The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-18

ccccccccoCccCcc,c,c,csC>cccccso .5-5s Washington, December 1.-The Russian treaty situation cleared materially to- day and the administration plans for the abrogation of the 1882 pact with the St. Petersburg government became more def initely known. President Taft, it is said, indicated that he would veto the Sulzer resolution instantly if it should be forced through the Senate tomorrow without modification. Nothing that can be con strued as an offense to Russia will be permitted if the President can help it.
 According to plans announced tonight MT. Taft tomorrow will send two com munications to the capitol, one message addressed to the Senate to be considered in executive session, and the other, let ter directed to Chairman Culom of the Senate committee on foreign relations. In these communications MT. Taft, it is said will outline his attitude plainly and will call pointed attention to the fact that international relations are not lightly to be dealt with.
 Despite the advice of certain of the re- publican leaders of the House that the lower branch of Congress should be con- sidered in the matter, President Taft to- the House entirely in his further dealings With the Russian situation. M
 Russia Notified
 Senate leaders expect to hear tomorrow that the President through American Ambassador Guild at St Petersburg, aI- ready has notified Russia of the impend- ing abrogation of the treaty. This notice is believed to have been couched in the poitest terms of diplomatic language and have stated that the American people have to regard the treaty as obsolete in many of it's provisions. The expiration of the treaty is lived for January 1, 1913.
 President Taft is said to have taken the ground that if he choose he can abrogate the treaty by executive decree without waiting for, or taking into consideration any possible action by either the House or the Senate. He is supported in this view by various members of the Sen ate committee on foreign relations and is said to base his attitude upon the pre- cedents laid down by his predecessors.
 There appeared to be a decided differ ence of opinion today between the House and Senate leaders as to what part tn House should play in the abrogation of the treaty. The House leaders held that the treaty was the supreme law of the land and that in abrogating it with out a new treaty to take it's place a law was being repealed. Under these cir oumstances they pointed out that actioa by the House was essential. Senate lead CTS contended that treaty making and treaty breaking were affairs of the Sen ate and tic President.
 Former Friendly Relations
 Ace4fd1hk 10 information received by Standardization Mir. Taft, in his com munieh 1s Tomorrow, will dwell at length upon the friendly relations that long h&#t Existed between the United States af1Q Russia, and will say that while xn8{ fFmination of the treaty of 1882 D&4lHt {esirable, the friendship be- tween t1i4i two nations is of too long standing to De lightly brushed aside and possibly' bFoten.
 Mir. Taft. tt was said, would point ont that Rif&Aa. because of her friendship with the 85hfted States, had listened to Amerioae peoposals of peace in the war with JRpan,41t is asserted that Russia would not have received any such sug- gestion FolSi any of her European neigh bors Nf ssssT
 These prdReb4ing to know the Presi- dents Atttt&tas declared tonight that he would ealAs attention to the fact that the UnitedtE1ntes levies a head tax upon every R]ls4i&w<jsubject who enters this countryet tonSs&Nould not for minute entertaiptia am1 1GnHEestion by Russia that the rght.ttk4&&S the tax was debatable. In many H44 l&Ip speeches in support of the arbt1ratlSN@&1reaties with Great Brit ain and Hy&41t& President Taft has ex- pressed tho 31 that each country has a right t14 tho shall and who shall not enter EX N Npulain.
 .es HIS Views
 Why, <X$38{Ined MT. Taft on one oc- casion, 'sN)6[ If4 exclude all red headed men from W United States if we want ed to. 0&s4 we don't want to, for red headG4l l6I1 make mighty good cit- izens. Il fcite this as an example of the arb &k\N right international law vests in e3&h 3S6untry. The question of immigratipS &ikl domestic one"
 It was H8i 1If believed tonight that the Senat8 X solye the problem to- < morrow t1 39sa resolution of abro- gation, c6tl .{h strictly formal lan- guage. B h&is can be done, how ! eyer. livet 6ns of the foreign re- ,lations cQ 5and the Senate itself are expe2 committee meets at il a. m E6 will not convene un- Senator fhas prepared a speech in support frogation of the treaty X to be ma n session. Just when the Sena( lose its doors for an executive Ia 1s not known. Presi-
 
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