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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 52, 19 July 1912, Page 5

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'iV.E i:;LL SHELVED. By Qab!e—Press A - sceiation—Copyright New York, July 17. A <!> -:U ■ < ; committees of the Sf.iat; and !! :: of Representatives !.:•> p:vid.tided to shelve the < :. n l iiii! i! :!i v. t session, relieving tiio v ■ a- ibarrassing situation. NEW BILL PROPOSED. Washington, July 17. Mr. Moore, member of the House of Representatives, has introduced a Bill with a view to meeting British objections to the Panama Canal measure. It provides for the neutralisation of the Canal, giving all nations an opportunity' of paying a portion of the cost of excavating. Mr. Moore proposes to establish a Canal Trade Commission, consisting entirely of Americans, to study trade possibilities with a view to developing the trade of South America. DEBATE IN THE HOI'SE. INCONSISTENCIES IN THE BILL. , Received 18, 10.45 p.m. London. July 18. In the House of Commons Earl Grey said that the 1002 treaty stipulated that the Panama Canal should be open on , equal terms to all nation*, and the Suez Canal rule 3 should be observed. The Government had called the attention of the United States to some provisions of the Canal Bill which were inconsistent With the treatv.

NEUTRALISING THE CANAL. Washington, July 18. ■Mr. Moore, of Pennsylvania, introduced in the House of Representatives a Bill giving authority to the Secretary of State to negotiate with Great Britain and other powers to neutralise the Canal and a division of the constructional and maintenance expense among them. VIEWS OF THE SENATE. Washington, July 18. In the Senate Mr. Lodge stated that he was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee that reported on the Hav-Pauneefote treaty. His opinion was then that the treaty left the United States free to regulate her own commerce throui.h the Canal. Resort to the Hague Tribunal was available if the Government paid the tolls of American ships. He believed that America would lose if she appealed to the Hague Tribunal. Mr. Morgan argued that the remission of tolls of American ships violated neither the letter nor the spirit of the treaty. BRITISH IMPUDENCE. AN ODIOUS COMPARISON. New York, July 18. Hearst's Jo-irna! advocates the tearing Up of the Ilav-I'auncefote Treaty. It states tlmt if anything on earth was more colossal than the Canal it was British impudence. EQUAL TREATMENT CLAUSES. Nev." Tori:, July 18. The New York Time publishes the equal treatment clauses of the Canadian Waterways Treaty of I COO. These showthat the United States demanded and obtained the same treatment as the Canadians. It points out th.it discrimination with regard to tli? Panama C'anal may produce discrimination against the United States with rrg.ird to the Suez Canal equaliv with the Canadian routes.

UNITED .STATES EXEMPT. Received IS. 1!. 45 p.m. Washington. July 18. Mr. Lodge added that he did not believe that the. United States were included under nations receiving equal treatv rights under the llay-I'auncefote Treaty. AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS. Received 19, 12.30 a.m. Melbourne, July 18. The House lias resolved that represhould be made to the Imperial Government with a view to safeguarding Australian interests in the Panama Canal. It also resolved that overtures should be made to New Zealand with a view to joint action in the matter.