The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-19
PRESIDENT PLAYS BIG
DIPLOMATIC GAME
Asks Senate 10 Confirm Action in
Ending Russian Passport
Treaty Of ls32.
Sen Hepburn Delays Immediate
Action ertain Two Houses
Will Act This Week.

WASHINGTON. dec President
Tan turned over 90 flr asuaf.. today
tho task uf completing fhr uhruEafton
OF ths treaty of l4g. ufth RgusIa. b..
cause % alleged DETERMINATIONS
aEainat American citizens ~ JesIsh
faith. Ignoring tho hous. ~ repre-.
senthuver. the presIdrnf sent q mes
sage tO the senate announcing that
on FRIDAY last he had caused notice
20 b. forNarded t0 50 Peters burg that
the United States desired the treaty
20 end Jsnuary o. 1913. This uoufca-
ton was Officially handed fo the rep.
resentative of the Russian government
yesterday
Mr. Taft asked the senate 20 ratlfy
aud give effect 90 hls action The
foreign affairs committee uf the son.
ate voted Unanimously to report res
oluton of ratification couChrd lu dip.
lomatic terms. aud senator Lodge -
fsred n later iu the senate There
was every reason to believe that the
resolution would be- rushed through.
inRsmuch A. the senate committee. as
an act Of courtesy 90 thr house bad
decided that the lower branch of con
greas should De- asked to concur 100
the aenate's action.
Hepburn Delays Abroaatlon.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho. however.
hook the floor aud after protesting Wig.
orously against hustl action. asserted
his right under tho ruIrs. ami bs for
mai objection threw further consider. .
alton ~ the matter over until to.mor-
row
Although u was evident tonight
that politics would enter into the fight
to-morroW the prediction was made
Nrecly that all obstacles would De-
overcome and that before tho senate
adjourned the committee resolution
would hc put through as a substitute
for the liouse resolution. which
proved Objectionable 20 tho Russian
government
Chairman Sulrer. of the House
committee on foreign AFFAIR. author
of the House resolution. declared To-
night that he believed the matter
would be adjusted satisfactorily and
that the abroEation of the treaty ,
would BE- an accomplished fact b.
fore Congress recessed Thursday for
the holidays
Politics In the Issue.
Democratic leaders both On The sen
ate and the House are determined to
claim credit for the ahrugntIon of the
treaty. Senators Culbcrson. of Texas.
and Hitchcock az Nebraska. the llt.
ter a member OF the foreign relations
committee. served preliminary notice
to this eject in the senate today and
will be heard further tomorrow.
Senator Culbcrson accused President
Taft of trying 90 strip the House ot
one of IL prcroEatiyes. and asserted
that the President vas trying to steal
tho Democratic thunder"
In his message to the senate. Pres.
Gent Taft transmitted copy 81 the
lbtter which Ambassador Guild. at ST.
Petersburg had transmitted TO tho
Russian foreign o1ice. In It was on
pressed the view ~ the Uultcd states
that the old treaty mo- longer met rhe
political principles or commercial
needs 81 the tao nations and should
be Terminated. The American govern.
ment with marked courtesy. suggest.
cd further that Do would De most
agreeable 90 this country if n nov
treaty. Rloug more modern lines.
ceuld be negotiated to replace the
ancient and outliycd document
New Treaty May Fail
Despite us overture Co the Russian
government state department officials
tonight practically admitted that
there wae little hope FOR negotiating
new treaty that would avoid the vers
things that we're leading 90 the de-.
nunciation of tho old one
The United states. 30 was polnfed
out. would BE- trcading upon danger.
ous grounds in trying 20 arrange with
Russia FOR R reciprocal agreement.
looking to wider latitude In the rIrtfs
of the citizens OF the fuo counfr.er
Under the "mosf favored nation
clauses of the treaties The United
Sfates has with other poners. any one
N these could claim fhe r.Ehf of erfrr
Tor lts citizens into tho United s. .sfes
and there would hn nn such fhfrr ne
restriction of immigration
State department officials dn NOT be
ueVe thar The heavy trade between tho
United States and Russia uereeaar.Iv
ELL BE- icoparf.fei hr tho nbr1rstau
~ tho treaty. although tariff ua-
is pose Die end Russia would have ffe
riEhf fo exclude American ehIra f-,-r
any ~ her ports
- Acccrding fn fhe hrreau of stsf.
= tisiics. the value Of imports frf, tho
United States from Russia during tre
present calendar trar uII amount fo
fifoo000o. principally in hides skins
4 and Uool Tire value of EXPORTS r-r-.
Nihe United states fn Russia during
The year is estimated af $4,000 nnn.
showing balance % ffHHH1n.l Ir
favor ~ che United ~tafrr
Tar Sends Message % Senate
President Iaffa lrrnunraHrrrf rraf
IN letter fo tho foreign refsfIs-s
committee ard then .u a -Iassa-a tr
tfe senate. that he bad taken rnru
himself the respor hfufies of ~1fIfv.
inEs Russia ~ che ahrorafion of .ta
treaty. Oh nor come al SUNRISE
senator Cuihersou said f0r'ert ft.t
he could not venture Prediction rs
90 hou Gar fhe Democrats 0f tfa sa..
ate would ro n fheir uppor fou fe tr.
flodrc resolution or nrv other raaoIr.
tion arproviug ne 7rfIon % Tho rr-s..
dort in taking ihe matter o.f % tie
hands % congress roifnufne ff. afr--
geszsazsa en- rss-fes-ss r,--.