The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-31
TREATY With
RUSSIA Will
SOON EXPIRE
INSTRUMENT DRAWN UP IN 1882
COMES TO AN END TONIGHT
GIVEN OUT AT CAPITAL TO-DAY
THAT THE WHOLE MATTER
WILL BE LEFT TO THE WILSON
ADMINISTRATION.

RDMlNISTR ATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-Through
the expiration of the Russian treaty
OF 1882 at midnight tonight, the com
merce betW cen that country and the
United States, estimated at about
SoO'ooo,OOO annually, will be placed
IN a position of uncertainty amount
ing to jeopardy.
No formal or informal understand
ing between the two governments
looking toward the continuance and
regulation of this international trade
has been made since the treaty abro-
gated by President Taft and it was
learned this afternoon that the whole
matter will be left for the action of
the incoming Wilson administration.
At the state department it was
said that undoubtedly the general
arbitration laws governing trade and
navigation will apply, but just how
Tar they will tend to relieve the sit
uation they do not pretend to predict
IL was pointed, out, however, that, the
Two nations are on the best. of terms
and that the comfy between nations
would guarantee American citizens
in Russia against theft and destruc-
ton, though it would form no ~insnr.
ance against discrimination.
That any retailatory policy that
might be adopted would bear more
heavily on American firms than Rus.
sian business organizations was read
lily admitted in diplomatic circles. Tn
ratio Of harm that such a
polity would work upon in
ternational traders would be
about two to one with the United
States on the heavy end. This is
made evident by the export and i'm
port statistics between the two coun-
tries recently made public. These
showed that the United States year.
ly sells about twice as much to Rus
STA as Russia does to the United
States.
The abrogated treaty embraces 10
articles. The first relates TO the
mutual protection OF citizens of one
country While sojourning in the 9th.
er, on condition of their submitting
to the laws and ordinances there pre-
vailing." It was Russia's failure 10
adhere to the American construction
of this article which led to the ter
mination of the treaty.
Article II has to do with the ex-
emption of vessels from tonnage and
lighthouse dues. So long as Russia
does not make exactions Of this char
acter upon American vessels. the
United States is bound by its laws
not to do so.
Article III provides that Russian
goods imported into this country in
Russian vessels shall pay no higher
duties than when imported in Amer
lean vessels. and vice versa. Arti-
Gle " is supplemental to the third
article
Article V deals with exports as
does article three with imports.
Article VI relates to the subject of
maximum and minimum tariffs. but
trouble in this respect is obviated by
reason of the tariff agreement made
with Russia under the Payne-Aldrfch
tariff bill.
Article VII reserves the coastwise
trade of the nation to the vessels Of
that nation.
Article VIII specifies the relation
ship of eonsuls maintained by each
country in the other and enables
them to carry on the business of
their offices for the government they
Article TX enables consuIs to have
jurisdiction in the settlement Of diff
ferences between masters and crews
OF the vessels Of one country when
IN the waters of tha otbar and mo