The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-21
ERADICATION
 IS RATIFIED
HOUSE coNcuRs IN SENATE RES oLuTioN ONLY A SINGLE NEG
 ATlvE VOTE
Macon of Arkansas, Votes Against lt. Explaining That He Did It for Frn--May Affect the Am.
 erlcan Trade.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Conuress to day ratified the presidents notifica ton of the termination of the Rus san treaty of 1892. and sent tn, measure to the president for his sig nature. The house disposed of i according to program within 75 min utes. Speaker Clark signed it at 2.55 ?. m. Vice President Sherman signed t at S:5l, after the senate ha( remained in session purposely to per init him, under the rules to aft, bis signature while it was in session fomcgrow congress will recess, foi the holidays which was an import. ant factor in the expedition or tht ratification. d
 Il was a purely perfunctory pro ceeGing in the house. for democrats and republicans voted together, Ma con of Arkansas (democrat) alone voting in the negative. He explained to the house iateT that he voted asainst the resolution in a spirit o levity. During the debate repubn cans joined with their political oppo- nents in tributes to Representative sulzer of New York, democrat au. thor Of tIhe house bill, for accepting the senate measure. amending hii own.
 Mir SuIzer urged the house to ac. cept the house resolution SO that Pres ident Taft's hands might be upheld by the legislative end of the govern. ment in dealing with Russia and the notice of the treaty termination made effective before January l.
 Mir. Sulzer has shown that he il acting through the promptines of pa trletlsm. not politics." sa,a Repub Heal Leader Mann.
 The Russian reply to the notice from Ambassador Curtis Guild tha America wished to terminate th' treaty of 1882 has been received a the state department. The officials declined to publish the text of thu note but admits it's contents have been well outlined in the news. dis patches from St Petersburg. Hence it is infeured that the Russian for eign office made no response t' Secretary Knox's invitation 10 em bark upon negotiations for new treaty.
 It may be stated upon good author fly that the Russian government doef not intend to be hurried in this mat ter, but on the other hand it doe expect to conclude a new convention befoTe the existing treaty !explres December 31. 1912. Unquestionabl. the modification of the terms Of th' original resolution of abrogation ha been a strong factor In influencing m Russian government to consider fay orably fine framing of new treat, whigh possibly it could not have eu tertained under the sense of irrita iion that would have been caused D. the adoption of the original joint res olution in all its severity Of expres sion.
 Notwithstanding some expression to the contrary by individual senators the weight of official opinion is decio edly in favor of the contention tha with the withdrawal of the "tavore nation treatment" guaranteed to tn American imports into Russia by tn treaty about to be terminated, tn full maximum Russian tariff rates WI automatically become effective agains American goods. Bearing on thl ;fopositissi is the ssoiille==fi!iGsss soiille !isss extrac from The Russian customs tariff c 1905:
 "All products of the countries whie enjoy in Russia most favored nat'oi rishts are subject to the terms ( the conventional tariff. insofar as thi letter is not modified by the conyei tl'.1al tariff"
 The implication is declared to D irresistible that only the countrie Tn this section-that is, those haYln most favored nation rights can CT Joy the lower rates of the convention al tariff. At present Russia extend those rates to United States product and 1t has been suggested that Rui Sla Will continue 10 do so on tn ground that the presidents proelamf lion issued under the terms Of ff