Show official offer to sell panama canal ha been made M edourd lampre representing the panama canal company appeared before the senate committee on inter ocean canals saturday in obedience to the summons of that committee to testify concern ng the offer of hie corn pany to the united states M julea beufve of the french embassy also was present at the hearing the meeting was held behind closed doors representatives of the press being ex eluded M lampre was questioned at great length by the members of the corn cittee he said his miss on to the united states had been to ascertain to wl the propos tion for the sale of the panama property should be made having informed 1 iselt upon this po nt he had conferred with admiral walker chairman of the isthmian canal comm assion as to the form of the offer he then had cabled to his pr nc pals the result be ng that the offer to sell for 10 had been made directly from pans and not by 1 ina and included improvements and franch se but not money in treasury |