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exceedingly caustic in his criticism of MT. Cannon, who, he said, after using his power on the appropriations committee to get that soldiers home located at his home town, was trying to take half million more out of the treasury.
 Cannon's Reply.
 MT. Canno in his reply was as sarcastic as his adversary. It was easy to scold, he said. Tn the old days common seolds, such as the gentleman from Missouri, was ducked at the town pump. He explained that in the last congress the committee on military affairs had unanimously re- ported in favor of establishing a new home at Danyille. There was great necessity for it, as 1S,0OO soldiers were sleeping in cor riders, cellars and attics. The appropria- ton committee, after an inexhaustible in- vestigation into the merits of the question, had reported the appropriation contained in the last sundry civil bill MT Cannon asserted that there was enough old soldiers in the poor house to fill the new house. During his twenty years service on the appropriation committee in charge, and he had seen appropriations covering millions in every part of the country, he said this
 
 been made that he had a personal interest in an appropriation.
 Several members spoke briefly of the testimony, showing the necessity for sol diers' home in the Mississippi valley, and the proprety of locating it at Danville.
 MT. DeArmonde's motion was then de- feated without division. The house then adjourned.
 IN THE SENATE.
 Washington, Jan. 12.-Mr Chandler, of the committee on naval affairs in the sen ate today secured the passage of a reso- lution asking the secretary of the navy to furnish a list of~the active officers of the navy in each corps, together with those who are at sea or shore duty and on waiting orders. At 1925 D. m., the senate on motion of MT. Davis, chairman of. the committee on foreign relations, went into executive session and MT. Davis continued his speech on the Hawaiian treaty
 MT. Davis speech today was devoted largely to a presentation of the strategic features sof annexation. He displayed chart showing the location of Hawaii rela- tive to this country and to Asia. One of the points brought out with considerable elaboration was the probable effect on the Nicaragua canal, of the occupation of the islands by some foreign power. He illus trated by a reference to the map showing that Hawaii was in a straight line be- tween the western terminus of the canal and Japan and China. The nation, he said, which controls Hawaii, will control that great gateway of commerce, and the guns planted upon Hawaii would be pointed di- rectly at the mouth of the canal.
 Mr. Davis ridiculed the objection made by Japan that the addition of Hawaii as Unit ed States territory would work a violation of Japans treaty rights in the islands. He said in reply to this objection that all rights would doubtless be protected, and instanced the creation of the German em- pire as showing the effect of annexation upon the treaties of various countries which enter into a consolidation.
 Relations of Japan and China.
 Yf. Davis called attention to the apparent cordial relations existing between Japan and China, as manifested by Japan's offer to lend her fleet to the English in their operations in Chinese waters, where, he said, the greatest naval demonstration of history was about to be made. He did not indicate belief that immediate war would
 
 Chinese territory. On the contrary. he called attention to the fact that the flags of Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia were floating side by side in the oriental waters, neither power being ap- parently anxious to disturb the other so long as there was prospect of each power getting as much as the others were taking When Senator Davis took his seat he was congratulated by almost every senator pres ent upon the force of his argument, the thoroughness of his research and the bril- liancy of his presentation of the facts. Senator Aliens Speech.
 Senator Allen of Nebraska followed in op- position to the treaty. He called attention to the distance of Hawaii from own shores, referred to the necessity we would be under of denfending the islands in case of war, and claimed that on this account it would be necessary for the United States to establish and maintain a separate fleet for their protection, as well as army on the islands. He contended that the United States were in far greater danger from the British establishment at Esqumault than it could possibly be of the location of any foreign power in Hawaii. He also depre- cated the power of assimilatfng such pop ulation as that of Hawaii and declared that the people of that country were not of a character calculated to send acceptable senators to Washington.
 There was apparent today disposition on the part of some senators who announce themselves undecided as to what course to pursue on the Hawaiian question to mix it with the Cuban problem. They are friends of Cuba, and their desire is to have the administration take more pronounced po- sition in the interest of Cuba as return for their assistance on the Hawaiian treaty.
 At 2:50 the senate adjourned.
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