PANAMA CANAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 226, 27 August 1912, Page 5

PANAMA CANAL.

I EXGI.IPH PRESS CRITICISM. [press association- COPTUCKT ] Lend on. Aug. 26. •‘The T:m.*s.' commenting on the i Panama Bill as signed, and Mr. Taft - rii'-am- memorandum recommencing further action, considers the measure incompatible with the plain meaning of the HayPaunecfute treaty. It creates privileges. and 1. ■we\er < .tceptional the conditions dominating politics in a ■» presidential year Great Britain can- ( not lose sight of the injury done< OAll ■ the trade of the whole Empire, {Great Britain, if necessary, will reI new hi r representations at Washing■t'U- ai.e. t.i Ima ndress, request a r<-f. .•n.t- of the vhole controversy i to The Hague. * ’ The Daily Mail ” says Mr. Taft ■ has not scrupled tu give the bill hi* _ > ; benediction. The mtmerandam i might have been written by a petti- f-y (fogging solicitor instead of by th* • ch.’, f of a gnat republic. "'!<» ..1 The ‘'Morning Post" 'regrets Mr. ? , I Taft's attempt to justify a breach.:'--. ,j of faith. The bill violate* J treaty rights m riously and injure* -J ’her trade with Canada and Austra- , lia. If it is so transparently plain ■ j[ that th? bill can be squared with the ’g . j Hay-Pauncefote treaty surely it is a”:| . waste of words to expatiate on its. J inofferoovi ness ftom a foreigner's , standpoint. The "Daily Express” say* that the % I American protest has splendidly j vino ii at cd the honour of the Ameri- <’<l r can people, while the signature the hill will remain a blot on the public’s reputation.