The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-01-07
Proposed Measure Is Intended To
Grant Island Assembly Still
Greater Power and Lays the
Foundation for independence
DEBATE is LIKELY TO 1T
LAST FOR TWO WEEKS
Senate Naval Committee To Con-
slider Plan Advanced BY SEN
ator TiIIman For Erection Of
Government Armor Plate Plant
(AssOciatod Press By Federal wir.leuu l.,

NaSsoCiatou fIebs " feoorh WiroleBRl
wv ASIIINdTON, January 5.-The
w Jones Bill, enlarging the self.
government powers of the Phil
ipPine Assembly and laying the ground
for the eventual Independence of the
islands, is to be brought un in the sen.
ate today, when Senator Hitchcock will
move that il be made an order Of I'M
finished business. No opposition TO
this motion is anticipated and the bill
vii be then in shape for definite action.
That it will not be disposed of in
hurry is the expectation, however,
and the debate preceding the vote will
probably last through two weeks. ....
The senate naval committee today
will consider the measure presented by
Senator Tillman, which calls for the
erection of government armor- plate
plant. Naval matters will be prOmi.
nent in the house, also. The naval
committee there will take up for con.
sideration the appropriations asked for
by the navy department in the defense
program. The requirements of govern.
ment yards and docks win be the first
items to be gone over. Rear Admiral
II. X. Stanford, of the bureau of yarls
and docks, will be called before the
| committee. w"
Foreign Relations Critical .. ....,
With the foreign relations of the ma
ton in an acknOwledgedly critical
phase, the various resolutions presented
in the house yesterday were received
with perfunctory interest only, although
many of these dealt with conditions
arising ont of the war abroad. One
resolution called for the thanks of con.
gress to Henry Ford for the action he
has taken to bring about peace in
Europe. Another called for executive
action to prevent the clearance from
any American port of ships carryin
passengers and any munitions of war
at the same time. One resolution call
ed upon the government to establish
United States commission for enduring
| peace delegated with authority to act
in the name of the United States as
an intermediary between warning ma.
tiOns, while another resolution called
upon the President to make public the
names of those American citizens who
have beer dislOyal to their oath Of
naturalization, as announced in his
message to congress. '
Short Session Only
The session of the senate yesterday
was of a few minutes duration only,
the body adjourning out Of respect to
the memory of the late Associate Jus
tice Lamar. The expected attack upon
the administration 3 foreign policy was
| lal
Early in the day there were persis.
tent and apparently weIl-founded re-
ports that the administration 3 foreign
policy would be under fire virtually as
soon as the senate met, the opposition
being said to have a line Of attack
developed. This attack was confident
| ly expected to be launched, but the
shOrtness of the senate session prevent
ed anything but the routine of assem-
bly,. AS soon as the senate session
opened, a resolution was introduced
calling for adjournment. -, A..
Attacks Are Certain ..a.t
That the administration leaders aud
the President are expecting some ut,
tack Is certain. Previous to the meet
ing OF the senate, Senator Within j,
Stone Of Missouri, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, told the
President that he had inhmations 81 me
senators were planning to assail the
administration 5 course in dealing with
the belligerents, the Implication being
that the sinking Of the Lusitania, Per.
STA and other liners and resultant loss
Ct American lives would furnish the
theme. Still other senators were plan.
| ming to voice criticism nf tho ad.
ministration Mexican policy, said
Chairman Stone.
During the day the President ask ID
to his office in the White House tbs
members of the foreign relations com.
mittee, and it was given out that this
important conference was primarily To
discuss the crisis growing out of the
submarine campaign and its destIue,
ton Of ships and killing of Americans
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