Show NO CANAL FORTIFICATIONS I Admiral Dewey y Says the American Fleet Is All Is that thol time anal 1111 Will Vili WillI I Law ot of th time Ne New Treaty Now ew York Feb the contention that the United States should no build th the canal without erecting expensive Admiral Dewe Dewey In Washington laM lut night said Hid Fortifications Wh Why of course not AsI As 1 u understand it the canal Is to be and should le be a neutralized commercial pathway between tb the two greAt oceans To t rUtlt It would simply In I making It a battleground In case of I II war Fortl Fortifications would woul 1 be enormous enormously I I ly and ought not to be erect erected I ed ed Our fleets will 1111 be a guar goat ante or of the neutrality and ot of otIbe the Ibe canal In time of war as well us as In InI I peace ee A a to the herald Herold from Wash Washington ington sa san says n lt Jt Is po possible that the tho hepburn NI Nicaragua caragua bill may be passed by bythe the house of and It may even be become om a law before the Senate en to act acts on the treaty Hepburn Is deter detar to prea the bi bill at every I It is expected te that the committee on rule relies will 1 report Mr tion favorably though It Is o ible that Ime same change t may b be made Thade In the date that lie he hI has Oxe fixed for tor the of Jr the bill Mr Hepbur an and mD of the adoll advocates of the canal b bill In both hou houses or of COnes Congress are In favor faor of PI pass passing ing the pending Ni bill containing the no au ot of the fortification of th the canal without regard to the action of the Senate on the pending treaty In speaking of this subject Mr Hep Hepbur bur said BAld I it would make no material difference whether the treAty was U mi rati fe fled or not Mt I If I It b 1 agreed to toby liy by The Senate and It should b be deter that the had hd n no power unde under the treaty to th canal lie he flood nt not act uner under the authorIty given nee him to ert erect fortifications lie He though thought I it would l be well for to give the al all time the authority that hot lie he could want |