Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-14
Lodge Arms the Presidents
Foes While Smoothly Prof
fering His Own Support


debated legislation
Senator Lodge is now ranking minority member of the
Senate Foreign Affairs At the time of the passage
of exemption law he chairman of that committee
He was member committee when the Hay Paunceote
treaty was reported by thirteen years ago No the Sen
unless it be Mr. Root has equal knowledge of the diplomatic
discussions attended the negotiation of that treaty and have
conferred its ratification anyone in the Senate
may speak with authority the subject it Senator Lodge
Then why the reader well may ask is not his determination
to support the President conclusive and be supported by all
right thinking citizens?
To that question adequately only necessary for
The Georgian print large part of Senator Lodge speech IN
hastily Offering the Senator's conclusions did other
papers The process by which the Senator reached his deter
mnation quite important as the conclusion itself
To begin with the Senator holds that the cutlery about
national abiding by the of the treaty not attempting
privileges do not possess utterly without ustca
ton He goes than the advocates Of tolls
lions for coastwise vessels when he says:
O., , Of o9%4" a 9s own Soa @ a matter d sy o
ny admit that have not the legal light to exempt
" o tolls .fas' Ss o @ of s y u" MT States t en-
S'S'i THiNk HOWEVER. As HAVE JUST SAD: T4AT we
zo 6GLs R6M 81 vesSGIs o. Ee GNso
Senator Lodge points that 1901 reporting the
ond treaty Senate he declared that under
The United States vas liberty to exempt is own y'Ses s
against sn9dn'snt explicit because
The Bard amendment may be explained in passing
declare explicitly this right which Senator Lodge
thought then and thinks unquestonable,
He did speech Thursday reterate in terms
what he said in the Senate July IT, 1912, namely
President the FOREIGN Relations Go"Tes h'95
provisions If we are TO aan,t that E 9" o on sbnna
me there absolutely nc limit the domestic questions
to the power foreign governments may exercise
But he did declare urdy that the opinion he expressed in
reporting treaty for ratification and in later debates he has
changed He holds that
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the question whether the guaranty of equal terms
all nations includes the United States the Senator
seem ne. that sT tS .d ' ;3 S 9oo but n 8ass ny
inea5e the United States H.. - 49,, 49,, 18th, . ~, L.,
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aTauts the use Of the canal to ali OTTER nations
Having this point his speech devoted thousands
Of the complete and authoritative demolition of the
Presidents legal and diplomatic argument the Senator turned
to explain briefly why ne proposed support the President dc
mand for the repeal of the exemption law And here for the
first time he fails to marshal his facts fully to interpret them
precisely
The Senator refers the isolation United States
to the protests of all nations to the opinion of civilized
though there general universal protest all
nations against the proposed remittance Of tolls to American
coastwise vessels.
AS A MATTER OF FACT NOT ONE NATION HAS PRO.
TESTED SAVE GREAT BRITAIN Whatever there is of isoa
in this international situation she enjoys An effort
made make appear that South America joined the
but this speedily disproved The utterances of the
press show that surrender to Great Britain would
be by no means enjoyed by that country
Again the divided sentiment in the United States distres
Senator Lodge But this country split its people
patriots and Tories 1776 and questions involving the
of Great Britain regain the supremacy she then lost that
line OF cleavage wa" always appear 1t IS quite apparent now
United States Ambassador speak publicly this peo
pie English led and English ruled without rebuke from the
Administration.
Summing up then Mr. Lodge purposes support the Pres
ident repeating the exemption law signed by President Taft
ne doubts right exempt other
from tolls not because Of objection the
involved because national honor stake but merely
he thinks prudent surrender national right the
hope of winning European favor though be chilly
Having announced this determination cool and
thusia words the Massachusetts Senator his highest
fights Of eloquence denouncng the Wilson policy Mexico
Call you that backing Of your friends? II he gets few
such proe Of support accompanied with such effective