The Washington herald., 1914-04-10

honor to the man acting in a representa-
| tive capacity.
"The psychology of the crowd is a
very different thing from the psychology
of the individual men who compose the
crowd A large mass of human beings
excited by passion will often act in a
manner which no single member Of the
mass would countenance he acted
alone. In the same way representatives
of a nation will sometimes act in the
settlement of a national question in a
| manner which they would not think OF
adopting in the affairs Of private life.
AN honorable man will not insist upon
an agreement with a friend, or even with
foe, II he is satisfied that the agree
ment rests upon, or was obtained
through. a misunderstanding. As a rule
of conduct / must apply to my country
the same rule which 1 should try to
apply to my own action in the case OF
| a private agreement with a friend"
In Favor of Arbitration
Mr., Lodge concurred in the opinion OF
Mr. Olney that the question should De
submitted to arbitration. but said that, in
view of the general belief that it would
be impossible to obtain the requisite two
thirds vote in the Senate, it would be
extremely unwise to present the question.
| If the Senate should refuse to arbitrate,
he said "our honor and good faith would
be impugned, and we should be looked
upon as mere hypocrites in proclaiming,
as we have done for many years, our
championship of the cause of arbitratlon
and peace.
Since 1903. according TO Senator Lodge.
we have rapidly lost the confidence Of
other world powers on the purity of our
motives.
Il am not in the councils of the Presi-
dent of the United States" he said, but
L believe that during the past year the
present position of the United states
in its foreign relations has become very
apparent to him, as it has to other re-
sponsible and rejecting men, and with
this appreciation of our present posi-
ton has come the earnest wish to re-
| trace some of our steps, at least. and to
regain, SO far as possible the high plane
which we formerly occupied. 1t Is enough
| to note the fact that we are regarded py
other nations with distrust and in some
cases with dislike. Rightly or wrongly
! they have come to believe that we are
/ not to be trusted: that We make our in
! ternational relations the sport of poll
tics, and treat them as if they were in
no wise different from questions of do
mestic legislation. The President has
written the history of his country, and
it would be strange, indeed. If he did
not desire to maintain our tradition OF
| good faith and fair dealing with the
| other nations of the earth 1t Is not
well for any country. no matter how
powerful, to be an outlaw among the
nations.
| Senator Lodge here paid his respects to
the lingo press.
II suppose" he said, that at trfs mo-
| ment in the midst of the adroitly stimu-
| lated passions raised against the Presi-
dents recommendation that we should
repeal the toll exemption ii will be
thought very poor spirited and even
trucking-I believe that is the accepted
word-to suggest that in deciding this
question we should take into considera-
ton the opinions of other nations.
Too Strong to subserye.
asThe United states is altogether too
great and too powerful to be subservi-
ent to any one, and the mere fact Of
suggesting 1t seems to me to indicate
an uneasy suspicion on the part of
those from whom II emanates not only
of the validity of their position, but
of the power and greatness of their
own country, as to which 1, for one,
am troubled by no doubts.
"As have listened to some recent stir
ring declarations of our utter fearless
ness of our readiness to face world in
arms, in defense of toll exemption, about
which noble cause no country would think
Of fighting, there have been moments
when l have marveled as 1 thought of
the coolness and indifference with which
We have contemplated the murder of
more than $50 Americans not many miles
from our own border. The violated rights.
the unavenged, the almost unnoticed
deaths of those innocent people have
seemed to make heroics about canal tolls,
where there is no peril to any one, Pc
culiarIy out of place
I'VE obtaind by the passage of the toll
exemption clause no legal rights which
we did not already possess: We waive
none by its repeal. All We have we re-
tain, for the law is merely our own
statute for the regulation of the terms
upon which the canal shall be used. The
larger question which is raised by the
toll exemption, however, has a purely
international character, and that We
ought to decide, now and in the future,
not on considerations of pecuniary proht
or momentary political exigencies, but on
the broad grounds which 1 have indi-
Gated"
Discussing the political phase, Mr..
Lodge continued:
81 am not blind to the political tempta-
tions which the situation at this time pre-
sents. / am a strong party man. The
aIIurements of political advantage appeal
as strongly to me as they can to any man.
But when the relations Of my country
with other nations are involved l cannot
yield to them. My politics have always
stopped at the waters edge.
''In a great international question l felt
il 20 be my duty on one occasion to sus-
tain President Cleveland, but his policy
in regard to Venezuela in resistance to
British claims involved serious issues and
grave possibilities; IL was not mere pos
turing and defamation against another
country, importing no danger and adapt
ed only to raise the temperature around
our polling booths.
wouId Uphold President.
within our own borders Mr.. Wilson
is the leader and chief of the Demo-
cratic party. In the presence of foreign
nations he is to me simply the President
Of the United States. To thwart the