PANAMA CANAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 93, 5 September 1912, Page 5

PANAMA CANAL.

THE ARBITRATION PROBLEM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, September 3. ■Mr, Taft is expected to postpone his decision on the British demand for arbitration of the Panama question until Mr. Knox returns from Japan. Mr. Taft's friends admit that an extremely delicate situation will arise if he refuses to arbitrate, but on the other hand they point out that the United States can hardly be expected to submit the ease to the Hague, as the interests of all nations will be opposed to those of America. Mr. Taft has caused it to be understood that he signed the Canal Bill reluctantly, hoping that the work of creating the necessary legislative machinery could proceed, while leaving Congress to revise that part of the Bill about which Britain presses its demand. Mr. Taft is understood to propose that the Arbitration Court be composed of Britons and Americans. „ A GERMAN AUTHORITY'S VIEW. Received 5, 12.40 a.m. Berlin, September 4. Kaufmann, Professor of International Law at the Berlin University, in articles in the Tageblatt, states that all seafaring nations should unitedly and emphatically call attention to the lncompatability of the Canal Bill' with the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. ' ■