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Show MONEY FOR CANAL TO BE PAH) OVER AT ONCE, . . WASHINGTON.- April 27. Payment by the United States for the Panama canal concessions and property will be made in a few days, perhaps before the end of the month. This was discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet At the request of Attorney-General Knox, the War department de-partment will designate a suitable person per-son on the Isthmus to receive the property prop-erty there fo the United States.' It was expected that the payment for the canal property would, be made to the new Panama canal company, but it. has been decided that the payments shall be made in Paris. A syndicate of French bankers will - advance the - M0.000000 neces?ary to liquidate the Indebtedness In-debtedness of the United States to the canal company. - The money will be handed to the company com-pany by. assistant Attorney-General Day and RuscelL who ara in Paris. The syndicate then will draw directly on the United States treasury for the full amount It has advanced. This plan was agreed to as the rim pies t and most feasible proposed for the transfer of the money. |