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Show PANAMA, Dec, 16 Co onel George Goethals has again cab ed to Secretary of War Garrison at Washington set ng fo th h s need for torpedo boat destroy ers in canal ports tn order to preserve the neutra tv of the canal zone. In his message Co onel Goethals says he has no means 6f pre enting the use of the canal or Panama ports as a means of communication and that these ports ap parently are being used to this end at tho present time Speaking of the sit ation todaj Co onel Goetha s expressed the op nlon that there was a muc necessity for torpedo boat destrojers at canal ports as at any of the American ports where thev were sta tioned to pre ent breaches of maritime lawi or of neutral tv He declared that, Judging from reports reaching him it was e Ident that the icin tv of the !th mus was being ed as a temporary base for the transfer of s pp es and as a itieans of comn unlcation |