PANAMA TOLLS
CABLE NEWS
(United Pres'i Association—By Elecr trie Telegraph—Copyright).
VESSELS CONDITIONALLY EXEMPTED
A DISGRACEFUL VOTE
(Received Last Night, 11.30 o'clock.)
WASHINGTON, August 9.
The Senate lias exempted from tolls all ocean-going vessels registered in America, provided the owners permit the vessels to be used by the United States in war-time. Tlie New Yoirk Evening Post declares that the Senate's vote is a greater disgrace thafi a naval defeat. "The Senate," the paper states, "is willing to sell its birthright of good faith and fair dealing for a mess of tolls."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 10 August 1912, Page 5
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91PANAMA TOLLS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 10 August 1912, Page 5
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