Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-12
Arbitration Win Be Second in Importance only to the
 Approaching Tariff
 Revision Struggle
RATIFICATION NOT
 WITHOUT OPPOSITION
The Presidents Friends, How ever, Will EndeayOr to Se- cure Endorsement by the Senate Without Mater
 ial Amendment
(By Victor Elliot0

WASHING iONs NONemDel H. Next in importance to the fight that congress will enter upon this year on the tariff revision plan fostered by President Taft and the admins traitor forces, will be the contest over the arbitration treaties that have been tentatively entered into be tween Great Britian and the United States and between Frace ad the Uni. ted States. No more important leg islatiOn will be transacted at the next session than the action to be taken on these treaties.
 Senator Cullom, of Illinois, chair man of the committee on foreign re. iations Of the senate, will report the treaties to that branch of congress. Minority reG0rts have already been filed with tie committee by Senators Root, Bacon and Burton, who advance arguments why the treaties should not be approved for the reason that they eneroach upon the prerogatives of the senate.
 Tafts Pet Hobby
 A great effort will be made by the republican senators to pass the two treaties without amendment. as it is considered that the whole fabric of tho pet" hobby of President Taft will in all probability fall should the treaties be materially changed.
 Senator Bacon of Georgia, one of the most vigorous of the opposition members will renew his fight on the adoption of the treaties. He will introduce at the next session two res olutions, one providing that nothing contained in the treaties shall be con strued as denying 10 the senate the right to pass upon each individual question of difference as it arises, and to say whether CT not such ques GoHs arc arbitTable The other resu- lution exempts a number of ques- lions relating to the admission or aliens in to the United States, or the admission of aliens 10 the education al institutions of the country. The latter resolution has in view the re- cent controversy over the admission Of Japenese pupils to public schools in San Francisco. The resolution al. so oOntemplates that questions es- ecung the territorial integrity of the several states or the United States or any question involving the main dlIlDNLE Of the Uited States concerning American questions. comonly descrIv- ed as the Monroe doctrine, shall not be arbitrable.
 Democratic Objection
 Upon the suggestions made by Sen. ator Bacon. the whole case hinges on the opposition generally advanced by the democrats. The questions propos. cd as amendments Co the treaty are ones which materially affect the peace plans of President Taft and the nations involved. The suggestions go to the heart of the treaty, and are considered by the democrats as safe guards Of American rights, which it is claimed, will be jeopardized should the treaties with Great Britain and with France be adoptd as drawn. The majority report that has been made on the treaties calls for elim- inatiOn of certain sections, closely i following the amendments to be pro, ! posed by Senator Bacon. The maj Crity of the members of the foreign relations committee will take sharp issue with these arguments that are tO be presented to the Senate by ! Senator Cullom. who has been select ed by President Taft to push the cam paign for the adoption of the treaties during the coming session. Senator Cullom will state to the senate that there will never be occasion for the l senate to refuse is approval of any matter that has been recommended l by the joint high comissiOn as @ sub. l jcct Of arbitration, and that the pro . hr .F wise and perilOus legislation
 Mode of Amendment
 i In a recent interview, Senator Bur ! ton declared that the senate could amply protect itself in this matter [ by adding a declaration to the treaty that its approval has been given on the distinct understanding that the interpretation of any given clause of the treaty has a specific and not a general meaning, or that specific eX. ceptiOn could be made of questions not regarded as justihable.
 This stand of the administration is regarded as a great concession to the democratic members of the senate, and it is thought Fhat few, if any amendments will be made if this clause is added to the treaty Il clearly defines the attitude of the URi- ted States and caTtails the power of the joint high commission of the three interested powers, yet at the same time provides in a measure for limited supervision by the United States senate of nearly all interna. tional matters which would come up for arbitration.
 |, Senator Root who is also support ing President Tafts great interns- tional peace movement, in a recent statement said that he will present a resolution of ratification as follows.
 Roots Plan