Millard County Chronicle | 1911-01-26 | Page 4 | Must Fortify the Canal

'MUST FORTIFY THE CANAL President Taft Insists That Panama Waterway Is Naval Asset as Well as Convenience of Commerce. New York City. President Taft, speaking to the Pennsylvania society of New York City, Saturday night, asked $12,000,000 to fortify tho Pan-' a m a canal. He made It plain the canal Is a naval asset as well as a convenience of commerce. Kxplaining away all treaty difficulties difficul-ties h characterized as preposleioas the theory that the t'nited States had no right to protect Its own property. prop-erty. Concluding, ho said he hoped to negotiate ne-gotiate more effective pence treaties than the world has ever seen. In the senate tho president says that the sentiment for fortification :s almost two to one. The house seems pretty evenly divided, but not along partisan lines. Most of the members have an open mind apparently, and j are willing to be convinced by the side that makes the better presentation presenta-tion of its case. The president said he yielded to no man In his love of peace, and hatred of war. lie said he hoped to submit soon to the senate arbitration treaties of a broader nature than had ever come before that body, or any legislative legis-lative body of tie world. At the same thjo he cautioned his hearers that universal peace was still a long way of.