The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-12
SENATE RAT|F|ES
EIGHT TREATIES
Of ARBITRATION
President Sharply Criticised for
Demanding that No Amend
nlents be Adopted
SENATE ASSERTS RIGHT
TO AMEND ANY CONVENT IONS IT
SEES FIT AND REsENTs uH-
uRPATioN or AUTHORITY
eY Mr.. ROOSEVELT.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE senate
in executive session today ratified ar
bitration treaties between the United
States and eight European govern
ments. II required ~:wo SESSIONS to
reach an agreement. AL the i.rst scs
ion consideration wasS gwen 70
communication from the president f0
Senator Cullen, chairman Of the for
aign relations committee, in the form
Of protest against any amendment
being adopted; at the second session
the tseaties were amended and rati-
fed with only nine votes against the
amendment made by the senate com
mIttee ON fore gn relations.
Made Amendments, Anyhow.
Tie situation in the senate over
the arbi ration treaties iiss been
strained for several weeks The
fl.st protests against the treaties
were made by senatorr from the
southern states who sought an
an endmens which would preclude
the possibility of arbitration claims
against their states by reason OF re-
pudiated bonds. Later it was sug-
gested that an amendment should be
adopted which changed but one
word that OF agreement" 10 trea-
~" IN article 2, making the article
read,
In EACH indixidnal na@a lie high
\ contracting parties. before appealing
10 the permanent court OF arbitration.
shall conclude special treaty defin.
ing closely he matter in Dispute. the
scope Of the powers Of the arbitrators
and periods to be fixed for the form.
alton Of the arbitral tribunal and the
several stages of the procedure"
The amendment answered the pur-
pose OF the protests made by the
southern senators and In add ton es-
tablished the principle tia. any mat
ter in the nature OF treaty vita a
foreign government mus be consum-
mated by the president with the con-
sent Of he tenate" In tbs form
the committee reported TIC treaties
to the senate.
The treaties were considered bit
no acton was taken beyond arrir
ing al an agreement tina the should
again be taken up today.
President Sharply Criticized.
The first executive session of the
senate today was confined almost e
tirely to defense. by half dozen
senator's, of the senate ight -
amend treaties.
The president was criticized sharp
ly because of his letter declaring IL to
be backwart step 70 ratify the
treaties in the form proposed BY the
senate committee ON foreign affairs.
No defense of the presidents posi-
ton was taken until the second ex-
ecutive session. when Senators Dol
liver, Fairbanks, Plat of Connects
cut and Hopkins argued against the
need of haste
1t was argued by thase senators
that an amendment ought 20 be dl
rected If amendment were necessary.
at all, to a better definition Of the
class of questions to be left TO arbi-
tration, rather than by an amend
ment which put the government of
the United States in tAe attitude OK
agreeing with foreign nations in ad-
vance that in certain cases Z wouh
make treaties of arbitration
It was said the obligation to do
that was already upon us by reason
of The Hague tribunal committee and
the officially repeated statement that
IL is the national policy to arbltratc.
Ratification of these treaties Il was
argued. offered TO this government
he best chance Il was likely ID have
in this generation to do its share to-
wards the abolition Of the barDayisms
OF war
After the speeedes a motion to ad-
journ was made but was defeated.
Amendments Big Majority.
4 motion was then made TO ADOPT
the committees amendment the
vote was taken Ou the treaty WIN
France as the ether treaties ase On
Identical nucs. The roll call was
again demanded and the amendment
was adopted so 10 2 Following IS
the vote
YEAS-AIlee. Allison. Antsny "a
con, Bailey. Bard. Bale, Berry. Black,
burn. BuInham. Burrows, CarmaDA,
Clark Of Wyoming, Clay. Crlbc~sea,
Cullom. Daniel. Dick, Dd''agham.
Dryden. Foraker. Fosts- II i-oalsisaa,
roster of Washington FHllou. Calm
ger. Gam0le. Goralaa. siaic. Aaas-
borough. HeYbayn, kcan. h.til eiise.
I.aiimer. s-f.se. Lug. NcCu.aas Me-
Creary. MeT.amia. Money. Aarsaii,
Newlsnds. Or~-a1a. Paterson. Per
sins, scott. $ aect. S.seener. Siens.
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