New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-28
rFrom The Tribune Bureau J


CANADIAN RECIPROCITY Pres''
dent Taft had been deep and desisnlhs
politician, sctuated by no purpose other
than a desire TO get even with those VIM
have never missed an opportunity 10 anhoN
and misrepresent him, he could not nave
put the Republican insurgents in more
serious dilemma than he has by his cana
dian reciprocity agreement. These patriots
who have sought SO persistently TO MAKE
personal capital out Of the fact that Presl-
dent Taft signed the Payne tariff law anu
that the people believed that law was large
~ responsible for the high cost Of living
are now in a state Of terror. To wore
against the reciprocity agreement VIII w
10 stutify themselves beyond explanation
To vote for It will be TO incur the displeas-
ure Of many Of their agricultural consutu-
ents who have been their stanchest sup
porters because they have been the moSV
easily duped Give IFS something whlCh
will decrease the cost Of living and save
the poor peepul from starvation they nave
been crying from the housetops. And the
President has given II to them, and no"
they are as unwilling to accept IL as their
Eastern colleagues We're 10 accept radical
GUS IN the QUlitS on llldlhAoNtp'N-
Some of these statesmen go SO far as 10
insist that the President has adopted TINS
course with malice aforethought- athous u
even as they say il they cannot force 'Hein'
selves 80 believe Il. and they hno" 'heF
cannot prevail upon any one else 10 90 -.
Tho prospect Of standing up 70 be cooil''u
IN the Senate with such stanoh deIehoe'S
Of the interests Of the people as oehsIoiS
Hale and Heyburn is horrible nightmare
10 them. and II the House passes tne ~
,rocitv resolution there will doubtless ue
-,,,,,oror. cases Of Illness 50 serious that
Senators vcill be absolutely unable 20 az
+e,d +be sessions until the vote there y
oo,+ -. until some way has been found 70
defer the vote until next sesslon' OF 'e'7''
THE JAPANESE TREATY.-The De-
nartroert Of state is seriously disturneo Al
the prospect Of general discussion ol ,ne
diplomatic relations Of the Cnited Sla'eS
and Japan. as the result OF the ahr i,
ment in The Tribune Of December 20 that
negotiations looking n A new treaty WEI
in progress. and subsequent PUBLICITY
given 70 that subject. Two facts are EN-
phasized by the Department or State'
First. that. speaking in diplomatic phrase
olorv there are no negotatonS-that Is
they have not passed beyond the pourpar-
Ter stage Second. that no question Of the
immigration OF japanese laborers Is al
stake II is pointed out that during the
entire life OF the present treaty II mas
never been necessary 10 have recourse 10
the provision which reserves 10 the United
states the right 10 make laws restricting
IL.
Moreover. it Is asserted that Congress
would enjoy that right even II no such
clause were inserted in the new convention
with Japan and, finally, that the course OF
the Iapanese government in itself restrict
ing the immigration Of ITS laborers 70 the
United States has proved entirely efectNe
so much so that II has operated in alse-
braic proportion Not only arc there COM
paratively no laborers coming into this
country. but the number resident here is
growing steadily less Under the constitute
ton Of the existing treaty with Japan. 10
which that nation has assented, II cannot
10 denounced until next July. and will not
therefore, be sbrogated until year later
Japan has been anxious 10 synchronize its
treaties. Its other conventions expire next
July. and had il been possible Japan would
have liked TO complete new convention
with the United States. so that all its
treaties would expire simultaneously. II is
now obvious that II would be impossible 10
secure the ratification Of treaty at this
session Of Congress. so the effort has been
abandoned, and a year has been added TO
the time during which the new treaty may
be negotiated. But above all. ii should he
remembered, il is the contention of the
Department OF State that the immigration
Of Japanese laborers is no longer factor