The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-16
Bacon GeIS in Resolution On
 the Subject
THINKS PRECEDENT IS BAD
European Nations regard War as Probable Outcome of Conference and the United States
 Should Stay Out.

Washington, January 15.-Mr. Bacon to- day succeeded in securing an open door | discussion of the Moroccan question by | the Senate This result was accomplished | by the introduction of a resolution making a general declaration against interference | on the part of the government of the United States in any controversy among European nations concerning internation- | al affairs. MT. Bacon's resolution is as follows:
 Resolved by the Senate, That interfer- enee with, or participation in any con troversy between European governments relating to European international ques- tions is violation of the well-settled. well-defned policy of this government which has been recognized and observed for more than a century past"
 MT. Bacon contended that participation in the Algeciras conference Is liable to involve the United States in the entan- elements of European countries. He dwelt upon the magnitude of the controversy over Morocco. The point at issue is, he said, whether France shall exercise ex- elusive control in Morocco or Germany Snhu snare III lHht tOnlAOi'
 "The question may be settled so as to bring peace" he said. and 1t may be so determined as to result in var
 Regard War as Probable.
 He asserted that all the European gov' | ernments regard war as the possible re- | suit, but even if peace was to be the | result, 1t would be quite as injurious | as war would be because of the precedent it would establish.
 | Mir Bacon stat ted frankly that he had l been induced to offer the resolution by the action taken by the Senate on his Moroc- can resolution. He commented on an article in Washington paper which told of permission given by Secretary Root to the writer to examine all the papers re- lating to the participation of the United States In the Algeciras, Spain, confer ence and said he had no doubt that state- | ments in the articles were inspired by the secretary of state
 MT. Lodge asked MT. Bacon If he waa prepared to say that the article was en- tirey on the authority of Secretary Root
 MT. Bacon challenged MT. Lodge and later MT. Aldrich. to obtain from Secre- tary Root a disavowal of that portion of the article which he held to be dsre- spectful to the Senate, and MT. Lodge denied certain stories printed by the pa- per on the same subject and said he | thought they raised a question to the | authenticity of the information given by the article.
 MT Tillman said the matter could be | settled easily and called attention to the fact that Mir Lodge last week had called | Secretary Taft on the telephone concern- ing statement of the Senate and then re- | turned to the chamber pronounced the statement a "e."
 MT. Lodge was invited by MT. Tillman | to follow the same course concerning the present controversy. but Mir Lodge said | he did not purpose to put Secretary Root in the position suggested and further. that he would be debarred from so doing by the fact that the Senate had mado public the subject matter of the resolu- 1 ton. and to telephone to the department of state would be to discuss 1t in public,
 The Senate has not ruled that this matter should be discussed in secret" l declared MT. Bacon, and he proceeded | with his remarks. He said that it was disrespecttul for Secretary Root to with | hold papers from the Senate, and at the same time display them to newspaper l men,
 Tilman Defends Root.
 MT. Tillman said he thought an explana- tion due in order not to do Secretary | Root an injustice, and called attention | to the fact that the secretary had not refused the Moroccan papers for the req son that the Senate had not asked for
 them, as the resolution had not been adopted.
 He attributed the remarks accredited to | Mr. Root as rebuke of the majority of | the Senate in refusing to adopt the Ba- con resolution. MT. Root had been quoted | as saying the department would have no objection to giving the information called for by MT. Bacon's resolution Both MT. | Bacon and Mir. Tillman referred to MT. I lzga. s.f anI@fs arf4- | bers
 | number of utterances of publicists, including extracts from addresses by | Washington and Monroe, were read by | MT Bacon t9 support his resolution against interference in foreign affairs that are likely to involve this government in difficulties He contended that particlpa- tion in the Algeciras conference is liable | to involve the United States in the en- | tanglements of European countries. He then dwelt upon the magnitude of the | controversy over Morocco.
 The point at issue, he said, Is whether | France shall exercise exclusive control in Morocco or Germany shall share in that | control. "rhe question may be settled SO 1 as to bring peace" he said, and fl may be so determined as to result In war" He asserted that all the European govern- ments regard war as the possible result but even if peace was to be the result it might be quite injurious as war would be because of the precedent 1t would es- tablish.
 MT. Bacon also took up the point that l in the absence of treaty. 1t is disre- | spectful to the President to discuss the | subject but he argued that such could not be the case when no treaty Is possible as in this case
 Committed to the Doctrine.
 Mir. Bacon said the country is much | committed to the doctrine that entangling | foreign alliances must be avoided as l though ii were part of the written con | stitution.
 Then" asked MT. Lodge. "are the sens | ator's remarks to be interpreted as | warning?"
 MT. Bacon admitted that such was the | case whereupon the Massachusetts sen- ator expressed gratihcauon. saying that he had not hitherto been able to decide as | to the Georgia senator's purpose.
 To these remarks Mir Bacon replied that l he considered himself peculiarly unfor- tunate In not expressing himself so as to I