Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-07
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PANAMA. CANAL PRoPEnTY
TRANSCRIPTS EHLY DELAYED.
Terms. Of Purchase Will Not Be Az
fected ~ Law Suit Now on
in gfris.

The SENSATIONAL st6ries that have gone
oua in relation to the possibility OF the
deeds of the Pa1amaaeanal being held up In
such a way as to Jsjeepardize the ultimate
transfer of that property to the United
States are discredtted by many leaders in
the Senate who have given special atten-
ton to the Panama, canaI project.
They declare that what is being done in
Paris is what was expected in order to get
clear title to the, canal property. Un1er
any circumstances, they say. IT would have
been necessary to devote six weeks or Two
months to so satisfying the legal neees-
sites in the case as to make the transfer
when made entirely regular and without
the possibility of future complications.
The terms of purchase, 1t is believed,
will not be affected In any way by what
Is going on in Paris.
There is no doubt that there Will be
many legal technicalities to settle up in
connection with the transfer of the prop
erty, and some of them may require care
full attention. On the part of some sena-
tors 1t Is regarded as not unlikely that
Colombia will attempt to delay matters
in relation to the transfer, but those who
have been in closest touch with the en-
tire transaction are satisfied that such
action will cause no more than tempo
rary inconvenience
The question as to the title the new
Panama Canal Company has from the old
company Is one that is not creating much
concern as it is confidently believed that
no difficulty will be experienced in per-
fectng the title to such an extent that 1t
can be transferred to the United States
with out flaw
Canal Committee Meeting.
Senator kittredge. chairman of the sub
committee of the committee on interoceanic
canals. who introduced a bill couple Of
weeks ago to provide for the temporary
government of the Panama canal territory
and to protect the works of the canal, to-
day held meeting of the subcommittee in
order that Admiral Walker and General
George w. Davis might be heard on the
bill. Both Admiral Walker and General
Davis stated that in the place Of the spe-
cial commission to be known as "the Pan
anna board of governors" provided for in
the bill to have control Of the government
at Panama. such control should be placed
In the isthmian canal commission. The bill
otherwise practically met their approval
WhenS Senator kittredge introduced this
Dill ne stated that he might change 1t in the
way indicated as desirable by Admiral
Walker and General Davis today
The subcommittee HAD no opportunity to-
day to discuss the bill, and after hearing
the witnesses adjourned.
The subcommittee and the full committee
on fnteroceanic canals will proceed with the
consideration of this bill without regard to
the reported delay that Is likely to occur in
France over the transfer of the property to
the United. States. The full committee will
meet on the call of the chairman to take
action on this Bill as soon as the subcom-
mittee has perfected Il
1t Is also said that there will be no delay
in the work at Panama, as during the time
intervening until the canal property is
transferred to the United States such work
Will be done there in "a preliminary way as
Will have to be done even if the United
States today held the title to the property.