The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-06
Bill Reported by Senator Lodge That
Promises Protection and Lib
erty for the Natives.
CHANCE FOR RETALIATION
II THE GERMANS FURTHER RE-
STRICT IMPORTATION OF MEAT
Their Adulterated Wines M.y he
Shut Out of This Country-War-
ships Sent to Central America.

WASHINGTON, March 5-The Senate
committee on the Philippines decided to-
day to report the bill introduced by Sena-
tor Spooner, of Wisconsin, for control of
the Philippines. Senator Lodge chairman
or the committee. made the report to the
Senate The bill follows:
THAT when all insurrection against the
sovereignty and authority of the United
States i'm the Philippine islands. acquired
from Spain by the treaty concluded at Par
Is on the 10th Of December, 1885, shall
have been completely suppressed by the
military and naval forces or the United
States, all military, civil and judicial pow
ors necessary to govern the said islands
shall, until otherwise provided by Con-
gress, be vested in such person and per-
sons. and shall be exercised in such man.
FER as the President of the United States
shall direct for maintaining and protecting
the inhabitants OF said islands in the free
enjoyment OF their liberty, property and
religion" .
1t is said in official circles here that
there is nothing for this government to do
at this stage in the working out of the
policy of the German government respect
ing the treatment of American meats. Our
government has uniformly insisted that no
foreign power had any right to catechise
II respecting pending legislation and has
sharply rebuked foreign ministers in
Washington, where. in isolated instances,
they have disregarded this injunction.
Therefore. offensive as the meat bill is to
the United States government the State
department cannot find a proper place
just now for any official remonstrance
against the proposed addition to the re-
strictions on American commerce.
1T has been suggested unofficially that as
the United States is not named in the
German meat bill. it cannot be said that
Germany discriminates against this coun-
try therein. On this point the experts of
the Agricultural Department have been
collecting data to demonstrate that I'm the
beginning and for the first five years at
least, the bill does directly discriminate
against American meat I'm imposing con-
ditions as to the attachment of certain
portions of the intestines of the carcasses
of beef imported. which are impossible of
compliance by American shippers. owing to
the long ocean voyage. while easy to meet
by the meat shippers in adjoining coun-
tries like Belgium, Russia, Austria and
Holland After the year 1904 these coun-
tries will be In the same class the
United States. the bill excluding all meats
after that date. but meanwhile great in
jury. will be sustained. II is said. exclu-
The officials here show no omen resent
ment at the recently discovered effort of
the German government to prevent our
consuls from acquiring any information
to the adulteration of German goods
and the existence OF diseases among Ger
man animals, but they are quietly collect
ing evidence. such. for instance as COM
plete analyses OF German wines entering
the United States, which are now being
made by the Department OF Agriculture
with special view TO the detection of
adulteration. The wines imported are re-
garded as particularly dear TO the German
Agrarian interests. they are the prod
ucts OF German soil.
This statement was posted at the Navy
Department to-day: THE Detroit and the
Marblehead have been sent to Central
America on account OF dispatches received
from our representatives there which in
dictate some recurrence OF the disturbed
state Of affairs and for the purpose OF pro-
tecting American interests there" The Of
fcials of both the State and Navy Depart
ments do not indicate what representatives
are meant. II was stated. I'm answer to in
quiry. that the action OF the Navy De-
rartment was taken at the instance of the
State Department. which in turn was
moved 10 make a recommendation that
ships be sent, rather from general report of
threatening conditions in Central America
than from any specific official advices. The
trouble in the present instance is supposed
TO grow out OF the organization I'm Mica
raguan territory OF a revolutionary expedi-
ton under the leadership of Mora. the pur-
pose OF which Is 10 overthrow President
Iglesias, OF Costa Rica-
In regard 10 the report that both Mica
ragua and Costa Rica were prepared to
protest against the Hay-P auncefote treaty,
as denying them the right TO forttfy the
Isthmian canal. Senior Don Luis Corea, the
Eicaraguan minister. said to-day that ever
since ISIS the policy of Nicaragua concern
Ing the canal had been In accordance with