The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-06
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RE!PEEALO1FI O1FI:.AIICT FI:.AIICT
PLEADS FOR REPEAL OF THE
ACT GRANTING TOLLS
EXEMPTION.
VIOLATES TREATY
european Nations Generally Take
Same View as Great
Britain.
VIOLATES TREATY
(By Associated Press.l

Washington, March 5.-Pre3ident
Wilson went to congress today and
pleaded for repeal of the provision Of
the Panama canal act which exempts
American coastwise shipping from
tolls. sHe tersely asserted that his
[, reason for asking the repeal was. be-
cause everywhere except in the United
States the tolls exemption was re-
garded as violation Iof the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, and he further
asked II in support of the admins
tratlon's general foreign policy.
That the presidents request. will be
, granted there seemed little doubt to-
night, despite the fact that there will
be vigorous opposition botli in the
, senate and the house. Initiative ac-
tion will be taken tomorrow when the
house interstate and foreign COM
merce ccmmittea will meet tn cnnsid-
er: the message. 1t was said tonight
that this committee would report a
ibill to flatly repeal the exemption
provision. In the senate today Sena-
tor, Chiffon, a democrat member of
the interoceanic canals committee, in
tgnduced an amendment to The canal
act to give the president authority TO
make or suspend tolls by proclama-
ton and to prescribe tolls in cases
exempted This would pnt It up d.
irectly to the president to eliminate
1.-The exemption. Aside from the bear
Ing of today's message on the Pan
anna tolls question. some OF the phases
used by the president attracted wide
SPREAD comment In congressional
squaFters as hearing on foreign rela-.
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| i. Later In the day the president
To lked With callers and explained that
these phrases had no Significance be-
yona their bearing on the need OF
rigbtoue good faith In the Panama
tolls question, as an evidence OF un-
wayerinS faith on all other questions.
and that nothing critical was pending
Isl fSFeign relations. But the Ian
guhge OF the message continued 10 be
cOtninented opon as having an appIi-
cation considerably broader than the
PahHtIa question. -
Theee points IN particular were
noted:
i! TheS presidents statement that
no communication he had addressed to
congress- carried "grayer or more far
reaching implications to the interest
OF the country"
2. That everywhere outside the
United States the language of the
l1ay-Pauncefote treaty was given but
one interpretation.
3. Tie concluding statement as to
'othHf matters of even greater DELI
cacy and nearer CONSEQUENCE"
HClOse to Wind as Possible
The president further told his call
ers that while he never had received
any tefInal communications on the
slsbjectj he had understood that Euro
peah nations generally took the same
view as did Great Britain, that the
Hay Pauncefote treaty was violated
by the Panama, canal act. He pointed
out fltat in dealing with foreign af-
faire nations which believed the
United States did not keep its promise
on 60 important a treaty as the Hay 4
! : Ssaaf5ess6te convention would not Dei
likely to expect sincerity on other dell
ficate questions.
ptes11 he'd como to the president OF
a 1eraI impression In Europe that
the United States was sailing as
GI6sa TO the wind as possible in In
tetpt teting promises made In its treat
les No pressure had been brought to
hear by any nation, but the president
felt confident that foreign govern
iIefftS had this feeling on the subject
III this connection Mr. Wilson re-
yoa1ed the fact that since his talk Al
yeaf ago with former Ambassador
Bfyte, in which he gave assurances
that the tolls question would be taken
up 40 the regular session of congress.
No cOlntnn nioAtionH, formal OF other
vsiee; had passcd between Great Brit
aiz end the United States,
1e q Esreesss
the president said no particular
fhihs had caused him to read the
Illessage except d doubt that had ex-
s,ISted IN some quarters iis congress as
70 heW strongly convinced ne was ss
to the Necessity of repeal He had felt
that he wanted memheFs OF cotgFessi
20 fekiizp that he earnestly sought
Tiisili suIoverse their action Of q year
ago,
Senator Sbively. acting chairman OF
the fofsign relations committee, cont
1feAslng tonight, saie be was assured
President Wilson's reference TO other
ssssssstas5T5 taT5 e meant ali foreign scatters
spnffpntihg the government
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