PANAMA TOLLS APPEAL BILL PASSES HOUSE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 78, 2 April 1914, Page 7

PANAMA TOLLS APPEAL BILL PASSES HOUSE

CHAMP CLARK ON THE MONROE DOCTRINE ABANDONMENT WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED. (By Telegraph.- Press Association.— Copyright.) WASHINGTON, Ist April. The Sims Bill for the repeal of the Panama Canal tolls exemption has been passed by the American House of Representatives by 248 votes to 162. Mr. Humphreys declared that the Democrats nad been imposed on to carry out the confidence game played by Japan and Britain with the object of securing free use of the canal. Speaker Clark disclaimed any criticism of the President. He denounced the New York World, which accused him of attacking President Wilson because he lost the presidency. j Mr. Clark declared that he intended to fight strongly to maintain the Demociatic platform at all costs. The United States, in order to build the Can.il, had actually cieated a republic. Great Britain, whom they defeated on many occasions, was no\V , demanding lof them that they give up this 'right. Rather than do so the United tSatee I ! would face the world in arms. The President's request for the repeal of j the exemption resembled the peace of God in that it " passed understanding." Repeal meant_ the abandonment of the l Monroe Doctrine. This he would never j allow. ] i The vote was taken amid intense ex ■ citement, and there was loud cheering when the result of the voting showed the triumph of the Wilsonian policy. Interest in the debate was keen, before crowded galleries. No question in recent years excited tho American public more. •