The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-01
M|AAGDALENA BAY
 VEXES THE SENATE
LODGE WILL ASK FOR A VOTE ON RESOLUTION PROHIBITING
 ENcRoAcHMEMTs
Drastic Action May React on Holdings of Foreign Companies
 in the U. s.

Washington. D. C., July 3f.-The senate will be asked 10 act tomorrow on Senator Lodges resolution unani. mously adopted today by the foreign relations committee which would make clear to the world this nations posi-. tion regarding the encroachment of foreign powers upon the western con. tinents
 The Lodge resolution, submitted to to the senate today, affirms that the United States cannot see without grave concern" any harb0r or advan. ltageous spot in the western hemis. l phere taken over by foreign govern ment or by a foreign corporation bearing close relations to the govern. ment, if sudh Occupancy would threaten the commerce or safety of the United States.
 Members of the foreign relations committee tonight said this definition | of the attitude of the United States IS not direct reaffirmation of the Monroe Doctrine--a point to be clear. ly emphasized in the senate-but is an announcement by the United States that IL Will protect it's "apprehensions'' on estaDiishment of naval or military ,pases at threatening points on this hemisphere.
 Through the foreign relations com mirtee, upon investigation of the Mag dagela bay project found the Japa- nese government had no connection with it, they determined the senate should assert it's belief that foreign corporations be not allowed to have sites in the western hemisphere that might later be turned over to their home governments for naval or mili- tary bases.
 Members of the committee point out That the Monroe Doctrine. as laid down by President Monroe in his mes- sage to 1923. was that this nation would not permit any foreign power to threaten the safety, or attempt in yasion of an independent government Ill the western hemisphere
 In the Magdalena Bay case. it is claimed that the United States is fol- lowing the precedents set by England and other powers in declaring foreign nations must not get naval or military footholds where they can threaten the commerce and safety of this country.
 
 bate in the senate by members of the committee, who joined today in recom- mending the passage of the Lodge res olution.
 The fact that American traffic through the Panama Canal must pass in front of Magdalena Bay and that the safety of American shipping and the movement of American battleships in time of war would be threatened seriously by any foreign power estab- lished there, makes the place one that could not safely be allowed to pass in- to control of 8 foreign company, it is claimed.
 The resolution was strengthened before submission to the senate today by an amendment by Senator Hitch cock. Not only does it declare against the possession of these advantageous points" by corporations wholly for ! eign; but it covers also American cor porations, the control of whose stock may have passed into foreign hands.
 State department officials today de clined to discuss tine Lodge resolution assuming the attitude that the depart ment should not interfere with the legislative branch of the government. The department has already told all it knows of the Magdalena bay affair. and the opinion has been general that the Japanese government at this time, at least, does not purpose to get con troi of the harbor
 This situation, with no real issue in sight gave rise to the belief that the | Lodge resolution is not directed solely at Japan. but at other powers whose | steamship interests, advancing around the world are getting sites for coaling 1 stations, which, in event of war, might easily be converted into naval or mill tary bases. In none of these cases does the. government appear as the titular owner of the eoaling stations but many of the European steamship lines are subsidized so,- -fheir ships are available as part of khe naval force of the government.
 Ostensibly called fsr by the Mazda !. lena Bay affair it bs believed possible
 ca resolution. if passed, might be
 ld Ito operate against the tracts
 And op American soil owned by
 sn steamship lines. In this event
 question as to whether it's proyis-
 Js are retroactive probably would
 d't in involved diplomatic negotiat-
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