CANAL, According to an announcement made in Washington in December arrangements had been practically completed for the passage of the American Atlantic battleship fleet through the Panama Canal to the Pacific coast for the opening of, the Panama-Pacific Exhibition at San Francisco. The fleet was to assemble in Hampton Roads towards the end of February and steam to the canal, passing through when it was officially opened. Unfortunately there has been another landslip the Culebra Cut and may be found impossible to carry out this programme on the date decided upon. The captain of a British steamer which arrived in Shanghai last week from England via the Panama Canal, stated that owing to the landslide steamers were being delayed several hours. In his opinion the trouble was caused by the close proximity of the canal to a hill, the soil being steadily preseed into the outting. Unless this is checked we must ex.
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