The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1911-12-07

Of TREATY
PROMINENT NEW YORK MEN
WOULD DISCONTINUE AGREE
MENT OF 1882 WITH RUSSIA.
Think Buchanan Accepted Treaty
When He Knew il Was Futile
National Law Makers Par.
ticipate in Meeting.

New York, Dec. 6.-Abrogation OF
the treaty of friendly relations be-
tween the United States and Russia
made in 1882 when Nicholas was
emperor OF Russia and Buchf'lan was
American Minister to st. Petersburg
was urged in speeches delivered by
dozen or more men OF national
prominence and IN resolution and
adopted at a large meeting in Carne-
gle Hall tonight.
AS to origin of the treaty II was
pointed out that the time OF its ne
gotiation Mr.. Buchanan was at the
height of intellectual vigor 'and none
of his leading contemporaries in Am
erican politics was more noted for
thorough knowledge of political SUBJ
jects and above all for astuteness.
III the treaty was futile from the
begir.aing he knew II and yet sane
toned it and took his place before
the world as its advocate. All that is
unthinkable,
Carnegie Hall was crowded and
applause marked the doption of the
following resolution:
Resolved, that this meeting, called
by Representatives from every part
Of the union. and reflecting every
shade of public opinion, urgently re-
quest the congress of the United
States at It's present session to adopt
the resolutions now pending in the
senate end house OF representatives
looking to the abrogation OF the trea
ty of 1882 between the United States
and Russia, by giving one years no.
tice of it's termination, pursuant TO
its expressed provisions, to tle end
that our country at least, shall on
longer behold with eQuanimity
classification of it's citizens, which
If ripened into a precedent would ey-
entually underm.l that political sys
TEN, which has made 1t the greatest
moral power of the earth.'
Preceding the adoption OF the res
olution, speeches were made by men
in the United States senate, the
speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. several members of that body
the head OF Cornell University and
several others.
Every speaker brought out the
idea that the passport question was
not one of judaism, but one of Am
ericaa honor Conspicuous points in
many Of them were:
United States Senator o'Gorman
New York.
Il am ready to vote for the abro-
cation of the treaty. He made the
point that 1t provided equal treak-
ment of citizens of Russia and Am.
erica. but in its present administra-
ton it practically excluded two mil.
lien citizens of this country from the
privileges which the treaty demanded
for all.
+ Governor Woodrow Wilson. of New
Jersey:
'If Ruccian government has felt
through all these years that it could
ignore the protests of American min
ters and secretaries of state, 1t has
because the American government
spoke for special interests or from
special point of view and not for
the American people.
Speaker Champ Clark said that the
conduct of Russia has created unit
versal horror and protest. There
seems nothing left for us to do ex-
cept to abrogate this treaty.
President Schurman Of Cornell:
1T is with ourselves and not Rus
six. that stand before the forum OF
the world on charge of infidelity to
our own people and contempt of our
citizenship. II there is no other
way of vindicatt1g our honor then
say. let the treaty be abrogated
William G. McAdoo advocated the
abrogation of the treaty and disre-
gard of commercial considerations.
William Randolph Hearts said:
SIN the protection Of its citizens
In the maintenance of its own SELF
respect. in the self defense of it's
own honor. let the United States as
ser. iis dignity and If necessary. en-
ploy its power
Representative William sulzer New
york. said: