The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
US. OCCUPATION ID CONTINUE IN
 EXAMINATIONS
Senate Refuses to Remove Troops From Haiti, Domini- can Republic and
 Nicaragua
By As.ocla,e, Press

Washington, June 19.--The annual naval appropriation bill carrying ap- proximately $295, ,450 ,000 and provid- ing for an enlisted personnel of S6,- 900 men, was passed late today by the Senate and sent to conference with the House.
 Action on the enlisted personnel. now about 115,000 Is final as the Senate accepted the House decision and the question will not come be- fore the conferees. who will deal principally with Senate increases of about $44,0oo,0oo over the House bill. No effort was made to reduce the enlisted personnel.
 UnsuccessfuI efforts to end
 American occupation of Haiti. the Dominican republic and
 Nicaragua nnd to launch com
 Ere.sionnI investigation of navy
 administrations, marked the final
 days debate. An amendment by
 by senntor King, democrat. Utah,
 providing for withdrawal of
 American marines from the two
 republics nnd Nicaragua Decem-
 her 3f, next, was rejected, 42 to
 9. after lengthy debate In which
 the American policy of fnterven-
 ton was both attacked and de-
 tended.
 Investigation of naval administra- tion was proposed by Senator Me- Cormick. republican, Illinois, but his resolution drew objection from Sem ator Dial, democrat, South Carolina, and was referred 10 the naval com mittee. Another amendment by Sem ator King to cut the marine corps from 19,500 men to 17,500 men, was rejected without a record vote.
 Causes III Feeling
 Supporters of the King withdraw- al amendment declared that Ameri- can intervention In Haiti, Santo Do- minso and Nicaragua was causing feeling in Latin-America and also In Europe against the United states. Senators Mccormick, republican. H. linois. Pomerene, democrat. Ohio. and Oddie, republican. Nevada, of the Senate committee investigating Hail tan affairs on the other hand said intervention was necessary to aid the Haitlans in establishing an or derly government and denied that a permanent policy of occupation was involved.
 Americans with business interests III itNiti't ochdtoI toOfdHt itpubiiSAHs Idaho, and others declared. were de- sirous of continuing American com trol. He and other supporters of the King amendment flayed the manner In which the new Haitian constitu- ton was adopted
 Senator Pomerene, declared il would be little short of crime" to terminate American supervision in Haiti so soon while Senator Oddis charged that German propaganda in support of American withdrawal had been circulated by interests In Ger man owned property In Haiti. Sena- tors Oddie and Pomerene asserted civil war and revolutions probably would result from American with. drawaL
 Senator Borah declared that "ail American nations gre very much in opposition to our policy In Haiti. Santo Domingo, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Central Americans he said, regarded intervention as an "in- vasion' and that the United States intended to annex the countries oc- cupied.
 American intervention, Senator Norris. republican. Nebraska. stated was "disgraceful page" in Ameri- can history.
 Senator Mccormick likened the situation 10 that iE Cuba where he said American influence was being exerted to aid the Cuban people.