The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-19
TAFT GIVES TO
SENATE TASK
Of ABR0cRAT|0N
ignores House When He
Sends Message To
Upper Body
t
POLITICS TO ENTER FIGHT
h
Democratic Leaders Determined
To Claim Credit For
Lusty Termination

Washington, Dec. 1S.-President
Taft turned over to the Senate to-
day the task of completing the alb
rogation OF the treaty of 1882 with
Russia because of alleged discrimi-
nation against American citizens of
Jewish faith.
Ignoring the House of Representa-
tiycs the President sent a message
to the Senate announcing that on
Friday last, he had caused notice to
be forwarded to st. Petersburg that
the United States desired the treaty
to end January /, 1912.
This notification was officially
handed to the representative of the
government yesterday.
The President asked the Senate to
ratify and give effect to his action,
The foreign affairs committee voted
unanimously to report resolution
OF ratification couched in diplomatic
tones and Senator Lodge later Of
fcred it in the Senate. There was
every reason 10 believe that. the
resolution would be pushed through,
inasmuch as the Senate committee,
as an act OF courtesy to the House
had decided that the lower branch
of Congress should be asked to com
cur in the seuatc's action
Hepburn Protests.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho, how.
over, took the floor and after pro-
testing against hasty action asserted
his right under the rules and by
formal objection to further consider
alton of the matter over until tomor-
row.
Although it was evident tonight
that politics could enter the fight to-
morrow, prediction was freely made
that all obstacles should be overcome
and that before the Senate adjourned
the committee of resolutions would
be put through, as a substitute for
the House reduction, which proved
Objectionable to the Russian govern
ment.
Chairman Sulzer bf the House
committee on foreign affairs, author
OF the House resolution, tonigh. said
I've 'tIieved tina. taern would be adj
ju led satisfactory and thai tho alb
rtr'tion Of the treaty would be an
a. complishcd "a before Congress
b",'csstt THURSDAY for the holidays.
Democrats CAIN Credit.
u mocratic Leaders,. both in the
Senate and House arc determ lad to
claim credit for the abrogation of the
trea.y Senator's Guile, son of Texas
and Hitchcock of Nebradka, the lat.
ter member of the foreign relations
committee, scrred preliminary notice
to 'f's effect in the Suate to-day,
ana will be heard further tomorrow
III his message to the 80 ate Pres
'dcnt Taft transmitted copy Of the
letter which American Am
bassador Guild at St Petersburg had
thhsmitted to the Russian foreign
office. In It was expressed the view
of the United States that the old
treaty did not suit the political
principals or the commercial needg
of the two nations and should be ter
minated,
The American. government with
marked courtesy suggested further
that 1t would be most agreeable to
this country il new treaty along
more modern lines could be negoti-
ated to replace the ancient document
Despite this overture to the Rus
Sian government, the state depart
ment of officials tonight practically
admitted that there was little hope
for negotiating new treaty that
would avoid the very thing leading
to the denunciation OF the old one.
They do not believe that the heavy |
trade between the United States and |
Russia necessarily will be jeapor-
died by the abrcsation OF the treaty,
although tariff war is possible and |
Russia would have the right to ex-
cludc American ships from any OF