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Show PorterGives MuchCredit to Sanitation in the Canal Zone New York, Nov 22 Robert P. Porter, Port-er, former census commissioner and now on the editoiial staff f the l-on-don Times, has just reached New York from the Far Fast via. South America and Panama, where he spent several days In examining the canal. Mr. Porter Is much Impressed with the progress of the work under Colonel Colon-el Cotethals "Two-thirds of the excavation, 50 per cent of tho Pacific locks and -10 per cent of the Pacific hck of the Panama canal are finished," said ho. 'Tho grnt canal Is neartng completion comple-tion rapidly. Much of the success of the canal work has been due to the sanitary department. People now live In the canal zon as they do at home, with no dread of disease " Of lite trip through China and Japan, Ja-pan, he said he found both countries much changed since his vlcil of fifteen fif-teen years ago. China has made more progress in the la?t few years than Japan, but Japan has done well by developing and improving railroad transportation in Southern Manchuria. Manchu-ria. "The representatives of the Japanese Japan-ese government," said the governor, '"express the greatest friendship for the United States, declaring a mls-I mls-I understanding with America unthlnk-I unthlnk-I able. But tho sore spot Is Manchuria and the Japanese have got It into their head that, because rf Mr Knox's request for international arbitration of the South Manehurlan question, that the United States wants to In-) In-) terfere In Manchuria, an Idea the Chl- nese emphasize whenever an oppor-I oppor-I tunlty offers." Mr. Porter added that ho had travel led through South America and was fascinated with the west coast which would bo opened up by the completion comple-tion of the now waterway at. Panama-He Panama-He said that without exception all officials of-ficials of South America were In'cl-1 Hgent and progressive. j . I |