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Show M 10 BEGIN ; 1 OS CM FORI "1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Work on ft the great fortress on Flamenco Island, I rffi which will guard tho Pacific entrance - .teg to the Panama canal, is to begin at "5 once, under orders issued ty the war jj department today. This island lic3 ft directly in front of the canal en- JJgp. trance, and as the nearest lock, the tp injury or destruction of which would k -gu 'prevent the operation of the canal, t J(jy lies eight miles Inland, the Flamenco (J defenses will Insure safety for the , J great waterwnv on that side. No . ije hostile ship could get within striking Jfcft distance of tho lock without fatal ox- posure to tho guns of tho, fort .. yn jififi The defense will comprise' 14-Inch V gjj guns and the heaviest type of sea- Wk coast mortars. . jijlik'S, Tho engineers soon will bo ready. tTcric to begin tho work of constructingi W$W$ similar defenses on tho Atlantic BldpS pM& of tho IsthmuB. Because of marshy 7 5 jm&U ground, however, the difficulties will ' v-fStoiJ bo much greater than on the Pacific, j ;i5o! nn ,'OTtZ |