The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-19
TAFT GIVES TO
SENATE TASK
Of ABR0CRAT|0N
lgaores House When He
Sends Message To
Upper Body
POLITICS 70 ENTER FIGHT
Democratic Leaders Determined
To Claim Credit For
Lusty Termination

Washington, Dec 1S.-Presiden'
Taft turned over to the Senate to-
day the task of completing the alb
rogation or the treaty Of 1892 with
Russia because of alleged discrimi'
nation against American citizens OF
Jewish faith.
Ignoring the House of Representa-
tives the President sent a message
to the Senate announcing that on
Friday last, he had caused notice to
be forwarded to st. Petersburg that
the United States desired the treaty
to end January !, 1912.
This notification was officially
handed to the representative of the
government yesterday.
The President asked the Senate to
ratify and give effect to his action.
The foreign affairs committee voted
unanimously to report a resolution
OF ratification couched In diplomatic
tones and Senator Lodge later Of
fcred it in the Senate, There was
eYory reason 30 believe that. the
resolution would be pushed through,
inasmuch as the Senate committee.
as an act of courtesy to the House
had decided that the lower branch
of Congress should be asked to con-
cur in the Senate's action.
Heyburn Protests
Senator Hepburn OF Idaho, how
ever. took the floor and after pro-
testing against hasty action asserted
his right under the rules and by
formal objection to further consider
alton of the matter over until tomor-
row.
Although it was evident tonight
that politics could enter the fight to-
morrow, prediction was freely made
that all obstacles should be overcome
and that before the Senate adjourned
the committee Of resolutions would
be put through, as a substitute for
the House reduction. which proved
Objectionable to the Russian govern
mcnt.
Chairman Sulzcr bf the House
committee on foreign affairs, author
of the House resolution, tonigh. said
I've tiiieved tha. taern would be ad-
tH led satisfactory and tina, the All
rtr'tion Of the treaty would he an
accomplished "a before Congress
,"''cssed Thursday for the holidays
Democrats CAIN Credit.
" mocratic l4nd"rs. both in the
Senate and House are determ lad 10
claim credit for the abrogaton of the
trea.y Senator's Cu!hct son Of Texas
and Hitchcock of Nebraska, the lat
ter member of the foreign relations
committee. served preliminary notice
to t'is effect in the s nate today
a'ih will be heard further tomorrow
IN his message to the Se ate Pres
'dcnt Taft transmitted l copy Of the
letter which American Am
bassador Guild at ST. Petersburg had
t!nnsmitted to the Russian foreign
office. In 1t was expressed the view
of the United States that the old
treaty did not suit the political
principals or the commercial needs
of the two nations and should be ter
minated
The American government with
marked courtesy suggested further
that 1t would be most agreeable to
this country If new treaty along
more modern lines could be negoti-
ated to replace the ancient document
Despite this overture to the Rus
Sian government, the state depart
ment of officials tonight practically
admitted that there was little hope
Tor negotiating q new treaty that
would avoid the very thing leading
to the dcnunciation of the old one.
They do not believe that the heavy
trade between the United States and
Russia necessarily will be jeapor-
diSed by the abrosatiou OF the treaty, |
although tariff war is possible and
Russia would have the right to ex-