The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-16
OPEN DEBATE
 ON MOROCCO Bacon Scores Point in
 the Senate. HAS A NEW RESOLUTION Declares Against Wedding in
 European Affairs. Georgia Statesman Says Conference at AIgeciras May End in Pence
 or War May Be the
 Outcome.

the Senate This result was accomp- lished by the introduction of a reso- lution making a general declaration against interference on the part of the United States in any controversy among European nations concerning their in- | ternal affairs. Mir. Bacon's resolution is as follows: Resolved by the Senate, That in- l terference with or participation in any controversy between European govern ments relating to European internation- al questions is a violation of the well settled. we'll defined policy of this Gov | ernment which has been recognized and observed for more than a century past"
 MT. Bacon contended the participation in the Algeciras conference is liable to involve the United States in the en- tang1ements of European countries. He then dwelt upon the magnitude of the controversy over Morocco. The point at issue, he said, whether France shall exercise exclusive control in Morocco or Germany shall share in that con- l trol.
 The question may be settled so as to bring peace" he said. "and 1t may be so determined as to result in war. :" He asserted that all the European governments regarded war as the pos sible result but even if peace was to
  furious as war would be because of the precedent 1t would establish. Notice was given by Mir. Tiilman that on Wednesday he would ask to have considered his resolution asking the President to Inform the Senate as to the existing status in Santo Domingo. He will make a speech on the resolution at that time.
 AEr. Bacon Is Frank. Mr Qarou Sfafad frankly that he had been induced to offer the resolu- tion by the action taken by the Senate on his Moroccan resolution. He com mentad on an article in The Washing ton Post which told of permission giv- en by Secretary Root to the writer to examine al the papers relating to the participation of the United States-in the | EAigercfras, Spain. conference and said he had no doubt that statements in the articles were inspired by the Sec retary of State.
 Mir Lodge asked MT. Bacon if he was prepared to say that the article was entirely on the authority of Secretary Root.
 Mir. Bacon challenged MT. Lodge and later MT. Aldrich to obtain from Secre- tary Root disavowal of that portion of tho article which he held to be dis respectful to the Senate and Mir. Lodge denied certain stories printed by the paper on the same subject and said he thought they raised & question as to the authenticity of the information giv- en by the article.
 Mir. 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 concerning a statement of the Senate and then returned to the chamber pro- nounced the statement "lte."
 MT. Lodge was invited by MT. Tillman to follow the same course concerning the present controversy, but Mir. Lodge said he did not propose to put Secretary Root in the position suggested and further, that he would be debarred by so doing by the fact that the Senate had made executive the subject matter of the resolution and to telephone to the department of state would be to discuss it in public.
 Mfr. Roots DIsrespect.
 "The Senate has not ruled that this matter should be discussed in secret" declared Mir. Bacon and he proce eded with his remarks. He said that it was disrespectful for Secretary Root to withhold papers from the Sanate and at the same time display them to news paper men
 MT. Tillman said he thought an ex- plauation due in order not to do Secre- tary Root an injustice and called at- tention to the fact that the Secretary had not refused the Moroccan papers for the reason that the Senate had not asked for them, as the resolution had not been adopted.
 He attributed the remarks accredited to MT. Root as a rebuke of the major ity of the Senate in refusing to adopt the Bacon resolution. Mir. Root had been quoted as saying the department would have no objection to giving the information called for by Mr. Bacon's resolution. Both Mir. Bacon and MT. TiIlman referred to Mir. Bodge as the defender of cabinet members.
 A number of utterances of publicists, including extracts from addresses by Washington and Monroe were read by Mir. Bacon to support his resolution against interference in foreign affairs that are likely to involve this govern ment in difficulties. He contended that participation in the Algeciras confer ence Is liahbe to involve the United States in the entanglement of Euro pean countries He Ghen dwelt upon the magnitude of the controversy over Morocco.
 The Point at Issue.
 The point at issue, he said, is whether France shall exercise exclusive control in Morocco or Germany share in that control The question may be settled so as to bring peace" he said. and if may be determined so as to result in war" He asserted that all the Eu- ropean governments regard war as the possible result, but even If peace was | to be the result 1t might be quite as l injurious as war could be because of the precedent it would establish.
 Mir. Bacon also took up the point ; that in the absence of a treaty 1t is disrespectful to the President to dis cuss the subject but he argued that such could not be the case when no treaty is possible in this case.
 MT. Bacon said the country is as much committed to the doctrine that entangling foreign alliances must be avoided as though it were part of the written Constitution.
 Then" asked MT. Lodge, are the Senator's remarks to be interpreted as a warning?'
 Mir. Bacon admitted that such was the case, whereupon the Massachusetts