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Show OTHER NATIONS ISHEEP OFF NO FOREIGN COUNTRY SHALL ESTABLISH A NAVAL POST AT MAGDALENA BAY. America Will Make it Quite Clear to All Concerned That the Monrpe Doctrine Forbids Naval or Mil", tary Foothold In Western Hemisphere. Washington. Tho vigor of tho t'rni8 that tho senato haM use In doclurlrifc that no foreign courtry shall establish a naval pnht at M.i-'-dalena bay, or at any other olnt on the American continent, will be the subject of coimlderatWn by the for-eiKn for-eiKn affairs commlr.ee of tho senaie. Within a day or tw. It Is believed, the sena.te will be called tion to adopt a resolution nintlng In iine(inlvoca! torms that tho .M in roe (Im trine, or tiie settled policy of the I'nited StuteH, rt'uires that no foreign country shit II secure a naval or military foothold In the western bemlnphere. Senator Lodge, as chairman of the tnib-onttultlee that Investigated the Junior of a Japanese purchase of four million acres of land on Malaleua bay, will make a formal renrt to the foreign affalrH committee, reciimmeiil-lux reciimmeiil-lux that the I'nited Slates reaffirm tho policy known a the Monroe doe. trine In terms that can not be mlsun ilerstood by any foreign p'wer. Tho senale invcstiiration besan as tho result of a report tha.' a private .Tai.,ineH sytnlieate was atteiiitiiiK to ciitrol a vast truct alHUit the south Pin California bay. Ioiik regarded an .the best tukvul base on tho I'wlIU roaut. |