The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-01-27
Believes Allowing Coastwise
Vessels to Pass Through Big
Ditch Free Would Violate
British Treaty.
MAY LIFT EMBARGO
ON ARMS TO MEXICO
Conference With Foreign Re-
lations Committee Elioits
Opinion japanese Govern.
nent Is Friendly to United
States.
Cly ,4a-,,' wirc 10 EveO'ns nersia

(Isy t~arsss Wire 10 EVeOlnR Herald
Washington Jan. st,.- That Prcsl-
dent Wilson is opposed tn the cx,mp-
tion 81 AmofiCa0 constwirc ships
from Panama cunal TOLLS was iAtly
asserted at the capitol to-day hy tnose
who knew what took place "a the
conference last night between the
president aud senate foreign fcia-
tions committee,
Senators who tnlkea with the pies
idcnt ntid today that Mt Wilson
fully explained his pVritiun on the
tolls question. that his views incline
toward the contentbms of GREAT
Britaln and that he would make pub
lie heH attitude In the near future.
several senators CApFepsed Hurprisc
that Ii vioW at the pronidcnts posi-.
tive httitudc he had not urged ysmc
actitsi at the extra scsNon of con-
greSs What the presldsnt may rec
omuLend was not disclosed in ipaays
rctoots of the White House cSnfqr-
vncc nut u wis pointed ont thai one
way would be- To- repeai She eNrcuilon
provision Of the act, ana unothNS the
passage 81 the Adamson resolution 20
nuspHnd for two years Che operation
80 the exemption clause ana thus
demonstrate whether t1c canal could
De seh-Busialusns without tollg from
American ships
II was hiid to-day thsi t.f1 president
wnH not opposed a. toB exemptions az
such but that he Was sHrongly at the
opinion that they would Doe q disarim-
inatt.n which would not agree with
tht provisions of the ay-Pauncefote
trcay.
Lifting the embargu on arms Tor
Mexico was also discIHend ai last
niEhts conference. Sums ssn.s;ors
favored d ON the grouspC that Il would
hasten hostilitien 10 a tonrlusirn. one
sonRlVr said to-day be believed the
precedent Was inchning morn and
more 60 that view ana might nft The
enlarge soon.
u was tho general opinion os son
at0rh after their talk rith IN, prcsi-
dent on the Japanese situniioN that
offeiHls la Japan WcTl frichaiy Ia
the United states hut wete being
pr-sscd by radicals
The dispute between the United
States and droat htraha tutas on
tho construction 81 Aitiric ? "f the
HAY -PauncefOie trcalN which pro-
vidvs
The canal shall be- free and open
20 toe vessels of commerce and OF
war ~ all nationr observing these
rules. ON terms of entire equality. so
that there shall be- ne disurliniuntion
asalilst any such nation or IL citi-
acns or subjects n respect ~ the
c0nJ iions or ohargcs of traffic or
othe rwise, such condition and chnrg-
~ ~ traffic should se inss ana eQut-
nhh" /"
Tho British couiesgiun haS been
thai thin clause at entire equality"
waN TO De taken literally iiut the
Panama canal act while prssidins
equality Of tolls on ocean-goine traf-
fc, exempted American cuastwine
vey~rls from tho payment rir lsd-
ward Grey. British minister 81 for
eiRh afiairs, protested against the cx-
ouldion ~ contrary 90 the lauguage
~ the treaty
Mr. Knox while secretary ~ state
under the Taft administrator. re-
piled Ia SIR Edward Grey iiut the
attitude of the present administration
ha not been generally known up TO
sir time oi the presidents confer-
cnec with senators lnst night ahen.
according IN the View they obtained.
Nj Wilson supports the view OF
equality Of treatment uader the
tfraty.