Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-20

Washington, Dec. 1e.-The senate by 9 unanimous vote tonight formally ratified President Tafts notification to Russia of the termination of the treaty of 1892. The Lodge joint resolution, reported by the foreign relations com Tnfttee as substitute for the Sulzer resolution that passed the house 300 to I, was adopted after an all day de bate over Russian discrimination against the Jews. The house tomorrow Is expected to agree to the senate measure.
 Two Substitutes Voted Down.
 The resolution was adopted at 7-19 ?. m. It was introduced for the com lnitte by MT. Lodge of Massachusetts, as the measure couched in the Ian- Euage most satisfa ctory to the Wash lngton administration. which sought to avoid giving offenes to the St. Pet Rrsburg government The final action rane after two S5rbsdtutes had been voted down. It was the climax of 8 potable proceeding in the chamber which guards jeaIously it's traditional powers to make and break treaties.
 Precedents Cited.
 All through the symposium of views To which many senators contributed throughout the day. however, there of treaty nominations by executive at l. The senate was held in session until a late hour on the urgent plea of Sell atOr Lodge that to secure action be- fore the Christmas holiday recess on Thursday it was necessary that the senate should act tonight
 Many Conflicting Opinions.
 Every senator who spoke voiced his advocacy of congressional action to meet the Russian discrimination. They were unanimous for the termination Df the treaty, but showed a. wide di- Vergence of views a to the manner in which that end should be accomplish ed Among those who held conflicting voIxr Tr, diana Poindexter of Washington, O'Gorman of New York, Stone of Mis- souri, and Williams of Mississippi.
 Effort to Eliminate Race Question.
 The most conspicuous opposition to the senate resolution developed when | Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska offered a substitute resolution eliminating the question of race as a cause for dis rriTninatiOn and emitting the charge i that Russia had violated the terms ot the treaty. The Hitchcock substitute, however, is along the lines of the house resolution. Those who voted in 31e affirmative on the Hitchcock sub stitute were Senators Chiffon. Culber- pon, Rayner, Smith of Maryland Tay- Dor, Watson and Williams, democrats, snd Senators Clapp and PoindeXter, ] republicans.
 Unanimous for Lodge Resolution.
 Senator Newlands offered a substf- 1 }ute dovetaiIing the Hitchcock and |
 
 flown without division. Then came the final vote on the Lodge resolution. | The roll was called, but there was no | division Seventy two votes were ca st ! and all of them were favorable to the ] measure. It was therefore declared ! adopted and was started on it's way to ! the house.
 Await News from Guild.
 With the senate's action the Russian | situation has assumed a quieter phase 1 Tl as ha hy-elr1 r1f4I1 oF fL7e.k government is concerned. The officials 1 are looking forward to the receipt from | Curtis Guild, the American ambassador i to St. Petersburg. Of the acceptances l by the Russian government of the no- | tice given by President Taft of the desire of this government to terminate the treaty of 1892.
 Lodge Defends Taft's Action. Press despa atches from St. Petersburg indicate that such an answer already has been handed to Mir. Guild and the contents of the Russian note a s out lined in the despatches, are perhaps somewhat disappointing in that they convey no response to the direct state Jnent by Secretary Knox that America stands ready to open negotiations i'm nediately for a new treaty. Mir. Lodge 1 defended the action of President Taft in abrOgating the Russian treaty with out con greEsional action. Six treaties he pointed out, had been terminated 1 by notice.
 Danger of Delay Pointed Out.
 Senator Lodge said the termination of a treaty by notice was in no sense Rn abrOgat1on or a denunciation, but was in accord with the terms of the treaty itself Much attention was giv- en by MT. Lodge to the contention that Celay would render 1t impossible to terminate the treaty for the next two years.
 Article ]. Violated.
 Russia had disregarded the terms of he treaty, he said. Article I. has been violated by Russia, while it has been observed by the United States and I tllirk it has been violated to dis crininate against large element of | American cItiens. It is fntolerable that it should continue and constitutes a series of grievances that cannot be everest tin1ated- The refusal of Russia i to observe Article I. of the treaty, he said. had put many American citizens in humiliating position that should TO longer be submitted to.
 Root Finds Treaty Obsolete. Senator Root concurred in the view . that the existing treaty must remain , unsatisfactory and injurious, but he found in the first article of the treaty T recognition by the United States of Russia's right to prohibit the eni- grafton of it's subjects In fact, at the time the United States itself had ad- ( hered to the doctrine of infeasibIe ale i glance and in making the agreement 1 ( each country had acknowledged the right Of the other to control the move nleY-tS of its own people.
 Conditions Have Changed Here.
 That was before the great tide of } rs,rs grafton to this country began, -ircu1rstance which had caused the ( ' Jnited States to change its attitude on he question Of repatriation. By stat ute the right of the individual to r moose his own place of residence has 0 been so explicitly recognized that it tmoCntec almost to a repeal of the V Russian treaty. Moreover, most other a