New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
Iron The Tribune Bureau.


THE ARBITRATION TREATY.-Grad-
rally the Secretary of state and the Brit
ish Amba ssador are perfecting the arbitra-
,ion treaty which the President hopes to
send 10 the Senate next month. Meanwhile
the supporters of the administration In the
Senate are doing excellent work In making
friends for the convention. The President
as has been told in these dispatches. pur-
poses to recognize 10 the full the right ana
responsibility OF the Senate TO revise ana
approve the special agreements defining the
scope of arbitration in each case which may
be submitted TO an arbitral tribunal while
4. is probably a safe assertion that ma
Jority Of the Senate will willingly consent
10 the proposition that all questions, with
out exception. which will not yield TO diplo-
matte negotiations shall be settled by ar
! bitration The one menace 10 the approval
OF the general peace treaty Is the attitude
Of certain Of the insurgent Senators. Some
of these have large numbers OF Germans
| end Irish in their states, and an effort Is
being made TO arouse the opposition of both
races TO the proposed treaty. Still further
to complicate the situation, some or the
insurgents not only have large German con-
stituencies but are hostile to any policy
which is destined to increase the popularity
| of President Taft to such an extent, ana
| they are therefore only too anxious that
the foreign born among their constituencies
shall express an opposition which they may
| Utilize as an excuse for opposing the gen.
eral arbitration treaty. Could a treaty be
ratified by a majority vote. there would
be no question whatever regarding the at
titude Of the Senate on the treaty being
negotiated, but, as 1t takes a two-thirds
vote TO approve an international conven-
ton, there is some degree of anxiety.
! O'BRIEN FOR BERLIN.-If the Presi-
dent were compelled to fill the vacancy re-
| suting from the resignation Of DR.. David
jayne Hill as Amba ssador TO Berlin to-
| night he would do so by transferring
Thomas j. OBrien. now Ambassador to
Japan. to the German capital. To this Mr..
Taft has tentatively made up his mind.
! This does not mean Of course, that before
! 1t becomes necessary for the President 10
act he may not change his mind. but 1t does
dispose of q number Of candidates who
| have been doomed for the German mission,
at least in the public prints. In connec-
| ton with this II may be said that neither
Mr. Griscom nor Mr.. Wadsworth is under
considera ton that Representative Long
worth has never been seriously considered
| and that the same applies to Assistant
| Secretary Huntington Wilson, and, indeed.
| to n number of others whose names have
been mentioned in connection with the
place, some Of which references have been
industriously inspired by the Interested
lame ducks" Mr.. OBrien is anxious 10
| leave Toxic because the climate does not
agree with the health OF Mrs. O'Brien.
| GRISCOM VERACIOUS.-Desp all re-
ports TO the contrary. the statement Of
Lloyd Griscom that he resigned from the
presidency Of the New York Republican
| County Committee because of the state OF
| his health is confirmed on the highest
authority Moreover, 1t Is denied, on the
same authority, that William Barnes jr,
either urged the appointment OF Mr.. Girls
| com TO Berlin In order to eliminate him
from the political situation. or that he
| recommended James W. Wadsworth. Jr.,
for that place. IN fact when Mr.. Barnes
saw the President in New York he had no
| knowledge that Mr.. Griscom purposed 10
resign. Mr.. Griscom called on the Presi-
dent and told him that he found the effort
! to attend 10 his political responsibility by
night and TO his law practice by day. so
! TO speak. was proving too great strain
on his health. and that, on the advice of
his physician, he was compelled. for the
present at least to retire from active poll
tics He clearly indicated TO President Taft,
however, that he had no desire to re-enter
the diplomatic service
| TIME TO STOP.-The view expressed by
Theodore Marburg of Baltimore, at the
meeting of the American Society Of Inter
national Law, that It is time for the United
States 10 abandon sentiment and the att-
tudc that this country is the proper home
| of the oppressed and to employ hard. com
mon sense in the regulation OF immigra-
ton finds many sympathiZers In Congress,
especially among those who have made
thorough study of the immigration ques-
ton Mr.. Marburg suggested that would
be immigrants should be considered in the
light Of their producing rather than solely
In the light Of their consuming capacity,
and that is the view entertained by many
of the more thoughtful members of Con-
gress. 1t is appreciated that any legisa-
ton looking to the proper restriction of i'm
/
from two classes OF politicians. These are.
first, those demagogues who, with their
ears always TO the ground. will not only
fear to antagonze the foreign vote in their
I respective communities, but will not hest
tate TO capitalize that anita gonism 10 fur
Their their own political ambitions: and
! secondly those other politicians who fear
TO antagonze the employers of cheap labor,
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thing which would curtail the supply OF
the cheapest labor. Nevertheless, there
probably will be an effort. as the result of
the invitation OF the immigration commits
! sion, TO secure such legislation as is be-
lieyed essential to maintain the present
standard Of living of the American work
ingman and 10 safeguard the integrity OF
American citizenship.
| PARTY POL1TICS.-Party politics and
! fho Snoils SVsfem ran riot i'm be JIoueo