Show WANT TO SELL CANAL Stockholders in Panama Company Aiuxious to Unload Paris Dec 21At the meeting of the board of directors or tho Panama Canal Ca-nal company Thursday President Hu 1tnwho recently returned here from the United States and M Choron the director of works resigned their offices of-fices The report presented at the meeting oc the shareholders of tho canal company here this afternoon reviews the negotiations for the sale of the canal property to the Unlted States and says The decision of the Isthmian commission com-mission was evidently due to a misunderstanding mis-understanding which must be dissipated dissi-pated We shall ask you to give us full powers to negotiate with the Government Gov-ernment of the United States under the reserve of submitting for your approval the llgure upon which thor tho-r pr of the American Government Gov-ernment agree and the majority to whom we shall Intrust the continu eontnu anc of the negotiations Our negotiator nego-tiator will be Instructed to notify the American Government that we are prepared to set aside the valuations valua-tions which have been considered as the price Asked and which have been Judged unacceptable and wooer to take as a basis of discussion the figures fig-ures and declarations contained In tho conclusions of the Isthmian commissions commis-sions report We shall moreover give our mandatory power to close the discussion by proposing a fixed price We hope this simple categorical offer will exercise favorable Influence upon up-on the future negotiations M P Forot the former Comptroller General of the army and M Borgeols the former Minister of Finance will replace Mm Hull and Choran Alter an uproarous session the sharehoders almost unanimously voted tp adopt tho propositions set forth In the report empowering the board conclude the sale and concession conces-sion to the United States of all the Panama Canal companys properties subject to limitations specified above Get the United States to buy tho canal at any price in order to save some of our money seemed to be the prevalent f nS and gist of the speeches of the shareholders About 250 shareholders were present Including Includ-ing n number of ladies Eventually the proceedings degenerated degene-rated to such n tumult that policemen were summoned to expel l one of the noisiest shareholders approached the directors table thumped It with his fist yelled at the top of his voice and shook handful of papers In the face of the chairman The intrusion of the policemen raised such pandemonium pande-monium that they felt compelled to withdraw and the row subsided |