Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-07
CHARGED THAT RUSSIA FAILS TO
HONOR PASSPORTS OF
JEWISH H-AMERICANS.
Prominent men SPEAK
Congressman and Senators Favor I'M
mediate Abrogation of Treaty
Made I'm 1882.

NEW lOhA, Dcc, O'-ADTObutloH
of the treaty Of friendly relations be-
tween the United States and Russia
made In 1892 when Nicholas l was
emperor of Russia and Buchanan
American minister to ST. Petersburg
was urged in speeches delivered by a
dozen or more men of national prom
mence and in resolutions adopted at
large mass meeting held In Car
negie hall tonight. The meeting was
under tho auspices Of tho National
Citizens committee which plans a
series OF similar demonstrations
throughout the country during the
next month in protest against Russia
In her refusal for many years to
honor the passport Of Jewish-Am
lean citizens.
AS a means to break the thirty
years deadlock in diplomacy over the
passport question most of the speak
ers tonight advocated the immediate
notice to Russia of the abrogation OF
the long standing treaty, the terms
of which they declared have been
violated by Russians
Pleads for Arbitration.
Andrew d. White, former United
States ambassador to Russia, was
chairman of the meeting and in his
address dwelled singly and lengthy
on the relations of the United States
and Russia. He was one of but few
speakers who strongly urged that
Russia be invited to arbitrate tn
question at The Hague before a
movement was made to abrogate the
treaty.
Carnegie hall was crowded ana
much applause marked the adopt
ton of the following resolution.
Resolved that this meeting, called
by representatives from every part
of the union reflecting every shade
of public opinion urgently request the
congress of the United States at It's
present session to adopt the resolu-
tions now pending in the senate and
house, looking to the abrogation of
the treaty Of 1882 between the United
States and Russia, by giving one
years notice of its termination, per-
suant to It's expected provision to the
end that our country at least shall
no longer behold with equanimity a
classification of its citizens which IL
ripened into precedent, would even
tually undermine that political sy-
stem which has made 1t the greatest
moral power of the EARTH
Prominent Men Speak.
Preceding the adoption of the reso-
luton, speeches were made by men
in the United States senate, the
speaker of the house of representa-
tivcs, several members of that body,
the head of Cornell University and
several others. Every speaker
brought out the idea that the pass
port question was not one of juda-
ism, but one OF American honor.
Conspicuous points in many of them
were:
United States Senator o'Gorman,
New York:
4 am read to vote for the abro-
cation OF the treaty"
He made the point that 1t provides
equal treatment OF citizens of Russia
and America, but in its present ad-
ministration It practically excluded
two million citizens of this country
from the privileges which the treaty
demand for all.
Governor Woodrow Wilson, New
Jersey:
'If the Russian government has
felt through all these years that II
could ignore the protests of Ameri-
can ministers and secretary Of state,
1t has become the government spoke
for special intents or from some spec
ial point of view and not for the Am
erican people"
Must Abrogatc Treaty.
Speaker Champ Clark said that the
conduct OF Russia has created uni
versal horror and protest. There
seems nothing left for us to do ex-
cept to abrogate this treaty"
President Schurman. OF Cornell
1T is ourselves and not Russia
that stand before the forum of the
world on a charge of lnfldelity to our
own peace and contempt Of our own
citizenship. II there Is no other way
OF vindicating our honor then / say
let the treaty be abrogated." =
William @. McAdoo, advocated the
abrogation of the treaty and dIsre-
gard OF commercial consideration.
william Randolph Hearst said:
I'm the protection of Its citizens,
in the maintainence of its own self
respect, in the self-defense Of Its own
honor, lot the United States assert