Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-12-21
HOUSE CONCURS
IN NOTIFICATION
Botb Parties Join in Tributes to
the Patriotism Of Representa-
tive Sulzer.
ACCEPT SENATE AMENDM GNT
Russian Note Not Made Public
Believed It Will in Time Ne
gotiate for New
Treaty.
ACCEPT SENATE AMENDM GNT

WASHINGTON Dec. 20.---Congrcss to-
Of the termination Of the Russian
treaty Of 1882 and sent the measure
to the President for his signature.
Tie House disposed of it according to
program within - minutcs Speaker
Clark signed it at 2.56 p. m. Vice
President sherman signed it 81 3:51
after the senate had remained In ses-
sion purposely to permit him under
the rules to affix his signature. while
it was In session. To-morrow Coa-
gress will recess for the holidays
which was an important factor In the
expedition Of the ratification.
1t was a purely perfunctory proceed
ing in the House for democrats and
republicans voted together. Macon Of
Arkansas CdemocraD alone voting in
the negative. lie explained to the
House later that he voted against the
resolution in spirit of levity
During the debate republicans joined
with their political opponents in tri-
butte TO Representative Sulzer. the
democratic author of tho House bill.
for accepting the Senate measure
amending his own.
Mr. Sulzer ursed the House TO accept
the Senate's resolution so that President
| Tafts hands might he upheld by the
| legislative end tf the government in deal
| ing with Russia and the notice Of the
| treaty termination made effective before
| January l.
Mr. Suzer has shown that he is acting
through the pronptngs of patriotism, not
| politics. said Republican Leader Mann.
RUSSIAN REPLY RECEIVED
The Russian leply to the notice from
! Ambassador Curtis Guild that America
! wished to terminate the treaty of 1892
has been received at the State depart
ment. The otticills decline to publish the
| text q the note BIT admit its contents
have oeen well outlined in the news
! dispatches from St Petersburg Hence
! II is Inferred tht the Russian foreicn
| office made no response to Secretary
| knoXs invitation TO embark upon
| negotiations for new treaty. II may be
| stated on good authority that tho Rus
sian government toes not intend TO 20
hurried in this mater but on the other
! hand ii does expect to conclude n new
convention before TIE existing treaty ox-
pires December 81. ,a2 Unqucytionablv
the modification of the terms Of the
original resolution Of a1rogation has been
a strong feature in nhuencin. the Rus
! sian government to consider favorahlv tbe
framing of Il new treaty which possibly
! it could not have entertained under tbo
sense Of irritation that would have ha.p
caused by the adoption Of the original
Joint resolution In al it severity of ,y.
pre- sion,
The weigh, Of official opinion Is de,Hi-
edv in favor of the cone lcntion that with
the withdrawal OF the favored nation
treatment guaranteed to American i'm.
ports into Russia by the treaty about n
be terminated the fun maximum Rus
sian tariff rates will autonttically ro-
come effective toward American goods
BEARING on this proposition Is the follow
ing extracts from the Russian customs
tariff of 1906
AN products of the countries which
enjoy in Russian most favored nation
right are subject to the terms Of the con.
ventional tariff in It's entirety and :,
the terms of the general tariff in so fan
as this letter is not modified by the con.
/ ventional tariff"
WILL CONTINUE THE RATES
The implication is declared to he I'M.
sistible that only the countriee i'm th,
section, that Is those having most "fa
vored nation" rights. can eni0v the lowe
rates Of the conventional tariff At pres
ent Russia extends those rates to Unite,
States products and 1t has boon surgceto,
; that Russia will continue to do 50 on IN,