Washington, Aug. 25.
President Taft has signed the Panama Canal Bill. He has sent to Congress a Memorandum suggesting the advisability of passing a resolution declaring that the measure is not being considered by this Government. violation of the treaty. The Memorandum points out that. the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty provided that no crimination be made by the United States against other nations. The measure applied, not. to what the country gives to its own nationals, but to the treatment it extends to other nations. There in nothing in the treaty to prevent others from extending favours to their shipping using the Canal.
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