THE YELLOW PERIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14984, 4 May 1912, Page 7

THE YELLOW PERIL.

JAPAN AND AMERICA.

MAGDALENA BAY QUESTION. By Telegraph.— Association.— Washington, May 2. The necessity for revising the Monroe doctrine, in order to prevent Japanese commercial interacts securing control of territory at Magdalena Bay, is being urged by Senators Lodge, Bacon and other members of the United States Senate.

These members declare that the possession of such a strategic position, even by purely commercial interests, would be a certain menace to United States safety.

The ram ours as to the establishment of a Japanese base at Magadalena Bay, Mexico, were denied by President . Taft month ago. ■ He declared that there was no truth in the reports which, he said, were promoted simply with a view to making unnecessary difficulties between two friendly Powers. At the same time, according to a cable message, the officials of the Washington State Department admitted that there might bo some truth in the report, that Japan had secured concessions at Magdelena Bay. The Department explained that it was only a commercial base that Japan had obtained, but it was admitted that Japanese steamship lines had apparently, been successful in securing a long-coveted station by taking advantage of Mexico's decision to tender coaling facilities to all nations.