Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-12
The ARBITRATION TREATIES
Must Be Accepted As Drawn or They
Will Be Recalled.

Washington, Jan. lift the arbitra-
ton treaties now pending before the
| United States Senate are emasculated
| the President will withdraw them from
| consideration.
President Roosevelt has let this be
understood clearly At the conference.
| last Saturday, between him and promi-
| Ecnt mamDerS of the Senate and the
! House of Representatives he said that
| he desired the arbitration treaties to BE-
ratified. In his opinion such action is
OF the highest Importance He desired
them to know that he would not permit
| the pending treaties to be radically
changed. as it had been minated they
might be by the Senate He says
! frankly that rather than have the
treaties affected in principal by their
| consideration i'll the Senate, he would
absolutely withdraw them.
| The treaties now pending We're nego-
tiated by See. Hay with the representa-
| tiVeS OF the powers and al Of them
| We're signed in Washington The con-
vcntion: entered into We're with France.
Great Britain. Germany. Italy. Portu-
ga. Switzerland. Spain and Austria
| Hungary. The President and Sec. Hay
| felt that IL long step toward universal
ALTERATION and Consequently universal
peac.. had been taken. Both have tX-
| pressed surprise that an attitude mimi
| cal to the conventions should have. been
assumed by some senators. The Pres
| dcnt ha:; expressed the hope that this
attitude may not be maintained sue
ccssfully as not only the people OF
! America lat IN. people Of the world.
as represented III the conventions are
| anxious that tl.cS" nt Gotiations looking
| 20 peaceful settlement Of questions
Which otherwise might cause war
| should lee concluded.
The President has impressed upon
members of Congress. pdrtic ularly of
| Tho Senate. that he regards arbitration
treaties ANA Il Formidable navy rs I'll"
b"st assurance of peace the United
States possibly could hav". He told
several callers. today. therefore, that
he wanted the treaties ratified ANA the
naval program carried out without Sc
riouS modification.
The S"nat" committee Oh foreign re-
| IationS. TODAY. resumed consideration
| Il the arbitration treaties. Senator Ia
CON proposed an amendment providing
| that interests of a state shall be arhi-
| trnt"d. hut no action was taken. The
trnrtirs are opposed. represented in this
| form by Southern senators. VII" d"
| not Wish to have their states involved
| by reasons of bends held abroad and
which have been r"pudiatcd by the
states TIL" treaties will be taken NJ
again ut the next meeting of the COM
| mittec.
| II connection Aith tn subject OF
! ;h,.;,. trca;i"s the President has adj
dressed the fnilu.,inr icttcr I" senator
riilloln charM,n Of the committee on
| foreign relations:
! White ITUisr Wa~Ein"tnr, Jan. II, 1909.
Ny Dear Senator cuIlorI:
| Notice. in connection With the gem
! eral arbitration treaties nov before tn"
Scnnt" thai suggestions have been
| mad" Ia th'' effect that nEc"r them 1t
might lie possible - '"l;Si Ter as mat
t',s for arbitration Il aims against ccl-
tain states nf In" Union. in reference
to certain stat" debts. write t" say,
what of c''ur:-. you personally know.
that under ~ conceivable ciTcum-
Stances could any sIl'h cen: truc,ion Of
the treaty he Ton Il ~ 'ment entertained
BY any President: the holders Of state
debts take. them with iull knowledge OF
,',r constitutional limits upon their "a
cnv"rN Through any @,tinn of the ma
tinnal government ana must rely solely
~ stat" credit. Such i lain against I;
state. could under mo- circumstances b.
submitted BIZ thc general government
as Il matter far arbitration. any more
than such !: lain against a county o.
municipaiiy could h" thus submitted
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