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Show M A Y FORTIFY GftNAL FORMER SENATOR FORAKER SAYS UNITED STATES RESERVED RIGHT OF MILITARY PATROL. In Communication to President Taft, the Declaration Is Made That England Eng-land Always Understood the United States Would Fortify Canal. Washington. A contribution designed de-signed to clnrlfy tho confused situation situa-tion that has arisen over tho right of tho United States to fortify tho Panama canal was submitted on Sunday. Sun-day. by former Scnntor Fornker of Ohio to President Taft, who made It public. Throughout tho period in which tho Hny-Pauncofoto trcnty was negotiated' and ratified, Senator Foraker advised John liny, then secretary of state, and mado many of tho suggestions that woro Incorporated Into tho treaty preserving pre-serving to this government the right to take such means as It deemed necessary nec-essary to protect tho cannl and tho shipping, without speclflcnlly authorized author-ized fortifications. Senator Forakcr's letter to President Presi-dent Tnft rovlcws the acts cf tho sen-ato sen-ato In connection with the treaty-making with England and laws passed subsequently to tho ratification of tho existing Hay-Paunccfoto trcnty. Senator Foraker shows conclusively that tho United States reserved tho right of military patrol, and that England Eng-land always understood that tho canal would bo fortified by tho United States. |