PANAMA CANAL
SENATE DISCUSSION.
DANGER OF EMBARGO ON FOREIGN WARSHIPS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 31, 0;45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 30. The debate on the Panama Canal Bill was resumed in the Senate yesterclay. Senators Bradley and Massey contended that the United States had treaty rights to regulate affairs, and the purchase of the canal zone removed it from international control. Senator McCumber claimed that it the canal was closed to foreign warships in war time all the Powers would become enemies of the United States and a surreptitious bombardment might take place.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8187, 31 July 1912, Page 7
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