The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-19
LEAVES 1T
 ID SENATE
PRESIDENT ASKS SENATE TO AZ. RocATE TREATY WITH RUSSIA
 IGNORING HOUSE ACTION.
Democrats Accuse Administration of Robbing Them of the Honor of Putting Through the
 Resolution.

Washington, Dec IS. S.-Presideni Taft tuRaed over to the senate today the task of completing the abrogation of the treaty of 1882 with Russia, be cause of alleged determinations against American citizens of Jewish faith. a
 Ignoring the house of representa- tiyes, the president sent message to the senate announcing that in Fri day iast he had caused notice to be forwarded to St. Petersburg that the United States desired the treaty to end January 1, 1913. This notifica. ton was officially handed to the rep- resentatives of the Russian govern ment yesterday.
 Mir. Taft asked the senate to rat fly and give effect to his action.
 The foreign affairs committee ot the senate voted to report resolu- ton of ratification. couched In diplo- matic terms, and Senator Lodge of feerd it later in the senate. There was every reason to believe the res- olution would be rushed through, in- asmuch as the senate committee, as an act of courtesy to the house, had decided the lower branch of congress should be asked to concur in the senate's action.
 Senator Hepburn of Idaho, howev' CT, took the floor and after protest ing vigorously against nasty action asserted his right under the rules and by formal objection, threw furth- CT consideration of the matter oyeI until tomorrow.
 Although 1t was evident tcnieht that politics would enter into the fighi tomorrow the prediction was made freely that all obstacles would De overcome and that before the senate adjourned the committee resolution would be put through as a sub for the house resolution which proved ob- jectionable to the resolution.
 Chairman Sulzer of the house con- mittee on foreign affairs. author of tihe house resolution declared tonight he believed the matter would be adjusted satisfactorily and that the abrogation of the treaty would be an accomplished fact before congress re- eessed Thursday for the holidays
 Democratic leaders both in dhe house and senate are determined to claim credit for the abrogation of the treaty Senators Culberson of Texas and Hitchcock of Nebraska, the latter member of the foreign rela. tions committee, served preliminary notice to thls effect in the senate today and will be heard further to- morrow, Culberson accused President Taft of trying to strip the house of one of it's prerogatives end asserted that the president was trying to "steal the democratic thunder"
 In his message to the senate Pres ident Taft transmitted copy of the letter which American Ambassador Guild at St. Petersburg had been transmitted to the Russian foreign office. In it was expressed the view of the United States that the old treaty no longer met the political principles or commercial needs Of the two nations and should be term. mated. The American government with marked courtesy suggested further that it would be most agree able to this colz1try If new treaty along more modern lines could be negotiated. to replace the ancient and outlived document.
 Despite this overture to the Rus sian government, state department officials tonight practically admitted there was little hope for negotiating n new treaty that would avoid the very things that were leading to tho denunciation of the old one.
 The United States it was poIntet out would be treading upon dangerou, ground ia trying to arrange witt Russia for a reciprocal agreement looking to wider latitude in the rights of the citizens of the two countries Under the most favorable nation clauses of treaties. the United States has with other powers, any one oI these could claim the right of entrJ ] for it's citizens into the United