New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-01
Senate Committee Reports Res
OIutiOn Extending the Mon
roe Doctrine to Cover
Corporations.
WILL PROTECT APPROACHES
Action Grows Out of Magdalena
, Bay Incident, and Is In
tended to Meet Possible.
Similar Situations
in Future.

Washington, July ;1.-The extension
... the Monroe Doctrine to cover for
slsn corporations. as wei as foreign
goyerrments. trying to secure on the
American continents land Of strategic
importance for naval or military bases
is recommended in a resolution report
81 IN the Senate to-day from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations by Sena-
tor Lodge.
The resolution. which Will probably
20 adopted by the Senate. rccites that
the United Stetes could not see with
out grave concern the possession Of .
harbor or any other place Of strategic
value pass into the hands OF a foreign
CORPORATION or association controlled By
? foreign government It's full text rs
as folloWs:
Resolved That when any hsrbor or
other place in the American continents
is so situated that the occupation
thereof for naval or military purposes
might threaten the communications or
the safety Of the United States the
government Of the United States could
not see without grave concern the pos
session Of such harbor or other place
by any corporation or association
which has such a relation TO another
government not American as to give
that government practical power OF
control for national purposes.
This further declaration Of policy by
the United States is the result OF the
Magdslens Bay incident.
Looking to the Future.
Senator Lodge. in reporting the reso-
luton. said that although it had been
shown that Japan had nothing to do
with the japanese corporation which
was negotiating with Americans hold
Ing the Magdalena Bay concession, the
incident had shown the possibility OF
such a situation 1rising in the future.
The committee. n said, regarded the
situation as an appropriate one for
stating the policy OF this government
in order that foreign corporations or
associations might be forewarned.
A special committee. composed of
Senators Lodge. Root, Sutherland.
Hitchcock and Rayner, reported that il
had found no evidence that Japan ~
eay other foreign nation was behind
the movement TO acquire the land
about Magdalena Bay. which the
United States considers the most ad-
Vantageouly located naval base on the
Pacific coast because Of its relation 70
the western terminus Of the Panama
Canal.
This was stated in the committees
report, which added:
1t appears, however, from the evil
dence that the corporations or persons
VINO nave, or claim to have. title TO the
ianqs surrounding Magdalena Bay have
made efforts to form u syndicate and
promote the sale Of these lands upon the
Oasis Of the existence Of some national
gaiue TO = foreign nation in Megdalena
Bay as distinct from any commercial
value which that bay and the adjoining
territory might POSSESS
Tbs fact that such an idea has formed
me easis Of a negotiation between the
Magoalena Bay and the citizens, SUBJ
iects or corporations Of q foreign power
seems TO the committee 10 afford an ap-
propriate occasion for an expression Of
tho View OF the Senate of the United
states regarding this and similar cases
For this reason the committee recon-
mends the adoption OF the resolution.
Consideration went over until TO-
morrow as a parliamentary formality,
out whea the subject is taken up IL is
expected the Senate will indorse the
committees report.
Warning to the Powers.
Leading members Of the Foreign Re-
lattons Committee declared that the
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