Second Edition. THE PANAMA CANAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 57, 9 March 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. THE PANAMA CANAL.

AN HISTORIC APPEAL. [Bit Electric Telegraph—Copyright.! [United AespciAtioN. I London, March 7. The Morning Post says President Wilson’s noble appeal to Congress will live in history. The Chronicle states that the President has put, Win self in the same class as' Hamilton and Lincoln. Their diffi- ► culties wore greater, but they fought more popular battles. Neither ever said or did anything requiring a greater exercise of moral courage than Mr Wilson’s message.

PRICKING THE CARD,

Washington, March 7

Estimates show a likelihood of majorities up to 100 in the House and fifty in. the Senate in favor of the inij mediate repeal of' the tolls exemption: The Daily Telegraph’s New York correspondent writes that Roosevelt, in all his long-winded messages to Congress, sometimes 2000 words in length, never achieved such a triumph as President Wilson’s 490 words. Apart from Hearst’s Press, the American newspapers acclaim Mr Wilson’s honesty, courage and statesmanship. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, March 7. South Australia has decided to participate in the Panama Exhibition.