| Show TELEGRAPHIC THE PEACE TREATY Senior Teller Gins Ills Reasons for Postponing I 1 JUTIFICATIOX OF Tilt MISURI It Lfatta Either Too Mnclt or To I Little to I ho Discretion of the IXCDIho WABIIINUTOH Fob 14 Banator T I liar was asked today to furnish the Associated Press with a statement ol his reasons for soaking a postponement ol the AnclaAmitloin arbitration treaty oDd la respooeo prepared the following signed nitlclt There has been a goad deal of Cliff dm 01 the Sonata bscauio It does not nt once ratify Ibo treaty ol arbitration between Ibo United States and Uro > t Britain by thoro who apparently forget that the executive department bas Leon about four yosra negotiating It By Constitution of the United States the Senate Is made a part 0 tho treaty matin power Tho fathers ol lb I > Iltpublio Jealous of executive never were nut willing tbatthd PreM dout should negotiate treaties alom so that they provided that the iresl ball have powor aud with Ibo advice and content ol the Senate to make retailer provided twetblrds ol the Bonatorn present concur Th treaty In I then Ibo not of the President and tiio Benalo It Is quite apparent that It was not Intended that the action of the Banate should bo a mere perfunctory duly and that the requirement ot a twothirds majority Wall Inserted because the tremors ol the Constitution were lmor t eJ with the Importance of Irealymaklns 4 Tbe Senate beloc a part of tbo power which oreatea treaties It cannot can-not till Itself ot tire rcsponilblllty ot FraluX that they are properly made It Is I OB Incumbent on us to cite trestles duo consideration as upon the executive to do so 4 We beard no complaint of the delay on the part of the executive department but no sooner did the treaty reach the Bonato tbaa there wcsndtmind for Immodlalo action by Ibo Uenate Tbo Senate being ouargoj with this duly of advising In tbe construction of a treaty caunot transfer that duty on lh < i President or any one else Tbo friends of the treaty In tbe Senate all admit that It mutt be amended and that the committee 011 foreign relations baa rcoom mended certain amendment which will without doubt bo adopted Hut what will bo tile condition of The treaty If Ibo friends of lId Lot agree as to the purport of the proposed amendments Borne of them asserted that overy oonlrovrloll quet Ion ror oonldenUon b7 the irbitra Uoo 1 must b e acted upon hy the Beasts I ntid Ibe House of llopreaentativea before lore the quistton cau BO befolo the aililtratlon tribunal It this view is I correct we wlllbe required to matte anew a-new treaty or agreement on each question as It arllet and have the ai ienl t not of the Senate alone la of the houvo al 180 and Bro of bay lag removed Cause a of disagreement and frictioulistwevu Ibo two covorn mantel It will Lo found ire nave multiplied multi-plied too causes of dispute and delayed i ho determination of coutroTortea ques lion If the treaty dots notrequlre action I I the port of Congress a > some contend con-tend It does not then wo aro having the question whether Ibo subject 01 controversy sball be arbitrated or n1 10 Ibo President alone It li true we put limitations ot an Indefinite character charac-ter on the executive la providing that be must arbitrate question affecting our foreign or domestic policy but If the Prssldsnt thinks ouch submission does not affect that policy bo Cannot be held responsible for his aoi If tie makes a mistake Why should w o not mako this treaty definite exact Why should we leave I eo important u question as to who baa the power ut tubuilislon on our part In doubt If we attempt ti submit a given question to arbitration through H grriural action ot Congress and Ureat Britain thinks IJ ought to here boon ubmillell through and by the President wo create Vlctlou noL only among our own people I but tot to-t this country and Ural Uritalu 11 well If tho President assumes that ho alone mutt determine what subject or dispute must be submitted and Con are auumo Jurldlctlon 01 lb matter mat-ter thou wo have a homo dlmonlty slid a foreign one at the same Lima The treaty Is net capable of self exccutlon aud there must be legislation legisla-tion to carry It Into execution Cjn Crete in nt fix the term ot two art > l iterate to b > > appointed on our pnrl Dd also determine their csmpontnilou This emu not bed 0 neat this senlou congreor 1 no treaty ought to no over and be carefully examine by Ibo committee bat has already repartd I sundry Amendments and Ibo He IBU when ctbrr matters nra not prgtslug on that i body It la I almost Impossible nt this late rcrlod of tho icasuu to I elve a matter of tills kind tut serious attention which It rinur There can be no doubt tbe LuJy of the people of tile United States favor arblttatloc but mat tact dots not remove tho neoeislly doc ut care In Ibe preparation l of a treaty to carry out that Idea If the treaty Is carelessly mad and thorn Jo 1 dint cully In dtlniiultilu8 what ought to be submitted or II doubt should arbid as to the fairness of its operations Ibo peoplo will bo prcJudlcoJ azalnsl the principle at arbitration to War Instead 61 prwolln Ibo caM ur arbllrallon we destroy II by hasty action lroooaUyloDJ decidedly III favor or arbitration ot all questions that cnn be arbitrated but tbta Is no reason why I thouU Join In ralllylnj a treaty that lacks Ibo greatest ojienllal of a treaty certainty to what It Meant ulnereis no threatened danger of war confronting us We have no oo elision for basic awl nothing can bo trained by premature i action When the treaty Is put In proper form at I hope It will br Itwlll be ratified tL regret thut the agreement baa not been constituted In open Scallop so the Icople ould eee the defects In It I H III fELER |
