PANAMA CANAL TOLLS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2119, 9 April 1914, Page 7

PANAMA CANAL TOLLS

-■ ■' ■-■>--'— - DIFFICULT PASSAGE AHEAD. By Teleirfapk-ftress AEsadation-gop-yrlßlit . (Hoc. April 8, SJO p.m.)' Washington, April 8. , The_ Inter-ocean Canal Committee of tho United States Senate lias decided to give a fortnight to tho hearing of the pros and cons of tho Panama Tolls measure. . Tho Senate, meanwhile, is likely'- to debate numerous Canal Bills, ranging from the total rejection of the Tolls Exemption Repeal Bill to allowing the President to esereise a veto on the Toils Exemption Clause wherever it may lj<ttwraglit desirable in tho country's interests, j The United States Goveranieiit has sigfled a treaty with Colombia, permanently settling tho controversywhich arose oiit of tho notion of tho United States in creating th© new republic of Panama, and tho demand of the parent republic of Colombia for compensation tor loss of territory, FALL OF THE PRINCES' TEiIST ■ ——^—,— A GAME OP MILLIONS B? Teksrr&jilWjess Araoeiation-fJoprrisiit -m , « . « London, April 7, ■■the 'Daily Chronicle's" Berlin correspondent states that tljo break-up of the Princes 1 Trust is now complete. .Pnttcos Furstenburg and BohenlofceOehringeri entered into partnersliip six years ago, and soon controlled a liwe business in many parts of the world, including theatres, hotels, mines, tramways, shops, steamship lines, farin&, and forests-.. Tho total capital of the trust ■ was £129,000,000. Princo FnrsteHburg's Wealth when tho trust was formed was £25,000,000 and Prince HohenlohoOejjnngon's £12,000,000. Prince I\irsteaborg is now coniparativelv poor. Ho has already sold soißo of his ■ estates. Prmca Hotalolm-Oehrinpsdn's estates are iiow worth £6,500,000," and his debts total over £§,000.000.