Show TEAT OF GHENT Movement t Modify I Its Application cation to Great Lakes Washington Jan 26 Representative Heatwole and Smith two of the Republican Repub-lican members of the house committee on foreign affairs called on Assistant Secretary Day at the state department today and went over the status of Cuban affairs Mr Smiths main purpose was to confer con-fer with the authorities on the modification modi-fication of that feature of the treaty of Ghent under which the building of warships on the great lakes has been prohibited He Is urging that the modification mod-ification be brought about by negotiations negotia-tions through diplomatic channels and after his conference today Mr Smith expressed confidence that the modification modifica-tion of the treaty could b accomplished |