Show SA IT I 1 S ff D ID NO T L tl solicitor general told roosevelt how france got the money washington dec 9 Soll solicitor eltor general hoyt in commenting yesterday upon tho the presidents letter to mr foulke regarding the payment for th tho panama canal said 1 I furnished to the president the facts concerning the method of payments of the money for the panama canal to the french people tho the presidents statements are absolutely true the money was paid at the bank of ar france a nee to the liquidator M gautron appointed under the decree of the civil tribunal of tho the seine and that was apportioned to the now new and tho the old companies in the exact proportion decided in this decree of the civil tribunal of the seine the action ot of this civil tribunal was the action of the french government just as a any decisions of the courts hero here Is tho the action of the govern government mont any pretense to the contrary Is a mere quibble over names |