The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-06
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AT HAND.
Curzon's Speech Has Dealt the
Treaty a Death Blow.
SENATORS DO NOT LIKE 1T-rH,
SENATORS DO NOT LIKE 1.-THE
REFERENCE MADE TO THE HIGH
EST DELIBERATIvE BODY IN
THE UNITED STATES is NOT
RELTshED BY THE MEMBERS
SOME PROGRESS WAS. BEING
MADE BUT NOW THERE IS NO
HOPE

ashlngton, April 5.-The arbitration
treaty has received n deadly blow from
ono of it's best friends. There has been
at no time likelihood that the treaty
wodlu be ratified; nevertheless, some
progress has been made in its favor dur
ing the past week. Senator Davis, of
Minnesota, the chairman of..the commit.
tee on foreign relations, has assiduously
endehvored to promote the prospects of
che treaty, and has been satisfied with it's
siiShtly increasing popularity in the SEN
ate; but the end has now probably CON q.
and failure will he the result.
The members o. the deliberatiye COM
mittee on foreign relations are to day
deeply incensed with the utterances OF
Hon. George n. Curzon, member ,of Par
Lament for the Southport division of
Lancashire. In his address to his con.
stituents on Saturday, Mr.. Curzon took
occasion to critcise the United States
Senate for its delay in ratifying the
treaty. The full account of his speech.
winch was cabled and printed in Ameri-
can newspapers caused instant comment
and criticism. One of the leading MEM
oers of the committee on foreign rela.
tlons who is IA friend of the treaty. TO DIV
said:
The people of our country do not fully
understand their own Senate, and, there
fore, we need not be surprised when gen
tlemen of other nations fail to under.
stand u.s. We consider the treaty in ex-
ecutive session; and none of us can talk
freely concerning the debates which have
been held. I'VE cannot even individually
talk for publication, in defense OF our
work. Mr.. Curzon gives great credit to
Lord Salisbury for having originated the
negotiations. That single assertion
makes enemies for the treaty. 1t demon
strates what the Senatorial opponents of
the treaty have constantly said, namely.
that the treaty is of British origin, and
intended to promote the..diplomatic in, err
esCs OF Great Britain, rather than the in
terests OF this country"
Senator Davis, who is ALWAYS extremslv
nonicommitsl, merely says: "I have read
the speech, as reported. have no COM
ments to make. The speech speaks for
itself, quite effectively.
Unfortunately for the treaty and it's
friends MIR. Curzon attacks the Senate.
ty referring TO that body as 'strangling
the agreement in its crad.e.n That refer
ence is ITO the entire ..deliherative body
which has the treaty. under consideration.
Inc Senators are sensitive because they
are proud of the august body of which
they are members. Moreover, the Sena
tors are clannish, when their deliberatiye
some OF the Senators who were inclininp
towards the ratification OF the treaty ms
amended are leaning the other way. They
regard the utterances of Mr.. CurZon ms
expressions of British sentiment because
the. report states that the speech was
heartily approved with vocferent cheers.
senators who have been earnestly en-
deavoring to secure the necessary two
thirds vote to ratify the treaty, say that
they know of twenty seven Senator'S who
are unaiterably opposed to the treaty in
any form. Senator Stewart, of Nevada.
is one of them. He says:
1t Is impossible to get the devil out of
the treaty by amendments; and the best
thing to do Is to scotch the whole thing.
We cannot eliminate from the agree.
ment all of the hidden pitfalls into which
Lord Salisbury led Olney, and :nto which
he desires to lead this country. No mem.
Der OF Parliament can dictate to the Uni.
tel States Senate concerning the proper
performance of it's duty"
Before Mr.. Curzon expressed himself
publicly and thereby made enemies for
the treaty there were known to be twenty
seven Senator's opposed to it, and only
thirty are required in the negative TO de-
feat it, for there are only eighty. seven
Senators now on the roll because of the
vacancies from the States of Oregon.
Kentucky and Florida. In addition to
the twenty seven known to be opposed to
the treaty there are nineteen Senators
VINO have given no expression of opinion:
and 1T is presumed that at least half of
them Will vote against the agreement.
therefore. it is concluded that the treaty
is doomed to defeat