THE PANAMA CANAL.
THE TOLLS QUESTION.
PROSPECTS OF A COMPROMISE,
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, London, April 10.
Router's Washington correspondent states that President Wilson has informally intimated to Britain that he is able so to interpret the llay-Pannccfote Treaty as to make it improper to exempt American coastal vessels from the Canal tolls. Tie added that a favorable adjustment might ultimately be forthcoming. .Meanwhile he realised that the tolls question, if precipitated at present, might divide the Democratic majority and hinder the settlement of the more important tarill' question.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 280, 18 April 1913, Page 5
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88THE PANAMA CANAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 280, 18 April 1913, Page 5
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