The sun., 1906-01-16
SENATE TALKS on MOROCCO.
Resolution Conforming Our Share In the
Confer ence Goes to Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The Senate de
| voted most of the day to discussing tht
Morocco conference. Mr.. Bacon Dem.
GaO, whose resolution calling on the Presi
dent for information concerning the ap
pointment Of delegates to the conference
was sent to the calendar brought up The
subject to-day in another way by intro
ducing resolut ion declaring that Ameri
can policy was against American inter
ference in European polit les. The dis.
cussion that followed was participated in
by Mcssrs. Bacon (Dem.. Ga), Lodge rep.
MassJ, Spooner (Rep., Wis.,. Tillman
Dem, S. c. and Hale CRep., Mel.
This was Mr.. Bacon's resolut ion
-Resolyed By the Senate. that the inter-
ference with or participation in any contro-
versy bet ween European governments re-
lating to European International quest ions
is a violation Of the we'll settled well de-
fined policy Of this Government, which
has been recognized and observed for
more than a century past
Mr. Bacon read a newspaper article, in
which the writer prcfessed TO have seen
all the correspondence bearing upon the
Morocco conference at the State Depart
ment and that Senators could have an
opportunity to see the correspondence if
thew called.
Mr.. Lodge declared that it was unjust
to assume" that Secretary Root had au
thorized the newspaper article. 1T is an
'unwarranted assumpt on," said he. that
the Secretary Of State had been disrespect- =
full to the Senate.
Mr., Tillman recalled that when he read
q newspaper art icle reflect ing on the ad
minist ration of Panama affairs the Senate or
from Massachusetts went to the long dis
tance telephone and talked with Secret ary
Taft and then came into the chamber and
pronounced the publication "a lie" on the
authority OF the Secretary of War.
The telephone is still working said Mr..
Tillman.
that 1t would be disrespectful to Secretary
Root to call on him to deny responsibility
for newspaper articles.
Mr.. Spooner inquired IL Mr.. Bacon would
exclude American delegates from all Euro.
pean conferences which involved polit ical
questions, even If the conferences dealt also
admitted that he held that view.
There is absolutely no reason for Ameri-
ference" said Mr. Bacon. 1T is purely
political conference.
MIR. Hale made speech that made
profound impression on the Senate. .The
Aigeciras conference" sa:d Mr.. Hale,
-is purely a political conference, and the
matters of American commercial relations
with Morocco would not have an ounce
OF consideration"
Mr.. Hale believed it was unf ortunate
that the President and Secretary of State
appointed delegates to the conference.
-The danger is not from the President
or the Secretary Of State said Mr.. Hale,
"but to the military spirit that is still abroad
in the land" He referred to the army
and navy officers eager for a conflict and
to the mobilization OF fleets at Gibraltar.
-The European press is full of it and our
press is taking it up. said he.
Mr.. Hale discussed the origin OF the
the discussion. He believed the Senate
ought to have larger share in treaty maxi
ing. Discussion of matters leading up
to treaties ought to be free and open in
the Senate.
1T has been said that we ought to trust
the President" said MIR, Hale. Il believe
we can safely trust the President. But
we may have President some day whom
we could not trust, one who would want
to raise the war issue. In that case the
Senate would know nothing until the mis-
chief was done"
Mr.. Bacon pointed out that the votes
Of the American delegates might be decisive
in the result and II that decision led to war
the United States would be involved.
Mr. Hale had no doubt that IL such a
grave emergency arose in the conference
the President would promptly wire in
structions to the American delegates to
refrain from further participation in the
conference and to return home.
At the close of the discussion Mr.. Bacon's
resolution went to the Foreign Relations