Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-15
Lodge Arms the Presidents
Foes While Smoothly Prof.
fering His Own Support

III AARC ~ w H
speech upon the tolls question delivered the Senate by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts is for several reasons the most
noteworthy contribution yet discussion of this hoy
debated legislation.
Senator Lodge is ranking minority member Of the
Committee Foreign Affairs At the time of the passage
exemption law he chairman of that committee
He was member when the Hay Pauncefote
treaty reported by thirteen years No in the Sen
unless it be Mr. Root has equal knowledge of the diplomatic
that attended the negotiation of that treaty and have
its ratification anyone in the Senate
may speak with authority the subject it is Senator Lodge
Then why the reader we'll may ask not his determination
support the President conclusive and to be supported by all
right thinking citizens?
To answer that question adequately only necessary
The Georgian print large part of Senator Lodge speech in
stead of hastily Offering the Senator'S conclusions as did other
papers process by which the Senator reached his deter
mination quite as important as the conclusion itself
To begin with the Senator holds that the outcy about
national honor abiding of the treaty not attempting
seize privileges do not possess utterly without usca
ton goes further than the advocates of tolls exemp
tons for coastwise vessels when he says:
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my view have the
.pt or eosea tolls from ".s.s o
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IEcT 4oILs FROM At VESSELS OF TIE UNITED STATES
Lodge points that in 1901 in reporting the
ond Hay Pnceo treaty the Senate he declared that under
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thought t needless
The Bard amendment it may be explained in passing,
offered declare explicitly this right which Senator Lodge
thought then, and thinks now, unquestionable
did speech of last Thursday reiterae terms
what he said in the Senate July II, 1912 namely;
IS den the Fqo Relations attic t TI.
pSovsous we are to admit that toSssn
me there absolutely nc limit the domestic questions
1S' the o 'f S'tS5s may Ss
did declare sturdy that the opinion he expressed in
reporting the treaty for ratification and in later debates he has
changed. He holds that
clear therefore, has rigbuy
s.oordaH with the terms Of the treaty built the canal through
sovereignty t the Republic Of Panama the treaty
also Sa. that Sndakos the Gq o" these tor%s the
andf tho equality Of users Of
On the question whether the guaranty of equal terms
all nations includes the United States the Senator says
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p..ns.. sons ' 3 re ss sss s: sf
the With Panama becomes contract with all the world BY
It grant. tn. use Of the canal to ali OTTER
Having this point his speech devoted thousands
of words the complete and authoritative demolition of the
Presidents legal and diplomatic argument the Senator turned
explain briefly why he proposed support the Presidents de
mand for the repeal of the exemption law And here for the
first time he fails to marshal his facts fully interpret them
precisely
The Senator refers to the isolation of the United States
to the protests OF all nations to the opinion OF civilized man
kind as though there general universal protest of all
nations against the proposed remittance of tolls to American
Coastwise vessels
AS MATTER OF FACT, NOT ONE NATION HAS PRO
TESTED SAVE GREAT BRITAIN. Whatever there of soa-
ton this international situation she enjoys An effort
made to make appear that South America joined the pro
this speedily disproved The of
press show that Great Britain would
be by enjoyed by that country
Again the divided sentiment the United States disesses
Lodge But this country split people
patriots and Tories in 176 and questions involving the
effort of Great Britain the supremacy she then lost that
&ne Of cleavage will always appear is quite apparent now
when 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
den repeating the exemption law signed by President Taft
because he doubts right other
tolls because Of objection the
involved because national honor stake merely
he thinks prudent surrender national right the