The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
MIR. CROMWELL
 WAKES ANGRY
(Centinssd rrsn Psre one,

that the amount received by the iQui. dator of the old Panama Canal Com pany has been distributed by him as an officer of the court to the holders of the obligations of the old company; that these persons appeared in person at the office of the liquidator to re- ceipt for the moneys paid to them; they numbered 22e,297, the largest number of individuals probably ever appearing in person upon single busi- ness affair,
 Detailed Records.
 The complete and detailed record or these payments, together with the names and receipts of every person to whom payment was made, and the amount of such payment is in the hands of said liquidator at his of- flee at 50 Ettine Marceil. Paris. which Is in prominent and frequented part of the city near the bourse. easily found by any one desirous of doing so.
 "As to the fund paid to the new Panama Canal Company-that com pany at the time of the sale of ifs property to the United States, went into liquidation and am likewise re- gently informed that the distribution of its assets among its shareholders was made through four leading banks in Paris, the Credit Lyonnaise. Societe 0cneL&1e, AN9]tOh@A N SS- compts de Paris, and Credit Industrial ct Commercial, in three separate pay ments, (July 15, 1904, February 8, 1908 and June IS. 190s) covering a period of four years, and was completed in June, 1908. This liquidation took place at the regular offices of the company. 19 Rue Louis la Grand, Paris, readily found by anybody who honestly sought to find them. The facts concerning the liquidation are a matter of public report to the shareholders of the com pany (this company has no bond fs- sues) and were the subject of official publications from time to time cover ing a period of four years in the of- ficial papers under direction of the courts. The amount so paid to the shareholders of the new Panama Canal Company. as I am informed by the liquidators, i is approximately 12S,S francs on each share of the par value of 100 francs, that is, they merely re- ceived back only the capital originally invested, with interest less than three per cent per annum. I am informed by the liquidators that the shareholders to whom distribution was made number ed 6,79e.
 '.Neither nor my law firm nor any one connected with me ever owned. directly or indirectly. any share ot stock in the New Panama Canal Com pany or any of the obligations or securities of the old Panama Canal Company nor ever bought or sold any of the shares of securities of either of said companies, nor were directly or indirectly interested in them.
 "I am also positive that not man in public life in America or in or out of the Congress. ever had the least pecuniary interest in the Panama canal.
 'I do not know and have never known of any American citizen who has ever dealt in any shares of the new Pan- anna Canal Company.
 "A further instance of the unwar- ranted attitude of The Indianapolis News and of other journals repeating the statements Is furnished with re- spect to c. P. Taft and Mir. Douglas Robinson. Tn the same issue of The World (Oct. g., 190S,) said: The men, ton of the names of MT. Taft and Mir. Douglas Robinson Is another evidence that this Is a fake story. No member of the Taft family or Mfr. Douglas Robinson ever had the remotest con- nection with Panama Canal matters, directly or indirectly, and never saw one of them on this subject befora the United States acquired the canal. I never saw Mir. Douglas Robinson in my life.'