Show SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION I DUcnMlnc the JVurchme ot Weit ladlu hud Woshlneton April IThe Senate went Into executive session on moUon Of Senator Lodge member of the committee com-mittee on foreign relations Senator Lodge not with the Committee Ldge was It wth oommltee durIng dur-Ing the last half hour of It medom The pupae of the secret aon I It the consideration Of the ruttoll roo ported yesterday from the commit on foreign rotations for the ocqulslUon of the Danish WCt India glands I T reason for considering the Matter behind be-hind closed dwelt la the belief that our relations with Spain will necessarily be discussed and that Information might be divulged that would b of advantage to that country The sea1 slim Is no strictly an executive session ses-sion but Is I a secret executive session Senator Lodge opened the proceedings In the secret session with a general ttement concerning the advantage of Controlling the Danish Islands He ar gued that this country should own them because Of Contiguity to our or shores and for strategic purposes go Ing over much Of the grOund cved In his report of yesterday I wax contended that In case of war with Span Porto nico could be taken more laslly than the Danish Inlands could be defended All the senators who spoke Including members Of the Committee on foreign rlaUon looked on war as Inevitable basing all their arguments for and against acquisition ac-quisition upon this theory n Senator Morgan favored the resolu non I and In doing so dwelt more or lese I upon the outlonk for war Ho de tailed tho destruction of the le taied deutlon Maine expressing ex-pressing the opinion that I was duo to Spanish trouchers |