Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1912 — JAPAN CLEAR OF MAGDALENA BAY [ARTICLE]

JAPAN CLEAR OF MAGDALENA BAY

No Proof Mikado Is Seeking to Gain Foothold Thera. TAFT WILL TELL OF INQUIRY Congressman Sulze- Thinks Whole Affair Is Brought Up in'Order to Further Republican Fight for Two New Battleship*. Washington, April s.—Devoid of sensational features and reassuring in regard to the relations of the United States with both Japan and Mexico will be the repljr which President Taft will make to the Lodge resolution on Magdalena bay. , The reply will show, in fact, that this government has not been able to discover any effort on the part of either Japan or Mexico toward arranging a concession to Japanese interests on Magdalena bay. j Representative Sulzer, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, seems inclined to regard the “fuss” that has been raised oyer the Magdalena bay reports as designed to fur-1 ther the navy fight for two battleships. At any rate it is noted that Secretary Meyer had been quick to seize upon the situation created by his friend,; the senator from Massachusetts, to urge his battleship program. | Representative Sulzer claims to be informed as to the situation in regard to Magdalena bay and he issued a formal statement declaring that the report that “Japan or any syndicate acting for Japan, has acquired rights, diiectly or indirectly, at Magdalena bay, or elsewhere in Mexico, has no foundation in fact.” The Sulzer statement characterizes the Lodge resolution as , the “merest buncombe.” One of the most interesting features of this report will disclosure of an apparent attempt by Americans and others claiming to have concessions or options on concessions in Magdalena bay to sell them to the United States in anticipation of their falling into Japanese hands. Ever since the Japanese war scare the Washington authorities have reccgnized numerous attempts of this nature to make ff profitable deals with the American government. •