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 the question delivered the Senate by
Senator Lodge several the most
noteworthy contribution yet made to the discussion of this holly
debated legislation
Senator Lodge ranking minority member Of the
Senate Committee Foreign At the time of the passage
the tolls exemption law he chairman Of that committee
member of that committee when the Hay Paunceote
treaty reported by thirteen years No in the Sen
ate be Root has equal knowledge Of the diplomatic
attended the negotiation of that treaty and have
conferred about ratification anyone in the Senate
may speak with authority the subject it is Senator Lodge
Then why, well may ask not his determination
support the President conclusive and to be supported by al
rght-thnking citizens?
To answer that question adequately only for
The Georgian print large part Senator Lodge speech in
stead hastily offering the Senator'S conclusions did other
papers process by which the Senator reached his deter
mination is quite as important the conclusion itself
To begin with the Senator holds that the oucry about
national honor abiding of the treaty not attempting
seize privileges do not utterly without usthca
goes further than the advocates of mere tolls exemp
lions for coastwise vessels when he says:
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s's my view if we admit have
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IecT tolls From At Vessels OF The United STATES
Senator Lodge points 1901 in reporting the
ond Hay treaty the Senate he declared that under
18th. United States @ at 6i{ to sTP t n yf' voted
ant gard f' so syS1' f made this right
thought t needle
The Bard amendment it may be explained passing
declare explicitly this right which Senator Lodge
thought then and thinks now, unquestionabe
did his speech of last Thursday reiterate in terms
what he said in the Senate July II, 1912, namely
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e o9 80 ". shall make With gu" own shipping
S5 may be carried bsFo1o The Hague and
did declare sturdy that the opinion he expressed
reporting the treaty for ratification and in later debates he has
never changed He holds that
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.ov9n S Tsmans 1 tRo RspabH psom nd the treaty
cords to the United States all rights incident to building the .sna M
United States did SO with the PURPOSE Of excluding all o9 e0nso
zstIon equality terms to canal"
the question whether the guaranty of equal terms
to all nations includes the United States the Senator
seer. : that s s so ~. a & SS. out
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the with Panama becomes contract with al the world BY
grants tn. use Of the canal to OTHER nston
Having this point in his speech devoted thousands
of words to the complete and authoritative demolition of the
Presidents legal and diplomatic argument the Senator turned
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 to the isolation Of the United States
protests of all nations the opinion of civilized
though there 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
this international situation she enjoys An effort
make appear that South America joined in the
this speedily dsproved The utteances of the
German show that our surrender to Great Britain would
be by mesns enjoyed by that country.
Again the divided sentiment the United States dresses
Senator Lodge But sentiment this country split its people
into patriots and Tories in 776 and questions involving the
of Britain regain the supremacy she then lost that
line of cleavage will always appear 1t quite apparent
United States Ambassador speak publicly of this
pie English led and English ruled without rebue from the
Administration.
Summing up then Mr. Lodge purposes support the Pres
idnt repeating the exemption law signed by President Taft