Panama Canal
AMERICA SUBSERVIENT TO NONE. VIGOROUS SPEECH IN THE SENATE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 10, 5.5 p,m. Washington, April 9. Senator Lodge, addressing the Senate, asserted vigorously that the United States had a legal right to exempt American slipping, but declared that it was necessary to respect the opinion of other nations. The distrust, even dislike wherewiili the United States was being regardec abroad obliged the country to give way. But the outcry of subserviency to Great Britain was hardly worthy of consideration. The United States were too powerful to be subservient to anyone.
AMERICA'S BIG DEAL WITH COLUMBIA. Washington, April 8. The United States has agreed to pay Columbia five million sterling for the acquisition of Uie canal zone. In return Columbia binds herself to refuse any concessions for a new canal or coaling privileges on islands off the Columbian coast. Columbia also relinquishes her demand for the free passage of her vessels through the canal, in view of President Wilson's decision to repeal the exemption-clause.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 268, 11 April 1914, Page 5
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168Panama Canal Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 268, 11 April 1914, Page 5
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