Show PLEADS PLEA U ra 43 FOR FO 0 REPEAL REP E A L OF TOLLS YI CLAUSE PRESIDENT DECLARES TION CLAUSE REGARDED RE AS VIOLATION OF TREATY impression se seems arn to prevail that tho the wh with of president wilson will 11 be granted Al although thought there III be vigorous VIgo rouB opposition washington president dent wildon be folo congress on march S for repeal of tho tile provision of tho the canal act which exempts american roast shipping from tolls toile iio ho tersely assorted a ted that hia hill reason fur asking ashing the I 1 epeloi yas as that every sicre in tho the united states the tolls exemption was regarded regard id as a violation of tho the hay ilay treaty and ho further asked it in support of abo ad ministrations general policy that tho the presidents request will bo be granted thoro there roomed seemed to be little doubt despite tho the fact thero there will bo be vigorous opposition to tho the repeal both in tho the senate and tho the house thoi thai list action in tho the question will bo be birken in ill tho the house when tho the inter state and foreign affairs commission will moot meet to consider tho the message it wan was stated thai that tho the committee will present a bill to repeal repeat tho the exemption pro islon in tho the senate on thursday senator chilton a democratic member of tho the inter oceanic canals committee introduced an act which would give tho the president authority to muke make or suspend tolls by proclamation and to pro pre tolls in cases exempted this put it up directly to tho the president to eliminate the exemption aside from tho the bearing of the mes stage on tho the panama tolls question some of tho the phrases used by the president attracted widespread comment in congressional congress tonal quarters as relating to foreign relations in general in some quarters qua itera eherts was a disposition to retard somo some of his statements in tho the nature of a warning on the difficulties involved in other matters of even goelter groi ter delicacy and nearer consequence |