Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-01-06
SENATOR HITCHCOCK
RAPS PEACE PACT
Nebraskan Declares Taft Treaty With
Great Britain May Embroll Unit
ed States Win Germany.

washington, Jan. Senator Hitch
eoeI, oil Sess aha, Ia ssesca in the
aepase, poured act s4ce INTO the pro
puA ia arbitration le1ty vita hnSiand.
He declared President TAFT was blun-
eel.ag mo an cuyansilng alliance that
taag .nean s4osibie Tor this country.
ha DICTATED eaAs the plan 70 permit
the president 10 appoint commissions
ers 10 a aIsa court d arbitration, With
out the consent Of the senate, was
re4ai al lanary and dangerous, Tna Pc.
pnaeu ,4oaty, Ito said, would vine ont
this nations time.honorel treaty-mah'
ing plan and result virtually in the
adoption of the system practiced b.
the leonarchieal powers.
THE president could authorize three
commissioners to negotiate and suof
nit diiI erenNes to arbitration without
consulting constitutional representa-
lives OF the people of the United
States, he Insisted. THAT Is the leglti-
mate and honest Interpretation OF this
treasy. That is what the joint higa
commission Is for.
Sees Trap In Treaty.
1T Is the trap in this treaty; II is
device to permit an entanglng ALL
anee.' by empowering our executive
to treat without restraint from the
senate, with the government OF Great
Britain, and, In my opinion, Mr.. Presis
dent, 1t must lead TO, and 1t was de
signed to lead 10. an enlargement Of
the United states in the foreign policy
OF Great Britain
Senator Hitchcock read an extract
from speech by Sir Edward Grey,
British secretary OF state for foreisn
affairs, In the house of commons on
March 10 last. when he said:
But suposing 1t took place, and two
OF the greatest nations in the world
were to male II clear to the whole
world that by agreement such as that,
that in no circumstances were they
going to war again, | venture TO say
that the eaeet On the world at large
of the example would be one which
would be bound to have beneficial con-
sequences.
1T is true that the two nations
who did that might still be exposed TO
an attack from a third nation who had
not entered into such agreement. |
think 1t would probably lead to their
following 1t up by an agreement that
they woud join with each other In any
case in which one only had a quarrel
with third party by which arbitration
was refused"
Points to Anglo-cerman Clash.
"Mr. President, that is very signih
cant language" Senator Hitchcock
resumed, holding the document aloit
1T throws a food of light upon this
proposed transaction between the
United Ssaes and Great Britain.
"At the time those words OF Sir ED
ward Gray we're uttered the relations
between Great britain and Germany
we're strained. and they are strained
even today, as all the world knows.
and the talk OF possible war between
Great Erit1in and Germany IL almost
constant menace In both those coun-
ries.
"When, therefore. Sir Edward Gray
referred to the possibility of quarrel
with d third psaer which refused ar
biiration it Is hard TO escape the con-
clusion that he referred to Germany,
and II Is easy TO see why under such
condition he would desire to follow
up the pending treaty by an agreement
with the United States to join Great
Britain in her quarrel. II Germany re-
fused arbitration"
The senator said be believed the
United States to be In more danger
from the diplomats of Great Britain
than from the dreadnoughts OF her
navy.