Arizona republican., 1911-12-20
Passage of the Lodge Reso- lution Will Have Abso- lutely No Effect on For eign Trade of the Mus covites.
SENATOR SMITH
 GIVES REASON
Says Russia is a Favored Nation Under Payne Tariff Law and Has All Commercial Benefits Which it Gives.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.- Commercial relations between the United States and Russia will not suffer as d result of the abrogation of. the treaty of 1882, in the opinion of Senator William Allen Smith of
 Michigan. because the favored nation clause in the treaty is swept aside by the operation of the maximum and minimum clause of the Payne tariff law.
 After careful examination of the tariff of 1909" Senator Smith said, I'm positive that the second section. known as the maximum and minimum clause. has as far as prOclamatiOns have been issued hereunder. super seeded the favored nation clause in the Russian treaty, and our commer- cial relations with Russia will con- tinue unimpaired as long as no change
 is made in that regulation. By formal proclamation issued by Presi- dent Taft July IS. 1910. the Russian government was given the minimum duties under the Payne -Aldrich law. This will remain the law of the land. anu lllt BibNAdlildNl'li AAAoNttH AO 1NNF sia every consideration that country could possibly have under the treaty of 1892 so far as her commercial re- lations with the United States are concerned. Therefore. the more spe- cific course of the foreign relations committee of the senate will accom- plish the humane end sought by the most ardent advocates of abroga- tion"
 Senator Smith is a member of the foreign relations committee of the senate and for many years was a member of the foreign affairs com mittee of the house. He stated his view on the floor of the senate in replying to Senator Hepburn. who de- plored the possible breaking of com mercial relations between the two countries.
 The resolution of Senator Lodge was adopted at 1:19 p. m. Final action came after two substitutes were voted down. In the general discussion there were many citations of historical in- stances of treaty termination by eN- ecutive act. Every senator who spoke voiced the advocacy of congressional acton ltl meet fNuSSldll tllSti They demanded the termination of the treaty but showed wide divergency in their views as to how to go about it. Senator Newlands offered a sub stitute dovetailing the Hitchcock Lodge resolutions. but this was voted down without division. Then it came to the firal vote on the Lodge resO- lutiOns. the roll was called but there was no division. Seventy-twO votes were cast. all favorable to the meas ure It was declared adopted and vas started on it's way to the house
 ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 19-Hav- ing accepted in an equable spirit the notification by the American ambaS- sador that the treaty of 1892 will be abrOgated January l. 1912. officials of the Russian government are directing their attention to the question of the new treaty It is recognized that di- plomacy of the most experienced kind
 will be required. especially on the American side. if negotiations for the new treaty proceed satisfactorily. Agi- tation in the United States over the
 passport question in the brief term available for diplomatic action will present difficulties to a full and free discussion of the subject It is pointed out by Russian officials that the gov ernments hands are tied by statutes that cannot be changed outside the legislative machinery of the dOuma. the council of the empire as insti- tuted in 1906 The whole question. in their opinion. seems dominated by misunderstanding of the treaty of 1882 which makes no reference to pass ports In parliamentary circles here the prevailing comment is character ized by astonishment that the Amer ican government responded so readily to the Jewish Outcry. The opinion has been expressed by members ot the duma that in all probability the Jews will now attempt tO force mat ters further. American business men in St Petersburg and Moscow have been following the situation with great interest, and the impression prevails among them that the prospect is for ! loss of the market at the time when 1 the opening was most favorable.