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Show HAGUE COURT NOT FAVORED Taft Prefers Tribunal of U. S. and English to Settle Tolls. Washington, Jan G President Taft ; la willing to BUbmit to arbitration the I questions at issue between Great Britain Brit-ain and the United States ov. r I'an-ama I'an-ama canal tolls, but he does not fa vor arbitration b The Hao;e tribunal. tribu-nal. This fact became known here last night upon the President's return from New York. Although he has not given giv-en the matter of a tribunal much thought, the President probably would prefer a special board of arbitration composed of an equal number of citizens citi-zens of the United States and Great Britain. Sueb was to be the composition composi-tion of the arbitral court he proposed when he spoke in behalf of the arbl-ti arbl-ti a tion treaties. The President has expressed to hi? Mends the view that at The Hague all Burope w-ould be against this nation na-tion and that the moral pressure on the court would be enormous because all Europe is Interested In Panama In a court on which onlj Great jn'-aln jn'-aln and the Cnited States were rep-reaented, rep-reaented, It la argued, there would be n much greater chance of a fair decision. de-cision. Several Iiemocrntie senators have voiced the opinion that a special tri luinal should be created to arbitrate this dispute. SENATORS OF BOTH PARTIES ARE OPPOSED Washington, .Ian Leading senators sena-tors of both parties who are opposed to the proposed arbitration of matters mat-ters pertaining to the Panama canal and who have made careful canvass of the senate since the first BUgges tidn was made that Qreal Britain might attempt to force such action upon up-on the Cnited States, declared last eeniua th;it the utterances of the President would not change a single ote in the senate It would require a two-thirds vote to ratify any special agreement that would submit the question of our l ight to exempt coastwise ships from the payment of tolls to the Judgment of The Hague tribunal. Cnless there should follow the mot radical change in the views of senators such a vote is impossible. Senator Bacon, ranking Democratic; member of the committee, who faors arbitration slmph because he bfldfl that the terms of the treaty cannot be violated, sees the danger of hi posl-. posl-. tion and expresses the belief that it would be within oiU right Lo demand, that the subject be arbitrated not by The Hag e tribunal, composed of Eu-I rOpean judges who would be against jus before the case was submitted, i but by a special commission to bo chosen by the two powers. The foreign relations committee is j 7 to 6 aKilnst arbitration, with twoj senators In doubt. Those who Insist upon the American Ameri-can policy are Senators Cullom. Sutherland Suth-erland and Borah, Republicans, and Stone. Shively, Clarke and O'Gorman. Democrats The advocates of arbitration are I,odge, Root, McCunibr and Burton, Republicans, and Bacon and Hitch-j cock. Democrats The men whoso position is doubt-1 in! :it this moment are Senator Smit': Of Michigan and Senator I n llmghaiu of New Hampshire. One at least of these two senators and perhaps both, i. is believed, will sustain the posl-1 tion of Senator Cullom, so the chances chan-ces are slightly more than even that this committee would make an adverse ad-verse report to the senate if the Pre-1 Id. nt sends to the senate for ap- proval any agreement authorizing the( submission to arbitration of the ques- ; tion of the exemption of American! I coastwise ships from tolls, BRITISH PRESS IS HIGHLY PLEASED, London, Ian. 6. The London momma mom-ma papers are heatlh pleased with I President Taffs deelsration of his intention to submit the Panama canal ca-nal toll controversy to arbitration if diplomatic negotiations should rail. I The Dallv Mall says: Any other than the honorable1 course which President Taft has tak-! ' en would have been almost unthlnk-able unthlnk-able 6n the part of a statesman who has devoted such efforts to furthering i tbe cause of international peace throughout the world. If the senate' follows President Taft's lead the Pan- i ams question s as good as settled. " fhe Daily News describes th- dec- i laratlon as a most welcome New Year message to Great Britain and the rorld, and expresses admiration for the President s faith In offering to submit a doubtful cause bo arbitra- I Hon The Telegraph regards Mr Taft ? speech as altogether worthy of a i state.-man and a friend of peace, throughout the world, but fails to seel how any special tribunal could bo es-1 tubllsned which would not be open to the same objection as The Hague court oo |