The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-04-14
VIEW
OF The REPEAL
IN LENGTHY STATEN Si He
OUTLINES PURPOSES OF
BALTIMORE PLATFORM
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Secretary Interprets PEesispEss
Reasons for Advocating
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Washington. April iS.SSecfetary
Bryan In. a statement ie1gthily re-.
views the Panama tolls question and
in; the course of the statement declares
that the repeal of the tolls exen lion
in the Panama canal Act .acannnE be
construde to be. a, CONSTRUCTION ef the;
Hay Pauneefote treaty" but Is 'fsimn-
ly refusal on the part oG, ,th6 United
States to raise that question In shat
way" , 3
Mr. Bryan discusses various fea asgres
OF the subject--the limiting 3f, debate
in the House of RepresentatiEe the
Baltimore plstform, and the eff6 Rof
repeal on the treaty. 5 Ss II zs5sz,,
Claiming that the opponents Qs sfhe
repeal had seized upon the charge tint
the President was ..'surrenderin TO
England" Mr.. Bryan declared that he
opposition to the repeal had 9iited
to appeal ito prejudice rafhar fan
to reason" eass8
What has Great Britain a5he he
asked, ito justify the aorIls ION nat.
she is trying to dictate 40 klIfs an
try, She has simply called stten lon;
to the terms OF the freaty, and asked
for arbitration OF r tsquestIr Of eon-
struction. in case Tina govern If e
fefs from the British d itl
the construction to- ne 81 aip xilks
language The very Asillen y ne so
tnsfsteht upon snonsi tuinE tLsB -
70 permit free tolls, del dr.
Inonths the ratificatle Of
with Great 81 tain szeir1
Iuppgs sion TO AN " Z the
subj eeta IA t6el i15s.
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ftdht ssid then object ed 20 wing
international court to cypress an ohfn+
ion on the subject. II, as q matter OF
fact, the treaty grants the rights which
ser to Great Britain for our nation to.
repeal the law that raised the ,Ques-
tion. The repeal of the law cannot be
construed to be a construction OF the
treaty. It is simply d TsffGsiaal on the;
par. Q. the United States 60 RAISE rs = S
question In that way. In the cont So-
yersy ever the Weiland canal Cana
da withdrew discrimination which she
had made in favor of Canadian ships,
in order that no cause for friction
with the United States authorities In
regard to the matter should exist,
"Wlhy cannot the United States-
withdraw discrimination for the
same reason2 When the treaty invol-
we'd was before the senate for ratifi-
cation an attempt was made, to so
amend It, as to permit iiscfimina-
tion In favor of the coastwise vessels,
but 1t was voted down by a decided
majority. With this record to SUM-
port them, Ia It strange that foreign
nations question our right TO make an
exception In favor OF American ves-
seis?' s.
Has IHslde Information.
Discussing the Presidents right to
expect the support Of Congress- when,
he deals with International questions.
Secretary Bryan adds. ~
The chief executive speaks for. the
nation in International affairs, ana 1t
is only fair to assume that he speaks
advisedly when he declares that iI-
terconrse with other nations is se-
riously embarrassed by the free-tolIs
law which he seeks to repeal. s
We occupy today a proud position,
among the nations; we are the fore
moBt advocate of peace and arbitras
tion; we are becoming more and more
2 moral factor throughout the world.
Can We AFFORD to surrender tliIs fiosi4
tion? Can we aiford to bellttle the
great enterprise that has reached It's
consummation at the Isthmus7 IF
nnr nation desires 70 he messissAAi BY
INTEL ectual and ethical standards, how;
unworthy to brag OF cur strength and
20 threatea to use that strength. we.
are ready to fight does not arouse the
Eenthuslasm now that II did q few eett~
turtles ago. Brute force ts not the level
upon which fhfs nation settles Sts
controversies today. The Question is
not what We can DO, but what we
ought TO do. The oath Of history is
strswn with the wreck OF nations hat
tboseted that they were all powerful.
This eueation must be decided on NOR.
'al principles and not by the coahting
ot our eEfments and bat tieshtps What
;aliali II protit . nation II Il c6uauers
the whole world and iosea rs 2aitli
" the doctrine that fIgh hteousness g;s
aIteth nation -
5 Mr.. Bryan was e member OF the Re-
s5iiTts tGTiEiittse of the Esaittssiii.ilx
conyentlon and his obSeryaffoitk on
~ = AlatG .s.sza a.Aa,efffi1f : he sffaR
terance on the SUB Jscts m. Rrysn Il sr.
gaee that there are two planIE b. the
Baltimore platform pertinent to the
discuesion, one which declares t1sS Be-
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