Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-27
TAFT ADVOCATES
RUSSIAN TREATY
Notified Cars Government of
His Intention Last Friday.
SENDS MESSAGE TO SENATE
President Asks Upper House to Rati-
fly His Action-Foreign Relations
Committee Report Joint Res
ciution Of Approval.

Washington. = Russia has been
aotified through Ambassador Guild
Of the intention of the United
States to terminate the4832 treaty of
commerce and navigation on January
|, 1913 President Taft served the no
ice and asks ratification Of his action
IN a message sent to the senate.
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee reported a joint resolution ap-
proving the course of the president
In reporting joint resolution instead
of a senate resolution the committee
disregarded the presidents desire to
settle the matter without action by
the house of representatives and thus
ignore the Sulzer resolution.
President Taft served notice of abb
rogation on the Russian ambassador,
George Bakhmetieff, at the White
House. 1t was this conference with
the ambassador which gave rise to the
report hat formal protest had been
entered by Russia against the Ian
guage of the Sulzer resolution. 1t is
said that the notification that Russia
would be offended at the Sulzer reso-
luton came from American Ambassa-
dor Guild OF ST. Petersburg
Under the notice to Russia and I'M
der the terms of the treaty itself the
abroEaticn will be effective January l.
1913.
President Taft in his message said:
by instructions which caused the
! secretary of state to transmit to the
American ambassador at st. Peters
| burg on the 18th day of December,
1911, there was given to the imperial
| Russian government under date OF the
| 18th day of December, 1911. official
notification on behalf of this govern
ment of intention to terminate the OPP
Grafton of the treaty OF commerce and
navigation OF December 18, 1882, be-
tween the United States and Russia
upon the expiration OF the year COM
mencing on the 1st of January, 1912,
the notification contemplated by arti-
Gle IL of the existing treaty having
been embodied in the following note
addressed by the ambassador to the
minister of foreign affairs:
Under instructions from my gov
eminent, and in pursuance of the con-
versaticns held by the secretary OF
state with the Russian ambassador at
Washington, have now the honor to
give to the imperial Russian govern
ment on behalf of the United States
by article IL OF the treaty OF 1892,
whereby the operation of the said
treaty will terminate in accordance
with its terms on January l. 1913.
Your excellency will recall that
,pourparlers between the two govern
ments during the last three years full
Iy recognized the fact that this an
cient treaty, as is quite natural. is no
longer fully responsive in various re-
spects to the needs of the political
and material relations of the two coun-
tries, which grow constantly more i'm
portant The treaty has also given
rise, from time to time, sto certain con-
troversies equally regretted by both
governments.
In conveying the present formal
notification to your excellency am in
Structed 10 express the desire OF my
government meanwhile to renew the
effort to negotiate a modern treaty of
friendship, commerce and navigation
upon bases more perfectly responsive
to the interests of both governments.
II am directed by the president at
the same time to emphasize the great
value attached by the government of
the United States to the historic rela-
tions between the two countries and
the desire of my government to spare
no effort to make the outcome of the
proposed negotiations contribute still
further to the strength and cordiality
of these relations.
IL avail myself of this occasion to
offer to your excellency the renewed
assurance of my highest considera-
ton
Il now communicate this action TO
the senate as a part of the treaty
making power of this government.
with a view to its ratification and ap-
prevail