New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-06

nouncement of President Taft that he has
instructed the American Ambassador in St.
Petersburg to seek personal audience with
the Gar and to lay before that monarch
the contention of the United States that
Jews who are American citizens should
have the same passport facilities as any
other Americans indicates how much in
earnest the Chief Executive is in his desire
to fulfil the pledge he made on the East
Side of New York in the campaign. Eff
forts TO obtain any satisfaction through
the Russian Ambassador to the United
| States have proved futile Tho Russian
| Foreign Office. when pressed TO grant the
American contentious, which this govern
ment regards nothing more than just,
proved equally evasye and unsatisfactory
Now, however, Mr. Taft has taken steps
to bring the subject to the personal atten-
ton of the Car, and il is expected that
some satisfaction viii result; If not the I'M
mediate granting of the concession, ct least
| tentative approval which will point to
ultimate success. Negotiations with Russia
usually present perpeXinS problems. When
/ this country desired TO bring the protest of
American citizens against the kishineff
massacres TO the attention of the Russian
authorities it will be recalled. Mr. Roose
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warding the protest with a polite request
that this overnnlent be informed II 1T
would please the imperial government to
receive it," The answer was a prompt and
emphatic 1t would not But before that
answer could be framed the Russian For
eign Office was compelled to read the pro-
test.
POSTAL CBVENTION.-There is little
likelihood that the request Of Representa-
tive Stevenson for an investigation of the
methods of the Merchant Marine League of
Cleveland will affect the Gallnger postal
subvention bill one way of the other. 1t
is the occasion of regret, however, TO the
friends of this legislation that the Cleve-
land organization should have resorted TO
methods which are generally designated as
raw" It is frankly admitted that the at
tack of Representative Stevenson on the
league which led to the denunciation of
that member of Congress was bitter and
Unwarranted, but the leagues efforts at re-
taliation are deplored and are regarded as
silly and unworthy of men with serious
purpose to serve. Some of the bitterest
enemies of the encouragement of the mer-
chant marine by postal subvention have
been converted to the cause. and are
were once opposed to It, But that has not
been accomplished by meeting opposition
with denunciation and invective with
vituperation. The fight for postal subven-
ton is a matter of education, and the
fewer antagonisms there can be created the
more successful will be the campaign. 1t
is confidently expected that the Gallinger
measure will be passed by the Senate It's
course in the House depends entirely on the
temper of that body, shown by pre-
limnary poll It is possible that it may be
decided to defer reporting the measure until
next session, but it is hardly probable that
such a decision will be at all affected by
Mr. Steenersons demand for an investi-
cation.
DR.. NELL EXONERATED.-Whe
Charles R. Dawey sr, recently made pub
lie charges against the Commissioner of
Labor, DIR. Charles P. Neill, just on the
eve of the report of an investigation of
| these very charges, ordered by Secretary
Nagel at the request of the Commissioner,
Il was intimated in this column that Daw-
ley realized that the Commissioner would
be exonerated, and sought to prejudice pub
lie opinion in advance of such eXOneration.
That is precisely what has come to pass
Secretary Nagel announced to-day that his
committee completely exonerated the Com
missioner, as did the previous investigating
committee, appointed by Acting Secretary
McHarg. 1t appears TO have been a case
of now or never" with Dawley, whose
published interview Of piece with the
advance statement of eX-Forester Pnchot