PANAMA CANAL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2120, 11 April 1914, Page 5

PANAMA CANAL

;;: f ANX)J,D DISPUTE SETTLED. TO GET £5,090,009. AeeociatJoa— Copyrigit 1 ■■'■ WasWtvgton, April 8. !.; ::! \Tho'-j. United Slates has settled tlio long-standing dispute with tfei Republic of Colombia, by agreeing to pay 1 £5,000,000 for the acquisition o£ tho Canal zone. Colombia binds herself to rofiiso any concession tot a new cnnal or i coiiling privileges on tho islands oil the ; Colombian coast. Colombia has relinquished her demand for i.ho free passage of lier vessels through the Canal in view of President- Wilson's iiocision to repeal the exempt-ion clause. SENATOR LODGE ON THE TOLLS '■■■ ' BILL. i' ■ (Rec. April 10, 5.8 p.m.) '■ Washington, Ajjaril 10. Senator Lodge, in atldrossiui; the Snni ete oil tho Panama Canal tolls question, assorted: vigorously tho legal sight of ■ the United States to exempt- American shipping from tho payment of tolls, but ' declared that it wa« necessary to re- ! speet tho opinions of other notions, Tho distnist-j and even dislike, with which the United States was regarded abroad obliged tho country to give way to the' outcry. ■ / 'Tho talk (si subserviency to Great Britain was hardly worthy of con- ; sideration, as tho United States was too powerful to be subservient to aiiyi one. ! ... ■ ... . ■. ;.: "^— -**