The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-19
Meeting Was Held This Morning at
$50 O'clock an Unprecedented
Hour for WASH
Ington.
TALKING ABOUT Russia
Members Pledged to Secrecy and In
sist that Nothing Was Dis
cussed Excepting
Wool.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1910 dis
cuss prospective action by the senate
and the house relative to the presi-
dent having served notice on Russia
that he will abrogate the treaty OF
1892, the cabinet was assembled at
the white house at the unprecedented
hour Of $3.50 a. m. today and remained
in session most of the morning. This
was the third extraordinary meeting
on the subject.
AS the president had arranged to
leave for New York at 1890 he called
in the members at the earliest pos
sible time and presented the whole
situation to them He had conferred
with numerous leaders in congress
and explained that he expected his
action to be ratified. The main trouble
Is on the house side, but the president
had assurances that majority OF the
representatives would be opposed to
making show of displeasure at the
action of Taft in taking the matter in
his own hands.
The cabinet went over the wool
tariff message, in which the president
is expected to recommend sharp re
duction in schedules.
The cabinet meeting adjourned
shortly before noon and the cabinet
officers again went through the per
lformance OF declaring absolute secrecy
as to their progress. Secretary Knox
and others insisted that the presidents
message on wool which may be sub
mitted to congress tomorrow was the
only subject discussed.
/ sulzer Is Satisfied.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Repre
| sentative Sulzer (Dem. N. Y.) autho
| of the house resolution for the abro
cation Of the Russian treaty toda.
announced that he will call a meeting
of the house committee on foreigl
| affairs tomorrow to act on the eS
pected senate substitute. Sulzer SAT-
! that the house had been put on recor'
as resisting race discrimination; tha
! the house had taken the initiative ste
in the abrogation negotiations an
he was satisfied.
/ Il had but one end in view in urg
| ing the resolution" said Sulzer, 'an
/ that was to secure the abrogation Q
the treaty and to have supplemer
Etary treaty, in keeping with tn
! times. negotiated What need then t
cavil over mere form or phraseology
'In future years this will stand a
q bulwars of protection not only t
Jews but to all American citizens @
4 all Municipalities and to American ne
groes as well. My resolution wa
i based upon fundamentals of human
tarism and Jefferson democracy"
4 When Is Jan. 1?
4 WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
with knitted brows were trying toda
/ mighty hard to figure out when Jar
uary L. really is.
The Russian calendar reaches Jar
uary /, when it is January 13 in th
! United States.
The question the senators are tryin
to solve is: which January first
J was intended in the provision of tn
treaty of 1892 that notice of abrogs
tion should be given.
4 President Taft's notice was given t
the czar's government on Decembe
II, Gregorian calendar, which pre-
walls in the United States.
President Taft gave notice tha
the treaty was to be abrogated JaI
: uary first, 1913. And statesmen war
to know whether the treaty is to b
abrogated on January /, 1913. Unite
States time, or January 1, Russia
J time.
Then too, there Is some doubt
I the minds of statesmen whether th
presidents notice to Russia alone wi
be sufficient to abrogate the treat
Many OF them think formal action b
congress, ratifying the president
note will be necessary. While moi
senator's and representatives toda
seemed to be in favor of ratifying I'll
!, presidents action, they wanted
! talk the thing over. Oratory take
: time. Congress adjourns Thursday K
the holidays and there is much aca
emic discussion among the law ma
ers as to whether their failure
clinch the abrogation before Janual
9 /, 1912, will permit them to take
: lyote after January l, 1912, (Unite