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J THE OBJECTIONS OF BRITAIN. | REPLY BY MR KNOX. Lust Night, 8.20 o'clock.) ■ LONDON, January 24. The Hon P. C. Knox, Secretary of i State for the United States, in a , lilue-Book in reply to Sir .Edward ; Grey, says: "The British objections ! i elate exclusively to the Canal Act. | which does not fix the tolls. The proclamation fixing the tolls disposes of the suppositions of possible injustice or inequity. Mere possibility is no ground for arbitration." Mr Kinox j suggests that Great Britain may require to examine the computations on ■ which tho' tolls are based, with a view to determining whether any unfairness might exist. He addsj "Differences regarding such questions of ' fact may be referred to a. Jot'rit High , Commission, provided for in the unratified Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty of 1911. which America is prepared to ratify."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 January 1913, Page 5
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147PANAMA CANAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 January 1913, Page 5
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