The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
MONEY T AvORS
F0RT|F|CAI|0N
Will Fight for Big Guns and Bat
Elements on Panama
Canal.
IT MUST NOT BE DELAYED
Question Will Be Most Import
ant Coming Before Con
gress.
1T MUST NOT BE DELAYED

Especial to The Times Disnatcb
washington. d. G., November az
s senaiVe ne 1ney e. Mississippi
announced that he is unaiterabiv In
favor OF the fertilization of the pan.
anna Canal. t'e al
AS members of Congress return to
evfde eapit IL ~ becomes more and more
haps; Mis- question Of fortifying tn the
canal VIII be the most important sub
1tect to be, passed on by the two
t houses ,n and tina, large part Of the
1Siven over to the fight for fortiflca !.
| ton Action must be had without de.
lay. 1t has been made clear to presi-
s aeht e. naIt that work on the canal has
to be fortified at all, work on the
emplacements for the batteries mug,
be begun at once. In this connection
the TACT Is recalled that the war STRAIT
, Sgs' Is M naye declared lee that the next
broiled Will be fought out in the
neiShborhood of the canal, and that
the time for an enemy to strike viii
to navigation.
House Committee on Appropriations
declared In Panama the other day
That he was opposed to the fortitica-
,bo OF the canal Il was believed that
b'V',iSiii NdS pTdCllCaiIy settled in
favor of fortif1cation Tawney's dec.
lairation has reopened the fight and
sttfcned the backbone OF the opposi
Ho . Senator Money said to-day:
Tawney's statement that he viii Oh.
pose any plan or scheme for forth.
catlon until the nations of the world
have been given opportunity to eX-
press their opinions.
II is true. as he says, that the,
nations are in no danger OF war.
II Is all very well to say, moreover.
that the treaties would recognize the
neutrality of the Canal Zone AS a
when war breaks out. Now is the
time to fortify the property into which
nllllons nave gone. and no man, think
ing the matter over carefully. could
say Otherwise. ] VIII not speak for
ate, but for myself will say that
will fight to the last ditch for the for.
LITIGATION OF the canal"
senator Moneys point that "all
Us thought to be particularly we'll
taken by the experts at the War and
Navy Departments.
suppose said one of them to-day
miss hostile fleet which should take
flight through the canal. Do you sup
pose any consideration OF treaty
would dissuade the enemy from pre-
'eHtiNs ny any possible means our
pursuit OF them through the canal?
The enemy's first move after getting
through the canal would be to block
our progress. and then proceed to the
ravishment of our Atlantic or Pacific
coast. as the case might be-
1t is to provide against such con-
unSency as this that the President
and his army and navy advisers will
urge upon Congress the fortified ton
of the canal. Sight must always be
kept of the fact that the canal will
double the efficiency OF the American
fleet. and, per contra, the disablement
OF the canal by an enemy In time
OF war, would cut the efficiency of the
feet in two. point which would be !
constantly before the strategists OF
the fleet
1t Is not the purpose OF the Presi-
dent, by terrifying the canal. to pre-
vent Its use by all nations in time
of war or peace The naturalization
of the canal will be enforced by the |
most effective means-the big guns
of the American nation. Under the
treaty with Great Brltain-the onl, |