The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-19
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washington. Dee 10. tSSpectal. 81
1seuIbers ~ the. UplteI States senate.
ana especially those who mike M. the
Committee on fore4Rp relations. are
more or less disturbed by the reseiu-
Itlou introduced tjH senator Lodge Of
Mas ehusetts which provides for an
international Inquiry into the atroct
ties alleged to exist in the Kongo Free
state with at least the tacit consent
.of the king Of Belgium There Is q
general disposition to % whatever
may be properly done toward bringing
aboIft REFORMS in the KonEU. but many
conservative senators are doubtful Is
the United States Is in; q position TO
take any action Whatever:
No Eufarfsrenoo Abroad.
me AIgecIras treaty. which waR rat
'i6ed INST week. had attached to 1t q
resolutfou specifically diseIafming any
Intention on the part of t1e United
States 70 interfere with European pol
flies or the internal affAirs Of any Tu-
ropean nation. Had it not been for
this resolution the treaty probably
would not have been ratified The Dem
ocrats particularly objected to what
seemed to them to be an effort to burt
in" to- old world politics in view OF
the fact that we would quickly resent
any attempted interference with our
Internal affairs on the part OF foreign
power. The answer made them was
that the sole object of the Tinted
states IN participating in the Algec1ras
conference was a desire to protect our
commercial interests. whereup"n they
Insisted that statement to this erect
be Incorporated in the treaty.
inconsistent, Say Some.
Now some senator's are asserting
that Mr.. Lodges Kongo resolution pro
poses as direct an interference with
European matters as did the Alseciras
convention without the resolution OF
disclaimer, and there will be consider
able opposition to 1t on TINT score.
Some authorities express the opinion
that we have no more right to suggest
AN international Investigation OF the
.I[ougo situation than Germany, For ex-
ample, would have TO ask other Euro
pean powers 10 cooperate with ttsF "a
,Inyes tIgating lyuclIfnts III this ga -ss77-
A number of others think that the
trouble In the Kongo is by no means
MS bad as 1t has been represented TO
be. Indeed. II is obvious to even the
Superficial observer that for some re:,-
son OF other a surprisingly LIrge
amount Of money is being spent in
hayiu- the two sides of the TSougo
case presented 20 the American public
The Belgian government is uccuSed Of
maintaining a special Lobby in wash
ington Tor the purpose Of preventing
any congressional action WITH refer
ence TO tle Free State conditions. and
Il is quiee possible thIt the charge has
at least "a basis Sf truth on the other
hand. an eGaasy persistent t0boy is
worliina hara n cre;Ete anti Belgian
sentiment. * would DE interesting to
know what the subsurfaee facts are
New Jassreas Treaey.
AltAoagl tite story tnut the president
rs neeotietuE ucw tcclry with Japan
has been repe9redly denied, there can
be no doubt tllft strong desire fer the
signing Of q convention which wtll have
the effect or excluding Japanese cody
laborers exists in many parts OK the
country. i.e-isiator-s from the Pacific
coast would axe to get through some
sort Of an exclusion Arrangement at
this session, but there is no reason to
believe that Japan will consent to any
thing of the kind until the complies
lions which have resulted from the frc-
ton of the san Francisco school eu-
thorities in segregating Japanese pupils
in the public schools are cleared mp.
senator CIenrin OF Oregon has ofRered
a resolution which declares 1t to 10 the
sense of the senate that the further
entry Of Japanese laborers is undRSira-
bic and THAT a treaty providing total
exclusion should be negotiated az once
spooner and la Toilette.
Because two men are political enc
mics it does not necessarily follow that.
they thirst for each others gore Mo-
two men in public life have foughe
each other more vigorously In the heMs
of politics than the senators from Wis
consIn, John Colt Spocner and Robarb
Marion la Toilette. Yet 1t Is not 1Hee-
essary for mutual friends to inter- Rose.
to prevent an encounter when they are.
IN the same neighborhood. Today the.
two OF them happened to enter the sem
ate marble room at the Same tine. In
4 pair of minutes they were deep In q
conversation which must have been
very funny, judging from the. amount
Of laughter both lndulged IN. AIrs
spoOner patted Mr.. La Toilette on the
shoulder, and Mr.. La Toilette pOhad
Mr.. Spooner in the Ribs. a great many
things are different when looked at
from the Washington viewpoint. Next
thing said q spectator, wen have
the president and Senator Tlllman en-
gaglng "a. love feast. =
one at . Time Better.
a large party Of Maryland school
ma,an1S Aled into the house lobby and
asked II White Busbey, Speaker Can
non,S capable secretary, K they could
Gee Uncle Joe They could. They
saw him. They sang 'sAfaryland, Ny
Maryland" and nearly everybody was,