The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-20
THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY
 RATIElES TAFl'S ACTION
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right of the other to control the move ments of it's own people.
 That was before the great tide of inn migration to this country began, cir constance which has caused the United States to change it's attitude on the ques- ton of repatriation. By statute the right of the individual to choose his own place of residence had been so explicitly recog- nized that it amounted almost to re- peal of the Russian treaty. Moreover, most other countries have followed the example of the great republic.
 In consequence of this revolution, ne declared the maintenance of the treaty was inconsistent with the attltude ol ehe civilized world.
 '.The first and greatest reason for ter minating the treaty is thta we may set ourselves right with ourselves he sald,
 and I think the time has come When consistency with regard to our principles
 requires us to give the notice of terml- nation provided for by the treaty ltself.
 How does the senator reconcile the declaration of the natural and political right of repatriation with our Chinese nolicv?'' asked Senator Bailey, abruptly breaking into the New York senator's $ speech. .o Mr Root pointed to the statute of 1868 declaring the right of repatriation wnlch was, he said, the final and authoritative procurement on that point
 Advises Caution
 He admonished caution in this proceed ing with Russia.
 Tt behooves us to act conserNatFely and cautiously in the official use of lah- guage about this treaty, lest we find our selves betrayed into assertions whlchmay come back to plague us, he said. He re- ferred to the fact that Russia has many millions of Mongolian subjects, which he said the United States would not admit, treaty or no treaty.
 Senator Stone of Missouri, democratic member of the committee on foreign re- lations, criticised the course advised ny the President in terminating the trea.y. Regarding treaties as part of the supreme law of the land, he considered an act of Congress necessary to put an end to the operation of one of them. He sus- tained the action of the committee, how ever, in srrporting the President in bis notification to Russia, and dropped word of counsel to his party. Declaring him. self tc be an extreme partisan, he said: Tn dealing with a great International question like this, the best policies we | can play is to act a high plane, with | an eye single to the general welfare.
 The democratic party has a good chance | to come into it's own: 1t is on trial. Let
 us, therefore. do nothing to impair con-
 fdence in our dignity and in our ability | to administer the affairs of the country. | LeC us do nothing to justify a charge | that we ourselves are playing politics" | He characterized the House resolution
 as ''curt, drastic and rasping," and de- | tended the Senate resolution as far pref erable. For one thing, he considered con- | servative action as necessary to the pro- l lection of American citizens in Russia. | He also found in the subject a possibility 1at f1n in laA Orient, where. he said, Russia's infu-
 ence was second only to that of Ja- lpans
 Mir. Stone refused to accept the Russian view of repatriation and said that on | the question of passports, the United States had acute ground for grievance Admitting Russas right to regulate her own citizenship, he contended for the
 right of all American citizens to go to
 Russia to engage in business. Russia has no right to divide us into classes" he said.
 | Senator Hepburn of Idaho declared that | inasmuch as objection was made only
 to the first article of the treaty of 1892,
 the remainder of the agreement should be
 allowed to stand.
 If We are going to abrogate the whole | treaty because of objections to one sec | tion why not abrogate all of our IF | treaties with Russia? ?" he asked.
 The first real note of opposition to the
 Senate resolution was sounded when Sem
 ator Hitchcock of Nebraska took the floor
 in support of his own modification of | the House resolution. He contended for
 a more vigorous declaration than that
 contained in the Senate substitute. Re-
 ferring to the prolonged efforts of Con-
 gross to procure modification of con
 ditions, he declared that the attempts of
 the legislative branch had mot found a proper response from the White House
 or the state department
 | Now, however, that abrogation has l been forced on the administration by pop
 ular opnion," he said, fit should not be | accomplished by a meaningless jangle of | glittering generalities, but in plain lam | guage that all may understand. I do not
 believe in insulting Russia, but I do not l believe that we should all be afraid to put our notice in unmistakeable lan- | guage.'