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Show w Germans Make Bid For tal Route Offer Nicaragua a Larger Sum Than the United States For An Option Washington, Feb. 14. That Get' many had offered Nicaragua a larger sum than tho United States for an option on tho Nicaraguan canal route wns urged in tho senate today ns an argument for early ratification of tho pending treaty. Several senators said they had been informed during tho course of tho debate that Germany had long sought an option on tho canal route, that efforts first wero mado soon nftor nf-tor Franco undertook construction of tho Panama canal and hnd been re-nowed re-nowed moro recently. Members of tho foreign relations commlttco denied de-nied reports that thoro was any documentary doc-umentary evldenco In possession of tho commlttco on tho subject.1' "Of courso wo havo heard reports (lint nprmnnv ftnilpht in ntitntn llin Nicaraguan cnnal route," said Senn-tor Senn-tor Stone, chairman of tho committee, i "Whether she offered $9,000,000, $12,- 000,000 or $20,000,000 I do not know. Wc have no means of knowing. That Germany was nctuuted by tho same motives in seeking this canal routn that Franco had in tho original Panama Pan-ama enterprise Is apparent to every ono." Champions of tho pending Nicaraguan Nicara-guan treaty are said to havo cited Germnny's desires In urging its ratification rati-fication Nicaragua having agreed to nccept tho $3,000,000 offered by 'tho United States for tho canal option and naval baso in Fonsccn bay. Senator Stor.o snld lato today that ho had agreed to defer asking for a voto on tlio treaty until next Thursday, Thurs-day, soverni Democratic senators hnvlng notified him that they' could j not bo present until that tlmo. |