The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
4 MIR. Hale Reminds Mr.. Ne1sotIT
That the United States Nj s
lis Neutral.
AZ GREATER NAVY NJ. 53,sE|
sTR0NGL y DlSCUSSE0E
MIR. Martin, Of Virginia, NJ axes,
I. 4 Strong spec cllB8i1 supp port y t1'ts;,
The Naval tomb ,]:'j ill :liIss
He Thinks There ;8l o.,
Strong Doubt Of Inter VI
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BY Associated Press. VI sSsS
lVASHINiTON.sD. March ST ller M III
was an interesting change Of views sttl "a
the senate to-day between ssenat tors N ei.${
son and Hale. The Minnesota senator,S
Tin tho course Of q brief coloqu
Mr.. Pat terson, expressed tho opinion that 81
there Is such a commonalLy OF Interest," 81
$on tho part OF the United II Sta Great
Britain and Japan as to protect Chlntss
against Acknowledgement. N 10 \; this states
3ment Mr. Hale Objected z sharply, sayir "
that the postion#o the VI tied Sta tes4i rlgS
gthe present warts that OF Sneutralit y.
The naval bill again occupied practi. ~ "
#cally all the time OF the Senate, hut 4
while the amendment concerning al nat;
val training station on the Great akesa Isl
was technically tho pending quest ton. II "a.
scarcel y was mentioned y. The dis sion III
To-day was entirey ION pol itical 81 lin osssS
and was participated In by M essrs. II IIalssSE
$Depcw and Nelson. On IA no r publ icstlsSs
side, and by essrs. Ciorn1an.; Clsy. .SS
I TIM, lerson and Bacon. on the p 5enloss,gs
|EGrattC Isl de. ssa
EstF:. clay ii, Opp $ ton. III
MR.. Clay took issue with n ho conte s..s
| Tons OF NIessrs. GO and Il Depes tistssss
TO the necessltysfor7 a strong fighting sea-
force to keep the United States out OF 81
war. He did not criticize II the add tiorts;Sy
$50 ia RI made to y e5Snavy. nor the carry-{Ss
hing out Of tho plans of the. pending bill hi
but he could noua Ssree that there was to II
lie no relax lolls sff2assi
No country. he sa Id, lis $challen gil US 54
or questioning our position on he Mon b
roo doctrine Our rights We're secure ~ has8
contended. II we properly preserved ;tf1P is
rights Of other nations. Ho did not be- "a
4lieye that there was any danger OF war
with Germany, but nothing was SO likely
to make troubel with Q Their powers Ea;s "
an immense navy. composed OF many an ; -a7
bilious men.
| lie claimed that ex-secreta ry Root nt,y.
held tho same views concerning the ten
ton of the philippines as were n7ainta ~
cd by tho Democrn ts. Mr.. Clay also cor Y:
tended that there should be Il Congress
sonal Committee to Snvestigat expo ndi.ss
lures In tho department ~ sa wing that No AZ
business man would let n business 53i n WIN VIII
|volying millions, drift along as Congress- #
was doing. IIo criticised tho policy TIM ss8a5
led to the expenditure Of s201, GOV. geo air.
nually for war, and refuses 70 elect pu
lie buildings linz Washington that would n
save rents Of $500. lN0 per year. s6 534
T. Mr.. Martin Champions Navy. s8,s
Mr.. Martin democrat y. j9n member OF
the Commit OH Naval a fairs defended N
that no QUO had found fault with the ms
crease OF the navy as. tpro posed by tina sta
| bill. .'NVe must have a ii strong nhYytfSsj
he said, ana he lnstanccd tho rocen ts,sx-ss
pnnslon Of the United States as afurn Sis
ing tho reasonsforz this necessity. ~ hres55a
terred to the possibility of France and N X;
Great Britain being draw, II to- the
Oriental war because OF the Prospect yss8ff
alliances with RUSSIA ana Japan, IND M
while no did not helievet that tho Uni ts.as$s
state would be involved In the lmbroiitngSs f
lie did not consider 1t tho part II WISDOM
to he unprepnrcd, aa ~ Il f OH
Mr. Depcw said that the Georgia setl-jSss
ntor5 could not separate the secret ary SS
from tlA Republican party on the e q hll-sis5
lpplne question, as would be FOUND Y lets 585
Mr., Roots full views wero known, Il 4 no ~;
American people arc not cutters. he said ..s$I
but they hold on. Ha did not bellows II
that any ono living would SEQ our rela-5fS
tIons with the Filipino diminished,
MIR. Nelson referred 10 our naval ih-8s
tuence In Tho East. SAYING that with this
country, Great Britain and Japan all "a
China there vas no danger OF the die Ss
melnberment Of China All. too, ware
hostile to tho absorption OF Mnnchuria, 55is
He did not believe that there was ans 55fl
formal alliance, only mutually OF tn-3
terest. 81 $ AZ III II,
sy MIR, HALE PROTESTS, g
Mr. lIale protested that this debate WAS
cXtrnneous. II don't want the statement ,iis
of tho senator from Minnesota to go uil-
challenged i do not agree that there ~ s
to-day any such common interest oatweei u lsl
tho United States. Great Britain aud M NJ
japan. on the one side, against iau
France and other powers. as his stnta-lssf
ment implies, Our attitude is one OF mem s
trality. and SO declared by our SKA
Department. IA & M
NO ara not against japan, nor mus iss
5it be said that all our interests are wtt gs
her and against Russia and other con ttss.s
mental European powers" He ssid that
IL Japan should be successful IN her a
prcsen. war tho United states WOULD
find herself Ia more danger IN comm rs 3
cIal matters from that ambitious posSer ,sS
than any other. I'd
German Criticises Moody.
Mr., German criticized Mr.. MOODY as ~, n
prudent In charging the Democraft e A s9
party with partisanshin because or hiasS
FOlr. Corman's) altitude on the navy s II;
He had spoken for himself in saving tine
administration vas advancing too ra pldl saass
and had gone TOO far Ia e inereaae 81 s IN
the NAYS Executive officers W. ~ Id
$Goruan. slowly and w $1,000 . = ~