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Show Panama Wants New Deal With America WiGSk nTMIIO State department has been In-formed In-formed by the Panaman government govern-ment that In forthcoming negotiations for a new treaty to supplant the Taft agreement covering Canal Zone relationships, rela-tionships, the right of the Panaman government under the original treaty over foreign commerce In the Canal Zone will lw" asserted. The point has been made by the Panaman authorities that assurances were given by President ltoosevelt that the United Stales bad no Intention Inten-tion of nuiklng the zone an Independent Independ-ent colony In the middle of the republic repub-lic of Panama. The representations to the Stale departmrut are under-Klood under-Klood to declare plainly Unit the government gov-ernment of Panama would be unable to accept any new agreement which might bring about such a result. So far ns known Hie lerms of the draft treaty prepared In recent conference." confer-ence." between Stall1 and War department depart-ment odlcliiK Including Governor Morrow Mor-row of the Canal Zone, has not yet I been communicated to the Panama , authorities. ' Nor will officials here discuss what notice will be taken In these negotiations negotia-tions of var'ous mailers In which the people of Panama are held by their govunmeiil to I.ave been adversely nf- i footed through American activities In the zone. Among ttiese points Is the question of acquisition of further lands for the canal or lis fortifications. The Panama Pana-ma authorities have put forth the view that the canal should be pronounced by treaty a completed project, and th( existing aulhorlly Cor taking over additional lands should he nullified. The Panama government desires also to establish lis own customs service serv-ice at canal terminals to deal with passengers or commodities bound for the adjacent cities of Panama and Colon. Co-lon. A variety of other questions bus been raised by Panama for settlement In the treaty negotiations. |