PANAMA TOLLS.
AMERICAN EXEMPTION.
EX-AMBASSADOR' S OPINION.
By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright, WASHINGTON, April 17.
■ At the hearing before the Senate Committee considering the Panama Tolls question, Mr J. H. Choate's opin- j ion was placed on record, showing that j the exemption of American , ships j .through the Canal was precluded by j the tone of the correspondence whenj the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was being,; negotiated. ; j | Mr J. H. Choate was American-Am--j 1.-assador to Britain from 1899 till 1905. ! It was during this period, viz., on November 18, 190% that the HayPai.ncefote Treaty was signed at Yv'ashJngtbri.] subsidy. •" • ' : '""TOklO, April lfi. Tlie Panama, Canal Trade Bill has been introduced. It provides for the subsidising 'of the Nippon Yusen lvaisha line by 10,000.yen per voyage for 17 voyages yearly between Japan and New York.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 9
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