THE PANAMA CANAL.
THE QUESTION OE ARBITRATION. Jto-TAI-T SIGNED BILL RELUCTANT. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) New York, September 3. Mr Talt is expected to postpone decision on the British demand for arbitration of the Panama Canal question until Mr Knox returns from Japan. Mr Taft’s friends admit that an extremely delicate situation will arise if he refuses to arbitrate, but on the other hand they point out that the United States can (hardly he expected to submit the case to the Hague, where the interests of all nations will be opposed to those of America. Mr Taft has caused it to be understood that he signed the Canal Bill reluctantly, hoping that the work of creating the necessary legislative machinery could proceed, wliile leaving Congress to revise that part of the Bill about which Britain presses its demand. It is understood Mr Taft will propose an Arbitration Court, to be composed of British and Americans at Jackson, Michigen.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9, 4 September 1912, Page 5
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