The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-09
international Z Complications
Have Nulliiied That Part OF
Platform, Says President
SEES RESULTS FROM
MEXICAN POLICY
Villa Now Carefully Protecting
All Foreigners, Advices
from Border Say =
BY JOHN e. NEvlN,

(Stan Correspondent United Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb 9.-The free
tolls provision OF the Baltimore plat
form has been nullihed by interna
tional complications and as result
il IS up TO the Democratic party. in
President Wilson's opinion, to disre
gard the declaration.
The president believes that con.
gress will repeal this section OF the
canal tolls bill. So confident IL he OF
this. that he conhded to callers today
that he would probably not be re
CURED to deliver "A special message
10 congress on the question.
The various stories that the indorse.
ment OF the free tolls for American
coastwise Shipping provision was
quietly slipped into the platform,
dent. The plank, in his opinion,
might have been all right at lifetime
the platform was adopted. but the
foreign relations OF the United States
have changed since then. Conse-
quently. he believes there is no rea-
son why the Endorsement at Baltf
More should be considered binding.
The president did not explain TO
callers today what the change In for.
eign relations has been He made IL
plain. however. that he believed that
when a question gets TO be an inter
national one instead OF national, 1t
must be handled from broad guage
standard.
Then he proceeded TO make a mys-
terry OF the entire matter by saying
that the only nation that had protest
ed against tree tolls had been Great
Britain and that It was not pressing
the matter, being seemingly content
TO wait this country's pleasure.
The president admitted that he had
told Senator Smith, OF South Caro-.
lima, chairman OF the senate commit
tee OH immigration, just how he feels
personally about the educational test
OF the Burnett bill now pending In
the senate. But he maintained his
reticent attitude and declined TO lei
his views become public. 1t is un.
derstood, however, that he suggested
to Smith that Il way could be found
OF modifying the illiteracy problem SO
that both sides would be satisfied
The president hopes 10 be able 70
announce the complete membership
of the federal reserve board not later
than the first OF March. He told his
callers that while he has examined
the qualifications OF various persons
suggested for the place, he has made
no final selection. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo Will be back In
Washington next week. Then the
president will take up in real earnest,
the selection OF the board While
touring the country mapping out the
reserve cities, the secretary OF the
treasury has also been busy looking
over certain men whose names have
been suggested TO the president for
appointment.
The administration is admittedly
satisfied with the Mexican situation
from the standpoint OF the constitu-
tionalists. While the president has
had no first-hand report from Gen.
Villa since the state department no
titled the constitutionalist general
that be would be held personally re-
sponsible for the safety OF non-com-
batants and foreigners, unofficial re-
ports from the American officers on
the border and the American con
sular representatives is that villa is
now carefully protecting all foreign
ers. They say that even the Span
iards, against whom villa has ex-
pressed enmity, are now being pro-
tected.