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Show Monroe Doctrine Reaffirmed Reaf-firmed to World in Clear Tones. Washington, Juiy 31. The senate foreign relations committee today adopted without dissent Senator Lodge's recommendation that the United States reaffirm the Monroe dictrlue In terms clear to all tho i world and adopted a resolution to express disapproval of the purchase of any possible naval bases on American Amer-ican continents by any forclzn power Tho senate in an early re'poit will be asked to lndorso the committee's stand. A firm slatemont by the United States 1h asked for ajj a ro-sult ro-sult of the Magdalcna bay Incident, where it was shown that a Japanese syndicate had been negotiating for four million acies ot land along tho west coast of Lower California in Mexico. While tho Japanese government was found to have no cunncctloh with tho syndicate, the senate K-.ib-comui!tteo. consisting of Senators Lodgo, Root, Hitchcock, Rayner and Sutherland, reported 1j the full committee today that the circumstances afford and appropriate ap-propriate occasion for an expression of the view of the senate regarding such cases, Tho Lodge resolution, which probably prob-ably will be adopted, declares that tho United States cannot see "without "with-out grave concern" any harbor or ad vantageous spot In the westorn hemisphere hemi-sphere taken up by a foreign govern ment, if such occjpancy would threaten threat-en the commerce or safety of tho United States. Magdalcna bay Is consldored the most advantageously located naval base on the Pacific coast, becauso of Its relations to tho western terminus of the Panama canal It was said tho corporation which had bho lands to sell had advanced the argument that their possession would be of peculiar benoflt to a foreign nation. Because of that attitude on the part of the corporation, the committee decidod to make clear tho American position on what it regards as tho encroachment of foreign powers on the western continents con-tinents Senator Lodge reported the resolution resolu-tion to the senate shortly after that body met and action on :t was deferred de-ferred until tomorrow. The resolution resolu-tion was a-s follows: "Resolved, that when any harbor or other place in the Amorlcan continent con-tinent Is so situated that the occupation occupa-tion therof for naval or military purposes pur-poses might threaten the communications communica-tions or safety of the United States, the government of the United SLates could not see without grave concern the possession of such harbor or oth-er oth-er place, by and corporation or association as-sociation which has such a relation to another government, not American, Amer-ican, as to give that government practical prac-tical power of control for national purposes." |