The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-05
PEtvEO BECAUSE
Of RESOLUTION
President and State Depart
ment Resent Interior
ence BY Lodge
SENATOR WILL SEE
TAFT THIS MORNING
Information Regarding Jap
anese-Magdalena. Bay
Negotiations VIII Be
Ready In Four
Days

manner In which the State department
haa permitted Japan to pull the wool
over It's eyes as to her intentions Al
Ma4dalena Bay. a member OF the Tor
eien relations committee informed the
International News Service tonight
THAI the ouJect Ut the Loage resoaa-
ton Ia to take the entire problem out
Of the hands of the department. ana
OF the President. and invest 1t In
the Senate
80 ANXIOUS was the foreign rela-
tions committee to accomplish its op-
ject that the President vas not ap-
prtsed that such a resolution was con
templated until after 1t had peen ~
troouced and passed.
Prssidenv Not informed.
II President Taft was not informed
by the state department that on Tues
day. when the Lodge resolution was
introduced, Japanese syndicate was
engaged In negotiating for vast
tract OF land along Magdaiena bay. he
will be made aware OF that fact to-
morrow morning wnen Senator Lodge
calls at the White House.
The sentiment entertained at the
White House for the senator since
the Introduction of his resolution 10
illustrated by the fact that when MIR.
ton today the President could not
make II convenient to see him.
Department Humiiiarsd.
Not only Is the State department
embarrassed by the Lodge resolution,
but II II inundated as well. The
resolution asks the department for all
the facts In its possession but II de-
olined 70 accept the departments In.
: depreciation Of those facts. The SEN
ate reserved TO itself the right to
determine whether or not the Japa-
nese government u concerned in the
negotiations which no one has the
temerity to deny are In progress with
a Japanese syndicate.
As presented by member OF the
foreign relations committee OF the
Senate today. the facts which consti-
tute strong prima facie case against
the Japanese government are as fol-
lows:
Some years ago a syndicate organ
ICED In Maine and known as the Char
tered Company of Lower California
obtained concession from Mexico
and purchased between four and Ave
million acres OF land. strip OF tar
ritory 500 miles long and is miles
wide, In the neighborhood of Mag
daiena bay. The syndicate believed
that the tract contained rich mineral
deposits A careful investigation fall
ed to reveal such deposits II did
reveal. however, that the land was alb
eoiuteiy without value for farming or
any other peaceful purpose except the
collection OF species OF sea moss
used In the manufacture Of dye.
HeinS heavily In debt, and without
prospect Of realizing on It's invest
ment. the Chartered Company OF
Lower California expressed a willing
ness to sell. Already small colony
Of Japanese engaged in the operation
OF hsh cannery were on the ground.
Negotiations Under Way.
Apprised by members Of this colony
Of ita golden opportunity. the Orie ntal
and Occidental Steamship Company,
which u connected with the japanese
Stea uship Company. plying on the
Pacific COAST. Immediately made an
offer to buy.
{, On Tuesday OF the present week.
according TO Information In the pos
spssion OF the Foreign Relations Com
n1itt2e. negotiations were still in pro-
slon.
For Military Purposes?
A. this land b useless for farming
the Foreign Relations COMMITTEES 10
convinced that the object Of the IAN
anose vndicate 4 10 obtain Il fnr
military purpoves. In anv eyant col.
ont1ation on the American continent
by foreign power Is absolutely pro-
pemonstratinr the connec,,cn h..
.tve.sss. stlsa sfea n1sf,,r .r,nnsnv ry,,sch
,,rss nsr,ssa s IN t9rsentsi ana ncc,Innsas
Tradins CCmnarv sra ~. Israrssa
eovernmHnt + "a no,ntsa AIT 80
dey nat every one al the $40 ocesn-
1apanese nag enjoys subsidy from
tne Ml5ado. All are part Of the
SapAnese neva! estaoiishment. and
Axe constrncteo that they can %
q convnsted into cruisers