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

The speech upon question delivered the Senate by
Lodge Of Massachusetts, is several the most
noteworthy contribution yet made to the discussion OF this notify
debated legislation.
Lodge the ranking minority member OF the
Senate Committee Foreign Affairs At the time of the passage
tolls exemption law he chairman of that committee
He was member committee when the Hay Paunceote
treaty reported by thirteen years ago No the Sen
ate Root has equal knowledge of the diplomatic
discussions that attended the negotiation of that treaty and have
conferred about since its ratification anyone In the Senate
may speak with authority the subject it Senator Lodge
Then why the reader well may ask not his determination
support the President conclusive and to be supported by all
right thinking citizens?
To that question adequately only necessary for
The Georgian print large part of Senator Lodge speech in
of hastily Offering the Senator'S conclusions did other
papers The process by which the Senator reached his deter
mnation is quite important the conclusion itself
To begin with the Senator holds that the outcry about
honor abiding the of the treaty not attempting
seize privileges do not possess utterly without ustfca
ton He goes further than the advocates of tolls exemp
tons for coaswise vessels when he says:
ga. 5 'a' What
my view that the legal rght to
.pt or REUSE 0ssa tolls from
T4NK HOWEVER As HAyg Just Sap T46T we
LEcT TOLLS FROM AL VESSELS OF TiE UNITED STATES"
Senator Lodge points 1901 reporting the
Hay treaty Senate he declared that under
The United States was at bHrty to exempt its on n yss
oam s a5 py boS made his r9h sp because
thought ! needless"
The Bard amendment it may be explained passing
offered to declare explicitly this right which Senator Lodge
thought then, and thinks now unquestionable
He did not his speech last Thursday reiterate in terms
what he said in the Senate July IT, 1912 namely:
Mr. President the FOREIGN Relations Committee which
provisions II we are to admit that f0re'9n Government car
S may be carried before The Hague Court for decision and no Inn
the Governments may US"
he did declare surdy that the opinion he expressed in
reporting the treaty for ratification and later debates he has
changed. He holds that
in % ' 1so s ct tt: 4 a.s ' s a' s as a
cords TO the Untsd States tights oodsnt to bados the canal
United States 9 wat h" o iog1 on f 5s'@ Contrib
for eqoajty Of terms al users
question as to whether guaranty equal terms
to all nations includes the United States the Senator says
seer. o al a ''9 ~" @" out
the st win Panama 'I 6oss CONTRACT S 6 ana t5 s d by
grants tn. use s@a al SsoS terms upon winch
Having this point his speech thousands
of words to the complete and authoritative demolition of the
Presidents legal and diplomatic argument the Senator turned
to explain briefly why he proposed support the President de
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
Senator refers to the isolation of the United States
to the protests Of all nations to the opinion of civilized
KIND as though there were general universal protest of 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 of soa-
on in this international situation she enjoys An effort
made to make appear that South America joined the pro
test but this speedily dsproved The uerances of the
German press show that surrender Great Britain would
be by means enjoyed by that country,
Again the divided sentiment the States distresses
Senator Lodge But sentiment in this country split its people
into patriots and Tories 776 and questions involving the
effort Of Great Britain regain the supremacy she then lost that
line of cleavage will always appear 1t quite apparent now
when United States Ambassador speak publicly peo
pie English led and English ruled without rebue from the
Administration
Summing up then Mr. Lodge purposes support Pres
den repeating the exemption law signed by President Taft
because he doubts right exempt ooastwse or other