The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-18
Ranking Minority Member of
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Opposes Recog-
milton of Armed Ship Plan.
WOULD MAKE AMERICA
ALLY OF UNDER.DOG
Any Nation Swept From the
Seas Likely to Benefit by
Accession of United States
to Submarine Program.

NaHhWgtuu. Feb Is senator
Lods, autug mIuorii, mombor of
the iur,irn relations ,ummi,tcc. mad.
q speech FOO the senate toda, deClar-
| irg thlt abandonment bN the United
| state. OF the principle that To- ports
WEI" up,u Geo and t- citizens tr"c 10
| travel upuu mere hantm'n ~ hcllig"f
| crt nations armed sui"l, tot dctcusit.
purpus's Wuuld bt an uunrutrni act
ANA step toward waf lie said u
would make the United states the ally
| uf IA, noliigotcut whose merchant
/ marine had been swept ifom th'
| seas Tn" employ mcn' of suumtrincH
"i other m"thIds of warfare does not
change the rights ot nsutruis. said the
senator The nitcd Statc- has taken
u position from which it cannot re
! 'ed' he de, Jared u would be hu-
| initiation. hc declared, for this nation
now Geo alter It's position aud would
I "iusur danger of Va ifoW which
oven thc huidcst ana most ur scrupu-
ious would shriuk
senator sterling cot South Dakota
spuk" uu his resolution tu declare the
senate concern Ht the recent German
naval order To- sink AL armed allied
| motChIuI ships. lie said the issue
! brought the United Stdtcs To- IT,
! 'gitVcst international crisis
Instead uf Welding tu ne claims
| pt th" German admiralty h" said.
Their vets mention should m'et with
4 .ifuIuus protests instead of denying
tins uld iIsht of th. seas W. should
now. ui 900 times We Nith TINE or any
other nation iu seeking tu uphold
them 3. B.. possible som" dd ger Will
bc incurred bot | do not much fear
danger. VIII bee increased beyond
whBt th.t are at present liut do
know chat l,I horror occur Ip winch
| AmciIr Iran ives a." involved ana this
administration aud ,hc wo'ld viii
Know thr there ~ q real America.
not suuIu,. tpatl lvti, aud hcsitdting,
bat strong militant u ucod De. ana
ready tu respond To those noblc IN -
pulses ol uh,rS and huinanity winch
have u"cu our hctitasc ffom the be
lginning
"Fur peace commissioner. Tor IN
ltoruatluual iurists. there viii %" a
new problem, and that Wiil h" q" limr
the destructive nHerntions of the sub
marine war craft. aud To prohibit for
ever the dc~turUun Of commerce ana
. passenger carving vessels hS means
and at risks that shock hun,9u.ty ana
shame our civilization
Discussing th. right ~ Great Brit
ain tn aiW h'r more haut tlrr' for II"
fens" purposes. senator sterling saih
"or tlI the peoples .u th" wide
world Do 800 becomes us t' dcuN tr"hi
Britain mat riRht nov or to sN"nd un"
huuT 300 diplomatic haggIing tu ~, if"
her remuneration 81 &c.
| Al IA. conclusion pl the addresses
ly Senators Lodge and sterling, sem
lutpr Thomas read into IN. re- ora this
muruing ucN- dispatc hes "a ing the
United states iu is submarine cuntru'
NpivN with Germany would accept
nothing short nt ton ana complete
agreement and that the state dcpart
m,ut REGARDED Gelmsny d,, laration
oi intention to sink an armed met
chant hips a. inconsistent with pre-
Nrus ~ urauccs.
chairman stone of the toi.ign r'la-
tons committee announced that h'
wuuld address the senate s'Ioc time
u.Nt w,rk oU the relations 90 The
United states 10 fpfcisn r.uigcrcnt7
and also tp make ~uI.. eel. ,gisiu ~
folmrf senator Roots recent address
affecting the for"ign policy uI th'
present administration.
senate. t;orns'u reiterated hts ne
li'I that the drtcet.ycncss 80 tn" avi'
alton s,r,i.. ,ould pe established bee
) youd doubt and added
90 b,lIc,c o. can easily Doe demon
sirat.d that There b. mo- sinCere cfforl
upon the part uf Colonel Neher :"
improve tur service. that aviation it
the United -fHt,s army is rontcmptl'
hly ineffective ana lis true condition
d.lp,rsIrII withheld from those higl
m auIuuru n the war department
and 'ntt misrepresentation es 10 th'
progtrs~ being mad, pN the dNiatof'
Iur, doIprruttip and repeat .diy made
} fD trr department an Of ,'ese rir
,Iu.tlu.,f. u NV Judgment. mak'
Imperative a vu. sressional ilNcstiga
uou 30 the committee l,e,des o.
b. m.Ao the investigation / viii take th'
liberty uI furnishing the c,.uen"r g.
a establish further ,he staten, nts nov
made.
After senator Hobinson had sub
10 mijt,d ms evidence several sendtoIl
q dc, ar,d that the resolution should h'
e. | nd NANNY MAS tu.aa ,