Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-03
CANAL TOLLS

American diplomats who negotiated the Hay'Paunce fote treaty hsd no thought of exempting the United States when they to the provision spulang thai "sn snations' should use the Panama Canal equa' terms according to Henry White, former ambassador to Italy and France.
 Mr White was secretary of the embassy at London in lssS and in the absence of Ambassador Hay opened the negotiations for repeal of the caytonB Buwer treaty which the HsyPauncefote pact supplants
 In an address diplomacy before the George Wash ingon University students he declared could be no doub, that the words "a nations intended to include the United States.
 Nobody" said the former ambassador mot in tOucn with diplomatic affairs. could realize what deporabe thing 1t was to know on its word There could be any doubt that the words "aiI nations included the United States.
 No one views with deeper humiliation the fact that have merchant marine" said the former ambas- sador q would. therefore, do anything that could be done properly for the reconciliation of merchant marine but do believe in violating pledged wordr
 MT White praised President Wilson for his stand in insisting upon the repeal of section of the Panami Canal act giving free tolls to American vessels
 Definite action in Congress is expected within the next two weeks. In the meantime supporters of the administration. both in Senate House. ing to prevail upon Democrats who have yet made up their minds to support the President.
 Senators oGornsn and Chamberlain purpose to fight against repeal until the last but many Democratic Sen ntors are assuring the President that they will to reverse the action of Congress.
 Representative Adamson. chairman of the House In and Foreign Commerce Committee plans to have repeal bill reported from his committee. President wilson's anxiety for immediate repeal of the free toi proyiso of the Panama Canal act 1t learned tonight may bring about entire readjustment of the Legislative programme In the House and materially lengthen the session of Congress. Although all that Representative William c, Adamson, chairman of the Interstate Com merce Commission of the House, would say was tha
 We viii take up the tolls repeal at the psychologists moment" asoerained that the committee at. it meeting Friday will consider the Sims bill calling fol the repeal of the free tolls proviso The bil Is less than 100 words long and merely call for the repeal sentence of the fifth sectio of the act which reads
 No tolls shall be levied upon vessels engaged in th coastwise trade of the United States" 1t was Introduced in the House the day the Panam canal act was signed again the beginning of tn present session
 The President regards the repeal more importan than the pending antitrust bills and as vtaly nece' safy to the maintenance of the administrators foreig policy The President wants the repeal provision ep acted early date that all the diplomatic trouble threatening will be out of the way long before tn ! canal Is ready for business Ia 2 G7} f
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