplomatic and consular, $1,897,638; District of Columbia, $9,080,703; fortifications, $12,461,103; Indian, $9,250,571; legislative, etc., $25,399,509; military academy, $1,045,750; navy, $87,172,430; pensions, $145,245,230; post-office, $121,267,349; river and harbor, $25,130,000; sundry civil, $63,378,113; permanent annual appropriations, $124,358,220; total, $743,374,800.

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