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VOL. XI.
PEACE CONFERENCE
; MAYNOTPUTEND
TO WAR OF CHINESE
J
Rebels Are Reported to Be
Massing Forces to March
Toward North and Renew
Hostilities at Early Date
PEKING. Dec. 23.—1 n government cir-'
ctes here there seems to be little doubt
that the conference at Shanghai be- ’
tween the representatives of the im
perial government and the revolutionary
A party will prove a failure.
The belief prevails that the revolu-1
tionar’es are preparing to advance to;
the north byway of Pukow, which is
in their possession
Negotiations between the group of
international bankers jind the imperial
Chinese government for a loan are sus
pended for the present. The ministers i
of the four interested nations, the Unit
ed States. Great Britain. Germany and
France, for political reasons invited the
F . Japanese and Russians to con/!d»r
whether they would co-operate In the
loan. The Russian charge de affaires
showed no inclination to do so, and the '
representatives of the other powers fear
ed that a boycott of foreign merchan
dise would result.
While all agreed that the n*oney
should not be advanced for military pur- 1
poses, certain of the ministers argued
that there was only one recognised gOK
enrment. which would soon be without
funds and when that occurred further
lawlessness wpuld result, including a
grace possibility ot the imperial irmy
eing disintegrated into plundering
K bands. *
Several American missionaries sta
i tioned in the province of Honan have
replied to a communication from the j
i American legation here that they see no I
reason necessitating retirement from :
their post, all the towns being peaceful
Tha American legation is not taking
such drastic steps as the British con-1
J sulatea which are arresting British |
L missionaries who refused to leave the !
Interior when ordered.
May Break Armistice;
Troops Are Reinforced
NANKING. China. Dec. 21—The pres- •
ent temper of the revolutionary troops in
thia vicinity gives ground for the fear
* that the armistice now existing between
the two forces may be broken and that a
serious encounter may occur in the terri
tory to the north of the town of Pukow.
.Within the last two weeks Chang Haun,
who was formerly in command of the
imperial government troops at Nanking,
and whs was incorrectly reported to have
been killed, has received heavy reinforce- .
rnents, both of men and guns
With these troops be has advanced to |
the south as fsr as 8u Chow An. retaking
many towns and living upon the country
as he marches.
In the meanwhile the revolutionary i
forces have advanced northward to Linh ,
Wei Kwan with strong supporting col
umns of .roops to the left and right, oc-
> cupying the best positions.
Chang Hsun has commandeered the
entire northern section of the Sien Tsin-
PBa Pukow railway, including the whole of
rolling stock. The revolutionary
forces, on the other hand, hold the south-
• Xn section of the railway.
■fche Chang Hsun force is about 10.000!
strong, while the army of the revolu-'
tionarles number about la.'KO A distance [
of less than 100 miles separates the oppos-1
ing forces Chang Hsun declares that he
will retake Nanking, while the southern. I
or revolutionary forces, are keen to ad-.
vance on Pekin.
The revolutionaries, b h officers and
men. a re firm I y convinced that the con-1
ferenco between the delegates of the two .
parties now taking place at Shanghai is '
merely a ruse to afford Chang Hsun the '
time to concentrate bis reinforcements
and to enable the imperial government '
forces to strengthen their positions.
Conference Will Take
Several Days’ Recess
SHANGHAI. Dec. It-The peace con
ference between the delegates of the im
perial government and the revolutionaries
will not resume its sessions for several >
days. Tang Shao Ti, who came to the ■
conference as the representative of Pre-1
mier Tuan Shi Kai. is occupied In ex
changing dispatches with Peking and in
•receiving callers. He has not received Pre
mier Tuan Shi Wai's conzritutionai an
swer. * ’ j
Tang Shao Y1 says that the armistice
is now almost perfect.
Within the pas: few dsys the economic
situation in the interior of the country
has greatly improved Telegrams and
tetters from all points show that while
lawlessness continues in the oatlying
country districts, the local government
officials have succeeded in establishing
a decided niprovemer.t in the general
i condition
Premier Would Settle
Differences by Wire
| PEKIN. Dec. 3 -Premier Yusn Shi Kai
r continues to exchange frequent tele-1
I grams. It is understood here that Yuan
| Sh! Kai desires to have all the differ-
| ences settled In advance of the formal
sittings of the peace conference, so that
the sole business of the delegates of the
imperial government and of the revolu
tionary party will be to sanction the de
cision already arrived at.
Government officials here insist that
the throne will be retained, but there is I
a difference of opinion as to what form
the monarchy will take in the future.
Yuan Shi Kai has been endeavoring to
propagate the view that foreign interfer- '
ence will be detrimental to both pe-r.es,
evidently hog ing that his action will bear
weight during negotiations at Shan
ghai.
TWO SLIGHTLY HURT
IM SOUTHERN WRECK.
rridTXMBIA. S. C.. Dec. 23.—Engineer
James G. Price and Baggageman R.
Cain Mellett. both of Columbia, were
slightly injured, but nobody else was
hurt, when a local passenger train of
the Southern Railway, due here at 11:40
a m.. from Spartanburg. S. C.. was de
tailed 40 miles north of Columbia, be
tween Shelton and Blairs, at 10:10 o'clock
this morning
The baggage car turned over down a
fill, but the day coaches remained on
the track. Passengers are being brought
te Columbia by a relief train The Cin
eionat I-Charleston train known, as the
Carolina Special. is being detoured via
Charlotte and Columbia The track wi..
te cleared early this evening.
PERSIA ACCEDES TO
OEMANOS OF RUSSIA;
SHUSTERLOSES JOB
Czar’s Threats Prevail and
Persia Gives Verbal Assur
ance That All Demands Will
Be Granted
TEHERAN, Persia, Dec. 22.-The Per
sian cabinet has given to the Russian
minister. S. Poklecski-Koziell, verbal as
surances of its intention to comply with
the demands of the Russian ultimata n.
Early this morning official notice* were
posted on the wails of the city, ordering
the people tc abstain from/political meet
ings of any kind witho/t having pre
viously obtained police sanction. It is &aid
this order was issued by command of
the cabinet as the question of the Rus
sian ultimatum was being discussed and
was likely to be settled amicably.
Report Is Confirmed
By British Miinster
LONDON. Dec. 22.—The British foreign
office shortly after noon received official
confirmation from the British minister at
Teheran that Persia had yielded before
the Russian threats and had granted all
the demands contained In the Russian ul
timatum of November 29.
These included the dismissal of W. Mor.
gan Shuster, the American, who has
been acting as treasurer general of Per
sia since June last.
It is believed in official circles that'
Russia's demand that the appointment of
foreign advisors to Persian government
should hereafter be subject to Russian
and British approval, has been found with
some slight modification agreeable to
both parlies
The Russian ultimatum to the terms of
which Persia has now acceded was de
livered to the Persian government on
November 20. It demanded, besides the
dismissal of Mr. Shuster, an apology
from the Persian government on account
of its interference with the property of
the Persians under Russian protection,
and also the payment of an indemnity
to Russia for the expenditures she haa
Incurred in sending troops on to Per
sian territory.
Violet Buehler Found?
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23. A girl who regis
tered as Miss Beulah Drake, and Austin
Graham were arrested early today at
the hotel La Salle and are held at po
lice headquarters awaiting orders from
the Chicago police, who believe Miss
Drake may be Miss Violet Buehler, the
heiress, who has been missing from her
home in Chicago nearly a month.
ONLY 93 DAYS FROM
PRINTING TO PICKING COTTON
Ninety-three days from the day of
planting .to picking cotton is the re
markable record which has been achiev
ed upon an experimental farm In Stew-'
art county, operated under the direction
of Dr. E L. Worsham, state entymolo
gizt. Dr Worsham states that In ad
dition to having this dotton mature in
this record-breaking time, it is also a
resistant id the ravages of the black
root disease, so common and so costly
throughout Georgia.
He states this record was made after
three years of experimenting, and he
now feels confident that the department
has secured a cotton seed which will
mature in this short space of time and
which will be resistant also.
Between 400 and 600 pounds of com
mercial fertilizer to the acre were used
In producing this splendid result. Dr.
MAN OFFERS SELF FOR SALE
TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE. Ga., Dec. 23.-The Ban
ner today was handed the following no
tice:
’ MAN FOR SALE.
“On Saturday, December 23, on the
public square at Nashville, Tenn.. I will
offer for sate myself to the highest bid
der bv the hour, day. month or year to
suit the master who makes the purchase.
I am 40 years old, sound of limb and
mind, good carpenter, fair machinist or
good subject for dissecting. Sale at 3
o'clock Children must have bread.
(Signed) "A SLAVE.”
The man proposing to offer himself for
sale is 13. F. Collins, who lives Just
outside the city limits. He proposes to
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
OF TAFT IN HIS MONEY MESSAGE
r
In hi s message on the financial condition of the treasury, needed bank
ing an«j currency reform and departmental questions, President Taft in
dorses the national reserve plan of financial reform as opposed to the
central bank as a means of preventing panics.
He also demands legislation to prevent the merger of banks Into a great
national money trust, after the establishment <Tf the national reserve associ
ation. should this reform be inaugurated.
He recommends that local government offices be filled under civil
service rules,/instead of by appointment upon recommendation of the
president.
He asks that a council of national defense be authorized to promote
security against invasion.
The following other demands and recommendations, some of which were
previously made in past messages, are set forth: ,
Six-year term of enlistment for soldiers, the men to be in active serv
ice for three years on the reserve list for three years, pay to extend over
the entire period. ’
Laws fer the naturalization of Filipinos.
Laws to allow the Immediate sale of the Friar sugar lands nl the Phil
ippine islands in any amount.
Government appropriations to further project navigable waterway from
Lake Michigan to mouth of Illinois river.
That the president be authorized to remove clerks of federal courts for
cause.
Immediate enaction of an employers' liability bill.
Extension of power of the United States supreme court and regulations of
lower courts to prevent -unnecessary delays and costs.
Immediate establishment of parcels post over rural free delivery postal
routes, for which >150.000 is carried in postoffice appropriation recommenda
tion.
Steps to secure enlistment of 4,00) more United States sailors.
Pension plan for superannuated government employes. President Taft
says he is unalterably opposed to any plan which does not Involve contribu
tions from the employes while they are still in the government service.
, . Under .the. head of rivers and harbors- improvements, the president urges
that $2,000,000 annually be appropriated for the improvement of the Missouri
river between St. Louis and Kansas City, instead of $600,000 as proposed.
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NO PREFERENCE FOB
AMERICAN VESSELS
15 CRYIN LONDON
Taft’s Suggestion That Pre
ferential Treatment Should
Be Accorded Ships of U. S.
in Panama Canal Resented
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. Dec. 23.—The treaty of
1902, between the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the Unit
ed States is quoted today against Pres
ident Taft's suggestion in his message
to congress on December 21 that prefer
ential treatment should be accorded to
American ships passing through th*
Panama canal.
After reproducing the clause of arti
cle 3 of the treaty relating that the ca
nal shall be open to the vessels of all
nations on terms of entire equality m
respect of the conditions or charges•ot
traffic or otherwise, the Pall Mall Ga
zette comments on President Taft’s pro
posal as follows:
•'lt might be good business for the
United States if she gets over the tri
fling difficulty that she has solemnly
undertaken that she would do nothing of
the kind. We trust tiiat Sir Edward
Grey, the British foreign secretary, will
take steps to make the British view per
fectly explicit and that even British Am
bassador Bryce at Washington will for
once show some vigilance on behalf of
.our com:.ierclal Interests.”
Clause I of article 3 of the treaty re
• ferring to —e Panama canal, which w is
proclaimed on February 22, 1902, is tex
tually as follows: '
"The canal shall be free and open to
the vessels of commerce and of war of
all nations observing these rules, on
terms of entire equality, so that there
shall be no discrimination against any
such nation, or its citizens or subjects,
in respect of the conditions or charges
of traffic er otherwise. Such conditions
and charges of traffic shall be just and
equitable."
The rules referred to are substantlxl
ly those embodied in the convention of
Constantinople, signed October 28, 1888,
for the free navigation of the Suez ca
nal.
Fight ‘Sugar Trust”
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23—Subpenas
have been received here demanding the
presence of officers of the Western
Sugar company to testify in the fed
eral court at New York. John D.
Spreckels and a half dozen of the mi
nor officers of the company 'must in
consequence spend their Christmas
I season en route to the east tn response
| to the government’s summons. (
’tf'orsham states that through the use of
large quantities of commercial fertilizer
and attentive cultivation, similar results
can be secured throughout Georgia. In
this way both the boll weevil and the
black root would be avoided. It has been
found that it Is the late varieties of
cotton that suffer greatest from the boll
weevil. •
Georgia dqring the past season in
creased the use of commercial fertilizer
over 17 per cent above any previous year
and the indications are that more com
mercial fertilizer will be used in this
state during 1912 than in its history. The
record breaking crops of cotton, corn,
grain and vegetables produced in Geor
gia 1911 bear splendid evidence of the
fact that fertilizer means more than
anything else toward securing success
ful crops. /
take this means of getting employment
to support himself and four dependent
children.
Previous to the sale he will mkke a
talk on existing labor conditions. He says
he has been out of work two weeks and
has applied to 200 men for employment.
200 COAL MINERS HAVE
CLOSE CALL IN ENGLAND
WIGAN. England. Dec. 23.—Ths Cross
Tetley coal pit. near here, was flooded to
day by a sudden Inrush of water Two
hundred miners were below in the work
ings at the time and it was feared that
many of them wo il<V lose their lives, but
all were brought safely to the surface.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1911
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UNDER ! THE MISTLETOE !
OBIK ON MIO HMD,
HE SHOOTS MIN TO DEATH
When Reuben Miller Drives
Frjjm Woods, H. L. Stow
Kills Him
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GAINESVILLE, Ga., December 23. |
H. L. Stow, while driving along the pub- '
lie road, just about one mile beyond
New Holland, in this county today, stood j
up in his wagon and shot and killed
Reuben Miller, just as he was coming
from the woods Into the public road
with a wagon and team
Not a word, was passed between the
men, but they have recently had some
trouble about a land line or wagon road
through lands near New’Holland.
Stow used a double bArrelled shotgun
on his victim.
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS
TO MEET IN WASHINGTON
Structure of an Atom to Good
Road Building Will Be
Discussed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23,-The largest
convention of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science ever
held Is expected to be that which will
meet here next week, beginning Wed
nesday and lasting through Saturday,
when several thousand members of the
organization- and affiliated bodies will
be present.
There are eleven sections of the as
sociation and thirty affiliated scientific
societies. Frequently more than 20 meet
Ings will be going on at .the same time
in various places. >
Numerous reception and social events,
including a special cavalry drill at Fort
Myer, have been arranged. Trips to
Mount Vernon, Alexandria and other
places of historic and general Interest
have been provided for the ladies.
! Every possible phase of scientific in
| vestigation. from papers on “the struc
ture of an atom" to "the Asteroid prob
i lem.” and from discussion of "the cause
of high prices” to that of “road build
ing with convict labor.” will be con
sidered.
President Taft will make an address
of welcome at the opening general ses
sion of the convention
Killed by Fly Wheel,
COLUMBUS. Ga.. Dec. 23.-The body of
Marion Davidson reached Columbus
from Dothan. Ala., yesterday and the
funeral took place from the Catholic
church, the Interment following In the
Linwood, cemetery. The death of inis i
young man came after a long lingering'
iu agony with one-fourth of his body I
completely severed. Young Davidson
wars, caught in a fly wheel of a gasoline
engine at Wetappa. Fla., some 10 days
ago and fearfully mangled.
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♦ SEES BBOTHBK, THOUGMT ♦
♦ DEAD, ON PICTURE EILM ♦
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♦ BOSTON. Dec. 22.—After receiv- ♦
♦ ing word recently that a long lost ♦
♦ brother was dead, Mrs. John Doyle, ♦
of East Boston, saw him stalk out ♦
♦ on the canvas screen of a moving ♦
♦ picture/ last nulght. The figure
♦ stepped out from a crowd in a na- ♦
val scene, looked toward the audi-
♦ ence, waved a hand and disappear- ♦
♦ ed. An effort will be made to trace ♦
♦ the source of the film. ♦
♦ ♦
SCARCITY OF LABOR CAUSES
PROBLEM ON BROOKS FARMS
QUITMAN, Ga.. Dec 23.—The majority
of the Brooks county farmers are facing
a serious situation in regard to adequate
labor for the fabms. They have been
behind with their farm work ever since
the cotton picking season began last Au
gust.
A long season of rainy weather at that
time delayed the cotton and later when
it did open alj nt once the available
labor was unequal to the task of gath
ering it. The diversified farming prac
ticed here makes one crop tread closely
upon the heels of another, so to speak,
and this getting behind with the cotton
made the cane-grinding schedule late also;
some farmers are making syrup now
whereas the syrup making is usually fin
ished by the first of December.
The serious feature of this is the delay
of the winter oat crop which is always
planted early in December and is usual
ly up by this time. Oats planted here
as late as January make a stocky forage
crop with very little grain; they have
to be sou r., ezriy in' December to make
a heavy grain yield. The farmers are
Just getting in their oats and the heavy
rains this week are adding to, the delay.
E. J. Young, a large farmer, says the
delay is chiefly due to the scarcity of
labor, particularly during the harvest
season.
He spoke of the numbers of negroes
EIGHTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MAN
SAID TO BE HIGHWAY ROBBER
CHICAGO 7>ec. 23.—The oldest man
ever arrested here and the police be
lieve, in the world, charged with high
way robbery, was taken into custody
Ely, with a much younger man, en
last night He is William H. Ely, 33
years old.
tered an Englewood real estate office
and attempted to hold up L. S. Jamieson,
WILL WIDEN LOCKS
ON RIVER AT LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE. Ky„ Dec. 23 Work of
widening lock 41 of the Louisville and
Portland canal from 80 to 200 feet, the
ultimate purpose being to make the en
tire canal a uniform width of 200 feet,
as began yesterday under government
contract of approximately $1,000,000. /
The work will not interfere with ship
ping through canal.
The contract for the construction of
lock and dam 48, six miles below Hen
derson, has also been let, at a cost of
$1,400,000, the work to be completed in
five years.
JOHN BIGELOW GOES TO
FINAL RESTING PLACE
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Funeral serv-
for John Bigelow, who died Decem
ber 19 at the age of 94, were held todav
in St. George’s Protestant Episcopal
church.
The pall-bearers were J. P. Morgan,
uoseph H. Choate, I. T. V. Randolph and
Scott Foster.
Patents for Georgians
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Patents is
sued to Georgians: J. C. Calhoun, Mid
ville, fence post; D. T. Singleton, Wil
lard. attachable lamp protector; J. C.
Williamson, Dudley, clutch for stump
pullers. »
loafing around town knd said .he coaid
not get them to work at any price. Thia
fail he has offered these negroes $1.25 a
day to rake hay, When the usual price
has never been over 60 cents for this
work, but the extra pay was no induce
ment to them. He said he would have
been glad to have paid 20 negroes the ad
vanced price for the last two months
and could rtot get them.
The average negro laborer is getting
more than he ever had before and It Is
notoriously true that he will not work
when he has money. Mr. Young said a
negro tenant came to him the first of
this year SIOO in debt; he has made
enough this year to pay the SIOO, haa paid
Mr. Young for his year’s supplies, has
125 bushels of good corn in his crib and
seven liogs made up into bacon, and
SIBO in cash, all of which he has made
renting a one-horse farm. This is more
than he ever had before and when he
saw how far ahead he was coming oat at
the end of the year he slacked up with
his work and deliberately let one bale
of cotton ruin In bis fields. Thf Nr.
Young thinks, is the attitude of the
average negro laborer, and the more am
bitious negroes own their farms.
This problem of adequate labor is be
coming more acute here every season
and with R the farming interests are
more important each year and represent
more money to the county.
a revolver at the clerk directing him to
hold up his hands.
, Jamieson obeyed, but while the young
er man was searching the office for
money, the former sprang at the old
man and wrenched the weapon from bls
grasp. The young man fled during the
commotion and Ely was overpowered and
locked up.
a clerk. Ely Is alleged to have pointed
GOERGIA POSTMASTERS
GIVEN MORE MONEY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—The postof
flee at Butler, Ga., will be advanced to
the presidential class January 1 at a
salary of $l,lOO. and that at Fayetteville
at a salary of SI,OOO.
Masons Name Officers
MARSHALLVILLE. Ga., Dec. 23,-Hun
ter lodge No. 134 F. and A. M., held a
meeting recently when officers for the
ensuing year were chosen. &
Davis Baldwin, was elected worshipful
master, succeeding Dr. James O. Booton;
R. L. Jolly was chosen senior warden;
W. E. Lester, junior warden; E. L. Sam
mons, secretary; F. J. Frederick, treas
urA-; Jesse Doles, senior deacon; J. P.
Lester, Junior deacon, and John McKea
zie, tyier.
Believes Son Innocent
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 23.—Dr. J.
Harvey Hill, of Baltimore, father of one
of the young men in jail here on the
charge of robbing a Seaboard Air Line
train ten days ago, spent almost all of
yesterday afternoon at Hardeeville, the
scene of the crime, and returned to Sa
vannah at night more thoroughly con
vinced than ever of his son's innocence.
It is understood that some of the post
office inspectors who are working up
the case are in nowise thoroughly con
vinced of the guilt of Hill and the man
under arrest'with him,
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RUSSIA PLANS RAISE 'i
IN TARIFF SCHEDULE
ON AMERICAN GOODS
Proposal Made to Increase Ex
isting Duties by 100 Per z
Cent and Tax Goods Now
Admitted Free
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(By Associated Press.) J
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22.—A legisla
tive proposal to provide for tariff war'
schedules applicable to the United States
at the expiration of the Russo-Amert
can treaty of commerce and navigattotef
of 1832 has been introduced into the duma |
by ex-Presldenf Guchkoff and other sign-'
ers representing the Octoberist and Na»-
tiotjallst parties, which .control ths ma-'
jority of the duma.
The bill proposes to raise existing
Russian duties by 100 per cent and also
to Impose a duty of 100 per cent on ar
ticles which are admitted free under the
present Russian tariff. Besides these
impositions the bill proposes also to levy
double the gross weight tax established
by the law of June 21, 1901, on merchan
dise arriving by sea and to levy a dou
ble tonnage tax. Should the present
American tonnage tax be raised to the
disfavor of the Russian vessels, then the
Russian tonnage tax will be correspond
ingly increased.
It is said that the schedules are to
be applicable to ail countries which do
not grant to Russia the most favored
nation treatment in commerce and navi- -i
gation.
The proposal will be submitted to a
financial committee.
The necessity for the proposed legisla
tion is explained in an accompanying
declaration in which it is stated that the
regular American tariff schedules which
will be- applicable io Russian goods at
tlie expiration of the treaty of commerce
and navigation of 1832 will be so high
as to have a prohibitive character and
that they greatly exceed the Russian ,
normal tariff and rkvigation taxes, which
will be naturally applicable to Ameri
can goods in the absence of the treaty.
DUMA’S POWER LIMITED.
The province of foriegn affairs lies out
side the competence of the duma and
treaties are not subject to its approval,
nor is the minister for foreign affairs
answerable to the duma on the state of
! foreign relations. Nevertheless, the duma
exercises through the budget an influence
on foreign affairs and relations.,; ■■-
In the long declaration accompanying J
I the bill the signers deal fully with the
I Russo-American sltuaton and receount
the formal sfeps taken by the president
> of the United Stites.
"The abrogation of the treaty between
Russia and America has a direct con
nection with the annual Russian declare-
tion which has been energetically con- /
ducted In America for readmission of
American citizens of Jewish faith. Article
1 of the treaty establishes the mutual
rights of entry, tut contains a stipula
tion for the observance of internal laws.
Deeming, in spite of this stipulation that j
the enforcement of the general Russian
laws in regard to foreigners of the Jew- |
ish religion, in the case of American
Jewish citizens, constitutes an infringe
ment of the treaty, the house of repre
sentatives veted.a resolution for its obro
gation. •-;«
••VIEW UNFOUNDED."
"There cannot be any doubt that this,
view is unfounded. Tite Russian govern
ment and its r jprw.entatives abroad can
not but fulfill the requirements of the
Russian law contained tn paragraphs 213
to 235 of the passport statute and para- <■
graph 819 and the following ones of the
law on social rights, as long as these
remain in force.
"On the other hand the question of
admission or no admission into Russia
of categories of foreigners belong to the
jfi-ovince of internal legislation upon the
general principles of international law
as well as on the strength of the article
1 of the ti eaty of 1832.
"Thus the I nlted States has enacted
very, strict regulations seriously limiting
the rights of entry of foreigners and
there is no doubt that the federal gov
ernment would ward off any attempt to
dispute the legal! y of those regulations
from an international point of view.”
STRICT ON RUSSIANS.
The declaiatlon then quotes textually
article II of 1 le federal immigration law
of February 20, 1907. and continues: 1
"If we tai e into consideration also that ■
the American law imposed a head tax
on the whole line of the forlegners seek- /
ing American shores, it becomes clear
how stern are the restrictions to which
Russians arriving in America are sub
jected. We do not question the right of
the federal government to apply any im
migration laws which are dictated by
reasons of state, but we must note for
that very, reason that the motive for the
abrogation of the treat> of 1832 adduced
in the resolution of the 1101186 of repre
sentative is unfounded.
'
LEA IS OPPOSED
TO PENSION BILL
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 23.—Sen
ator Luke Lea, of Tennessee en route to ~
Nashville for the Christmas holidays to
night. expressed his unqualified opposi
tion to the Sulzer pension bill. He said: ,
"I am strongly opposed to the Sulzer
pension bill and when it comes to a vote
I shall vote against it. There is a great
following behind the measure among A*
senators, and, d?ubtless thet<» be a
strong fight. I am opposed to jt because
I think that it is a needless appropria
tion. We have been taking care of the
old soldiers well and they seem to be
satisfied, and I can see no need for an
increase in the amount. The needy fam
ilies are well looked after under present
conditions."
DROPS DEAD READING
PAPER TO COMMISSION
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 23.—John W. ,
Danforth, a prominent manufacturer,
dropped dead while reading a petition to
jhe public service commission here lata
yesterday. After completing the context
of the document, Danforth began to read
the signatures. Chairman Stevens re
quested him to file the papers and names,
but Danforth i efused. He had reached
the third name, when he tell forward on
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