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We are very glad to learn from a telegram in

the Times of Friday that there will probably be a majority in the United States Senate for the Bill repealing the discriminatory clause of the Panama Canal Act. The improved situation has been brought about partly by the adoption of the amendment stipu- lating that the repeal of the discriminatory clause shall not impair American rights under the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. This amendment may mean that the interpretation of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty will be disputed later as a separate question. If the Senate wished the Treaty to be submitted to the Hague, Great Britain could have no objection.

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