PANAMA CANAL BILL.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14432, 13 August 1912, Page 7

PANAMA CANAL BILL.

A CONFERENCE XECE-iSARY.-United Pr«? Association— Br Electric reK^rsph-C-pj-ngii":. WASHINGTON, August 11. It is expected that a conference will be necessary between the two Houses to smooth over details in connection with the Panaa:a Bi.l. The President slates that he expects to s.gn the Bill, though he does* not approve of all it s provisions. AN ENGLISH CCMPLALNT. LONDON, August 11. English shipowners complain of the violation of tho Pauncefote Treaty Some expect that foreign protests will :ntiuco tho President to exercise ins power of xcU. They have no vis r tsiliuu to transier to Uiu American register. HOW BRITAIN MAY RETALIATE. BILL IN EXTREME DISFAVOUR. YEW YORK, August 11. Several newspapers strongly condemn tho Senate's action, and emphasise that Britain may retaliate by reducing tho tfuez tolls, and thus divert trade thither. Exporters regard the Bill with extreme disfavour, fearing that the traflio will fall into the hands of one or two steamship trusts, and that uTtimately the rates will be scarcely below the present land rates.

Professor Giddings, of Columbia University, declares that tho Senate has abandoned tho idea] of moral integrity which the United States ought to be the first to uphold, and has placed tho country in the position of a bully. H-i adds that the B!l! absolutely disregards tho country's pledges. WASHINGTON, August 10. President Taffc to!d callers to-day that he expected to sign tho Panama Bill passed by the Senate. Telegrams of protest against American registry of foreign ships indicate that owners aro fighting against tho Uill's passage.