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Show PRESIDENT TAFT IN EARNEST Now Yoak, Jnn. 21. President Tnft tonight begnn lu earnest his campaign for tho fortification of tho Panama banquot of tho Pennsylvania society canal. His cntlro speech at tho nununi In New York wns dovoted to this sub. Ject. He has high hopes that Congress at this session will dcclnro for the fortification of tho cnnol nnd appropriate appro-priate $5,000,000 to begin tho work. In tho Sennto tho President has been told thnt tho sentiment for for tlflcatlon is almost two to ono. The Houso seems pretty evenly divided, but not along partlsnn lines. Most of tho members have nn open mind, apparently, ap-parently, and nro welling to tho con vlnced by tho side Hint makes tho better inosculation of Its case. President Tnft will bilng all his In fluonco to bear In favor of foitlflcn-tlun. foitlflcn-tlun. In his speech tonight ho said there was no ticnty obligations in tho way; that tho United States had ov ery reason nnd right to defond what wns purely an American waterway Tho Piosldent said ho yloldcd to no man In his lou of peace and hatred of wnr. He said ho hoped to submit soon to the Sennto arbitration treaties 'of n Inonder unturo than had ever I come before th.it body or nny leglsla- tlvo bod of tho world. At the same time he cautioned his heaters that universal peace was still n long wa off, and ho could not conceive con-ceive of nny patriotic American bolng willing to allow an attacking force free nnd equal uso of n waterway which wnB built by Americans largely as. an Instrument for the defenso of their country I. . |