The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-22
MINORITY REPORTS
ON PEACE TREATIES
Senators Cullom, Root and Bur-
ton Take Issue With Their
s Colleagues.
SOME CHANGES SUGGESTED
No Action Taken and the Whole
Matter Goes Over to Regu-
lar Session.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-The treaties
|of arbitration with Great Britain and
France were defended In minority re-
ports filed In the senate In executive
session today by Senator's Cullom. Root
and Burton OF the senate committee OIL
foreign relations Mr.. Burton contended
that the agreements required no amend
gatlyes of the senate are sufficiently
safeguarded
Senators Cullom and Root. making the
same contention, undertook to provide
against any possible mishap by suggest
! ing a declaration In connection with the
resolution OF ratification. explicitly eX,,
questions Involving the maintenance Of
the traditional attitude OF the United
States concerning American questions or
other purely goSsrnmsnta, g policy y.tod
modification OF this amendment under
the terms Of which the excluded Ques-
tions are specified. He mann. named sos,l;,s cues
and those pertaining to immigration and
territorial integrity, while Senators. Gull
llom and Root treated them as incor-
lporatcd in the general language OF the
suggested declaration
No Action Taken.
When the reports we're submitted to
the senate, the question Of debating the
treaties in public was raised. There was
general agreement that public policy
| ynnld
Iinasmuch as the ban OF secrecy had been
removed from the documents NO actlon
on the conventions was taken ana tney
go over for further consideration at the
THE minority took Issue with the ma
iority report declaring for the. elimination
| of the portion OF the treaty giving tne
| Joint high commission power 10 deter
mine the arbitral character OF any or
fsrences between this country and the
other countries ~, ,,,,
coIIour1cs I'm making the contention thn'
the treaty should stand lust as II was
: forwarded 10 the senate from inc Whi't
In his report Mr.. Burton declared II
would be Impossible for the senate eve
10 have occasion To refuse It's approra
commission had reported To be within tnt
scene of article one. He added that tht
cIause in question did not deprive th'
, senate OF any constitutional right ant
oomIended contrary to the declaration o
the majority. that "the proposed treatlT
2 are nute the reverse OF un"'se ana peru
o"'' MIR. Burton's Proposal.
v,,,,,e asserting he was sure OF hi
d. xro,,ud Mr. Bulton said tho senate coul'
1rotect itself by adding declaration tnm ,.
ia approval had been given on INC u,s
tJnct Understanding that tho foregoing ~, IN
,,linrn,r.tation is the correct meaning OF IN
cIanse, or, II preferred. SPECIFIC cxocp
ion could he made of questions not re-
S'h Tho Statement presented hy senator
;. cu,iom and Root contained the deeis,ra
ton hitherto pr2posSS sS bs Ssn"'Hf 1t is H1 n
it Sn,, Sna ~ he n part OF the resolution Q
); reGnSa rsTinSation 10 ~ and is as follows;
ThS senate advises and and fnnssn'S tfsnty wit
. w, .he ndnrgfanding. 10 be made part .
q smr s,,e,, "rntlcatIon that the treaty does nc
authorize the submission nsnda TO srp,1fa"e mpon
L. oI 49, n"5 tbc maintenance Of the TRADITION
III ,ttitudc OF the United states concern nr.1
a., ,r,, American questions or other pure'
70 nrIvinnIly presented, the ainehdmgi, .,,i ;,
? sncritleaIly includes the Monroe , a0ctr,, ,rn'
the questions % tho to hI Srsf aSeHgo "tfoduce
e e arnna. arnay that subject was omitted. evinsn,,
- " mnder conviction that II is imS,%uo ,inm,
ti,o gen General terms Of the declaration