Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-21

morning President Taft Immediately in
qtIired if the resolution was ready for his
signature. Ii had been signed by Vice
President Sherman and Speaker Clark
last night President Taft affixed his sig
nature as soon as he reached his desk in
the executive offices and the last step of
the abrogation proceedings had been
taken.
Exchange of Cablegrams.
Coincident with the signing of the reso-
luton of abrogation there was made
public at the White House an exchange
: of cablegrams between President Taft and
the Emperor of Russia. The President
under date of December 10 sent his best
6 wishes to the emperor in connection with
( the celebration of the feast of St. Mich
oIas the name saint of the Russian
ruler The message follows:
Il beg to offer to your majesty my
( cordial fluctuations upon this anniversary
: and the assurances OF my nigh regard
and good wishes for yourself and for
s the nation over which your majesty
: reignS."
The emperor replied:
= Pray accept my cordial thanks for
Your congratulations and good wishes"
House Wanted Results.
A careful review of the proceedings in
) the House OF Representatives yesterday,
S with relation to the abrogation of the
: treaty, makes it apparent that the House
members who took the initiative in Sc
: curing the passage OF the original reSo-
luton, under date of December Is, were
: more intent upon securing the actual
abrogaton of the treaty than they We're
with sustaining their own contentious as
TO the subject matter which should De
Incorporated in the resolution. Repre-
sentative Sulzer, who framed the resolu-
ton, which was passed by the over
z whelming vote of 300 to 1, opened the
proceedings when he offered a motion TO
concur in the Senate amendments. and
: when he was heard on the motion he
gracefully yielded his position when he
said:
ION account of the limited time at our
disposal ere adjournment for the holiday
: recess. and in v ew of the fact that
: year will be lost i'm the termination of the
s treaty of 1892 with Russia unless action
be taken on the pending motion today,
and for more substantial reasons OF state
/ have moved to concur in the Senate
amendments to House joint resolution
1i;B, to terminate the treaty or 1872 with
: Russia. / hope the House Will adopt this
:: motion unanimously. and again prove that
: it can Sc above craftsmanship and be on
! an occasion of international moment truly
: American.
: II want to say to the House now what
=, have said to individual members here
:, tofore, that so long as l am the chair
:. man of the committee on foreign affairs
:. of the House of Representatives l shall
- never stoOp to play petty polit cs with a
= matter concerning our relations with a
: foreign government. 1 put patriotism
=. above party policy. the good of all the
= PEOPLE ahead of political eXpediency.
= so in justice to the House i should
: say that in the framing and the adoption
= Of our resolution TO terminate the anti
= quated Russian treaty of 1892 we cared
more for the substance than We did for
the mere form. We were not seeking
:: glory. but results. We wanted to termi-
: nate the Russian treaty, and We went
=, about it in the most direct way by tell
q. ing the truth as we knew the truth. 1
=. believe that truth is mighty and will pre-
q. vail in every cause. and in this case
:. the results sought certainly have been
=, achieved quicker than We expected.
= Quick Results Secured.
!: What are the facts? For forty years
every Secretary OF State has wrestled
: with this Russian passport question and
!. accomplished little For forty years
:. every President has endeavored to &C.
complish something in regard to this
matter without avail. In four days the
House Of Representatives accomplished
just what was desired That shows wha
can be done if you want to do 1t and
know how TO do il.
We rise superior to partisanship now
tndt we nave what We wanted and
say We VIII Il the Senate amend
ments. We are NOT interested I'm the tech
nicalities of the words of the resolution
but in the termination of the treaty. We
have achieved that. / am content. W.
should be satisfied with the result, bu
IN justice TO the committee on foreign
affairs and TO the membership of thi!
House. 1 want to say now and / meas
ure my words, that Russia made no pro
test, directly or indirectly. against TIT
adoption Of the resolution which passet
the House of Representatives last Wed
nesddy by a vote of 800 to /. We neet
never apologize for that resolution. NJ
true American will apologize for il.
Now, let me be fair and just to al
and take up a few things ~ connection
with the pending proposit-sn which per
haps need to be cleared up for the trutl
of history. What are the facts? Tn
House of Representatives on Wednesday
the 18th day of December. passed Hous
Joint resolution 1863. to terminate the Rus
sian treaty OF 1892. On Thursday. tn
18th day of December, that resofutio
was presented to the Senate and was re
ferred by the Vice President TO the com
mittee on foreign relations had the Hous
resolution under consideration. On Tn
18th day of December-last Sunday-fou
days after the House passed the resolt
ton and while 1t was pending in the Ser
ate. the President sent cable to tn
Amer can ambassador at ST. Petersbur
directing MIN TO present the formal motto
mentioned in the House resolution to tn
Russian government to the effect thu
the United States desired to terminal
the treaty OF 1882.
Above Political Advantage.
ION Monday. the 18th day OF Decembe
the President sent to the Senate a me:
sage regarding this subject. and i'm tia
message says, among other things. tina
he directed the American ambassador I
st. Petersburg TO say TO the Russia
government that it
VIII recall the fact that this anciei
treaty. as il quite natural, Is no longs
+ fully responsive in various respects TO u
needs OF the political and material rel'
tions of the two countries. which gro
constantly more important. The treat
has also given rise from time to time
certain controversies, equally regrette
by both governments. -,
Before this communication TO IN
Senate Monday. the 18th instant. wa
read, the Senate committee on foretg
relations reported House joint resolutio
1Ss. with the amendments, which hav
been read at the clerks desk Tues
day the 1sth instant the Senate passs