Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-30
ON TOLLS
ARE CONFLICTING,
ASSERTS WILSON
Calls Exemption a Subsidy arsa
Points Out Platform Opposed
This Policy.
UNQUALiFlEDLY AGAINST
SENATE COMPROMISE
Regrets Contest Has Degener
ated Into Attempt to Dis
credit Administration

WASHINGTON. March 30. Presi.
dent Wilson declared today that on
account of the contradictory state
ments in the BaltimorF alatforu
Democrats should have NIB heSstiRh
in voting for the repeal foi -
Panama canal tolls exemption. lin
The President emphatically cha II
tcriZed the exemption as q subs | IN
and pointed out that one plank in III Y I
baltimore platform expressed oppyf i
sition' to any subsidy direct or in !
direct, while another plank directedt
for tolls exemption. The President
asserted there should be no doubt
among Democrats as to which should
take precedence.
The President reiterated that the
exemption never was policy of the
Democratic House because 1t was
passed through coalition of Reptile
licans and a minority of Democrats.
the ma joTity of Democrats voting
against 1t on the ground that 1t war
a subsidy
Calls Bargain story Insult
The President explained that even
if the International situation, to which
he referred in his message, had not
arisen, he would have been opposed
to the tolls exemption as against
,VtHipiA cilit uOGlIlbt.N Ibui lie HUI
Gated, however, that if IL we're not
for the international situation he did
not feel that it would have been prop
er for HIM to question the acts of q
previous administration
Mr.. Wilson talked frankly about the
tolls controversy in Congress, saying
that the story that he had entered
into "a bargain with Great Britain
through Sir William Tyrrell, private
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one of "a number of insults that had
been introduced in the congressional
debate.
The President declared he wanted
10 express his regret that what had
promised to be dignifed con-
test with genuine differences OF
opinion seemed to he Degenerate
! ing In his opinion to an at
tempt to discredit the adminis-
( tration. He remarked that while II
/ made all the more certain the result
! in favor of the administration he
! thought il great pity that public af-
! fairs should be handled in that way.
He did not think all the opponents OF
! the repeal felt that way, but such
color had been interjected into the
| controversy and he did not under-
stand the motives for it.
Doesn't Fear Party Friction.
The President said he had no
( anxiety over any political friction IL.
| the Democratic party over the result
I and referred to the repeal contest As
! not u capital operation but Just .
/ "couVa alsecence.n
! Mr.. Wilson let il be known that he
was unqualitiedly opposed to any
| compromise or amendments such as
! have been proposed IN the Senate. He
| is for a straight repeal without
| equiVocation.
! LONDON. March S0.--Sir Edward
| Grey, British foreign secretary in.ths
! House of Commons today denied ti.A
| published allegations that tvs action
| of President Wilson IN regard to the
| question of Panama canal tolls was
| the result of an understanding be.
! tween the governments of the United
states and Great Britain.
1T has been asserted" he said,
that Under the terms of the UNDER
/ standing Great Britain had under-
taken TO assist President Wilson's
| policy in regard to Mexico. There is
no foundation whatever for these re-
ports, and 1 am glad to be able to
take as carly an opportunity as pos
sible for saying so'