The British Minister closes his communication to Lord Pauncefote as follows: "I request that your excellency will explain to the Secretary of State the reasons, as set forth in this dispatch, why His Majesty's government feel unable to accept the convention in the shape presented to them by the American Ambassador, and why they prefer, as matters stand at present, to retain unmodified the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. His Majesty's government have throughout these negotiations given evidence of their earnest desire to meet the views of the United States. {71} They would on this occasion have been ready to consider in a friendly spirit any amendments of the convention not inconsistent with the principles accepted by both governments which the government of the United States might have desired to propose, and they would sincerely regret a failure to come to an amicable understanding in regard to this important subject." CANAL, The Kaiser Wilhelm Ship. See (in this volume) GERMANY: A. D. 1895 (JUNE). CANAL, Manchester Ship. On the 1st of January, 1894, the ship canal from Liverpool to Manchester, which had been ten years in course of construction and cost £15,000,000, was formally opened, by a long procession of steamers, which traversed it in four and a half hours. CANAL: The Rhine-Elbe, the Dortmund-Rhine, and other Prussian projects. See (in this volume) GERMANY: A. D. 1890 (AUGUST); and 1901 (JANUARY). CANDIA: A. D. 1898 (September). Fresh outbreak. See (in this volume) TURKEY: A. D. 1897-1899. CANEA: Christian and Moslem conflicts at. See (in this volume) TURKEY: A. D. 1897 (FEBRUARY-MARCH). CANOVAS DEL CASTILLO, Antonio: Formation of Spanish Cabinet. See (in this volume) SPAIN: A. D. 1895-1896. CANOVAS DEL CASTILLO, Antonio: Assassination. See (in this volume) SPAIN: A. D. 1897 (AUGUST-OCTOBER). CANTEEN, The Army. See (in this volume) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1900 (MAY-NOVEMBER), THE PROHIBITION PARTY; and 1901 (FEBRUARY). CANTON: A. D. 1894. The Bubonic Plague. See (in this volume) PLAGUE. CANTON: A. D. 1899. Increasing piracy in the river. See (in this volume) CHINA: A. D. 1899. CAPE COLONY. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (CAPE COLONY). CAPE NOME, Gold discovery at. See (in this volume) ALASKA: A. D. 1898-1899. CAPE SAN JUAN, Engagement at. See (in this volume) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1898 (JULY-AUGUST: PORTO RICO). CARNEGIE, Andrew: Gifts and offers to public libraries. See (in this volume) LIBRARIES; and LIBRARY, NEW YORK PUBLIC. CARNEGIE COMPANY, Sale of the interests of the. See (in this volume) TRUSTS: UNITED STATES. CAROLINE and MARIANNE ISLANDS: Their sale by Spain to Germany.