Show FOR REPE L OF HOLLS TOLLS CLAUSE LAUSE PRESIDENT DECLARES TION CLAUSE REGARDED AS VIOLATION OF TREATY impression seem seems to prevail that T hat the with wish of president wilson will be granted although there will as D vigorous opposition washington president wilson before congress on march 6 pleaded for cr repeal of the pro provision lelon of the ills canal act which exempts amert AM ort can coastwise shipping from tolls lie tersely asserted that hie his reason tor for asking king the repeal wae was that everywhere except in the untied united states the tolls exemption was regarded as a it violation ol 01 the hay flay te treaty and he be further asked it U in support of the administrations general foreign policy that the presidents a request will be granted there seemed to be little doubt despite the fact there will be vigorous opposition to the repeal both in the senate and the house the hist action in the question will be taken in the house when the inter later state and foreign affairs commission will meet to consider the message it ft wt stated that the committee will arsent an bent a bill to repeal the exemption pr in the senate on thursday ay senator ch alton hl ton a democratic member of the inter oceanic canals committee introduced an act which bould give the president authority to make or suspend tolls by proclamation and to pre pro their tolls in cases exempted this would put it up directly to the prisident to td eliminate the exemption aside from the bearing ot the mes ines age on the panama tolls question of the phrases used by the pres wilt attracted widespread comment in tonal quarters as relating to foreign relations in general in some pome quarters there waa was a it disposition to regard somo some of his statements in the nature of a warning on the dif involved in other matters of even greater delicacy and nearer consequence sequence ion |