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FOREIGN SHIPPING BILL ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES DEFINED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. February 8. A Washington message says that Senator Francis Newlands has introduced a Bill in the Senate defining the United States’ attitude towards foreign shipping. The. Foreign Shipping Bill proposes to establish the principle that tolls remitted on American vessels should not be charged against foreign ships,in order to pay the cost of the operation of the canal. The attitude of Dr Woodrow Wilson towards Senator Root’s amendment is likely to affect the Senate’s action considerably. In a recent pronouncement Senator Elihu Hoot, who is an ex-Secretary of State, denounced in strong terms any discrimination in favour of American ships in the matter of Canal tolls. He has now opened a campaign of tho United States in order to further his views. The country, he declares, should either withdraw from its present stand or submit the question to arbitration. The United States is not free to discriminate in ita own favour; it must have a decent regard for the opinions of mankind.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 8
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176PANAMA CANAL New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 8
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