Show FREE TOLL ran REPEAL j OR ARBITRATION IS ISI I ROOT j I i New York Senator Denounces Country's Attitude in Panama Panama Pan Pan- I 1 ama Controversy REPLY PLY IS S SENT ENT TO GREY FInal Decision Unlikely During i Life of the Present Administration 1 r Jan 21 Shall wo W WASHINGTON Y Inform tho world that the States i Is false to its agree agree- United y I i Ti nfl a. a false to Its pledged word Shall t t wo h have It made mado known tho world over that yOU jou ou must look out for tor tho United I States or it will set get tho tito advantage tago of ot oft t i you Tou That tho United States Is Js astute cunning slippery t With this vigorous denunciation of I the the attitude of ot this country countr In the t Panama p ama canal controversy with Great 1 V Britain Senat Senator r Elihu Ellhu Root closed a two hour speech In the tho Senate today toda i with an appeal for the submission o oC or t th the Panama PaUma question t to arbitration or orlie orthe the lie repeal ot of that se section llon of ot the tho canal law 13 that would give free passage p to l' l American ships l- l Speaking from irom rom the experience c of ot a aI af arvan I f rvan iTi ri of ot President Roosevelt Roosevelt's 5 cabinet 1 I i. i when Then the Panama canal zone zono was purchased pur pur- chased and when over twenty arbitration ar ar- ar- ar Uon treaties wore made mado with foreign foreign for for- eign t nati nations ns Senator Root noot delivered a n. most niost vigorous attack on the tho present attitude of or tho United States k It lt became known following the senet zenat sen- sen et at ato r rs r's s address that Senator Brandegee 1 chairman of ot the canals I committee will call can a meeting within t si a. a tc few days dt's to tal tako talco o up UI Senator Roots Root's f amendment for tor the repeal of ot the free freet t toll provision A determined effort cHort by those who I r opposed posed the original passage of or this 1 provision will bo be made at this session of ot Congress to change tho law before It goes into effect at the tho canal so 80 that the tho cause of ot dispute with Great Britain will wilI be removed 1 D Declare Free Tolls Illegal Senator Root noot declared the tho United States would violate all Its pledges rind find promises to the world would bo be guilty of ot false pretenses In Its adi ad- ad i of ot general arbitration and would on proclaim Itself Indifferent to national national na na- na- na honor onor and integrity it if It re refused refused refused re- re fused to submit to arbitration or to toI I retreat from the position It had taken He declared free trea coastwise tolls to American ships were illegal unless equal concessions were mado to foreIgn foreign for for- eign ships hip The Tho claim that the United States had domestic rights over or tho the canal nal because It owned tho canal zone constituted a violation of ot tho express guarantee of or the United Unite States to Great Britain ho said It Is not our territory except In trust ho declared Treaty or no treaty we havo long Ion asserted that the nations of ot Central America America- had no rl right ht to debar the world worM from Its right of passage across tho the isthmus On that wo we based tho the Justice of ot our entire action which resulted in our having the canal zon zone 0 or of The United States had preached arbi arbi- for tor 3 years rears Senator Root dc- dc e- e and had hall besought tho the nations of ot the tho world WorM in season and out of ot season to enter Into arbitration agreements agree asree ments for tor the settlement of oC all dis dis- u tes Are Arc 10 we wo Pharisees he cried Have we ye been Insincere and false Have we been pretending I In all aU these long IonS years ears I ot of declarations Arc We wo read ready now to admit that our country countr through its I pr presidents and congresses have e been I guilt guilty of false falso pretenses of ot humbug of ot talking to tho galleries of utter utter- i ing fine words to secure applause 1 The Thc Instant that an Interest i Is at atI I ko we e propose to falsify eyer every dec dec- 3 every promise by the arro- arro I. I gant that We wo alone alono cn cnn do do- doi i ll tho Interpretation of ot this I o treat treaty that we wo will wm refuse to abide I b VV the trea treaty t i t. t And Ana is 16 the game worth orth tho the r 75 s it worth our own while to remain J i In i a apposition position to maintain which we bEt driven to repudiate our J t plea pIes our professions and our agreements agree agree- meats ments for tor the tile purpose of ot conferring a a. money benefit at the expense of ot tho the treasury of oC the United States on tho the most highly and absolutely protected special industry in the tho United States States- our coastwise shipping Reply to British Note Is Sent Seat President ent Taft has hns approved l the note at tho the state department In lii reply to the thc communication from Sir Edward Gre Grey tho the British secretary for tor foreign affairs protesting against tho the exemption of at American coastwise shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping from the tho payment of ot tolls In the Panama canal As a. a matter of or official courtesy In Information Information information In- In formation is withhold as to the tho exact contents of ot the note until it has been received b by the British government In London through the American embassy there It Is believed the tho American note was dispatched by mall mail immediately upon Its approval by the President and should be in London within a a. week Arrangements havo hao been made to have o havethe havethe the tho contents of or the tho note made public simultaneously in London and Washington Wash Was In ington ton Tho The British government however howe will not riot he be obliged cd to walt wait until the arrival al of the note b by mall to become acquainted with Its Hs contents as tho am amenities of diplomacy require requite that n. n copy of or a a. note nota of this character be supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied to the resident ambassador of the country to which it is addressed at the same time that it is mailed In Jn addition It was learned that Mr lr Bryce the British ambassador had been Invited In to tho the state department a 1 week ago and find had listened to an explanation explanation ex ex- in detail of or tho the American po position position po- po by Chandler Anderson counsellor for tor or the state department Secretary Argument nt It Is believed beHoved here that after at at r tempting to eliminate a number of oC propositions in the British note considered considered consid consid- ered red not germane to the real issue Secretary of State Knox h has s de devoted himself principally to time the effort to show that the term all aU nations I In 1 the Ilay treaty does not necessarily Include the United States and that tha tit it i IB fR en entirely competent t for this government o to treat Its Us own shipping differently from that of or other nations Insofar as tho the canal is concerned It also Is believed belle that tho the American note noto takes up Important chapters in inthe inthe inthe the negotiations negotiation preparatory to the confirmation of or the Hay treaty that either were overlooked or purposely omitted from the British note It H Is believed that unless both natIons nations nations na na- na- na abandon the mans malls in favor of direct cable communication sufficient new matter matler has m been Injected into the negotiations to warrant their continuation continua continua- tion for tor 6 time and it seems Probable probable able that a a. final decision as to whether the issues should be lie e submitted to arbitration arbitration arbitration arbi arbi- will not be i reached cached in tho the sl six weeks remaining of the life of or the pr present sent administration Indeed it ma may mav require some active exchanges on tho tIm part of Secretary Knox's successor in the state stale department department depart depart- ment and tho the British torel foreign n office to dispose of ot the subject within the three months that will intervene before the tho expiration of or the existing existing- British British- American arbitration treat treaty |