The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-04

the idea of Secretary Lansing ih. 81
preting the Wilson note IN TWO uil
ferent ways within six hours--repIe'
senting. he said. "a rather longer IN
terval than usual between the cnanses
of mind of the administrator.
Roosevelt held circular note was
correct In application to the wilson
neane message-.the adjective cir
mar can .o, accepted with, both It's
exnlicit and implified significance,
he declared
He sayagely assailed the statement
that both sides were fighting for the
4 same thing as ''palpably false.
"wickedly false" mot only false
! hood but wicked and callous raise
hood" and cited again Germanys
Belgian expressions.
But perhaps the most preposter
Gus absurdity,' he continued. rs the
| statement that the United States IS
ready and eager to guarantee the
peace of the world. The spectacle o.
the president trying by. the alo oi
! Messrs. Daniels and Baker to guar
antee the peace of any single natloh
under the sun against single power
| full and resolute foe is as comic as
ANYTHING that was ever written by
Artemus Ward.
III
| Use he made in The Hague convention
and let him bend all his energies to
secure the ideals of universal obi
gatory military training Tor
our young men, before, in the interest
Of the nation that has wronged Bel
GUM and murdered our citizens
he makes promises which he
could not fulfill and eliminates
threats which when his own secre-
tary OF state takes them seriously. so
frightens Wall street that the same
secretary is forced Immediately to
announce that his Interpretation was
mistaken. ." y
Lodge GO Speak Again.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Senator
Lodge announced today he expects to
make another speech this afternoon
against the Hitchcock resolution en-
dorsing the Presidents note to bel
ligerents.
In an interview granted the Unned
Press, Lodge declared he believed The
first Lansing Interpretation OF the
note WAS sincere The secretary CT
state called It war note.
Lodge reit Grated his declaration
that as matter of fact mo one
!
1--WE are asked to endorse Presi-
dent Wilson's note as a peace cote.'
Lodge said But who Krows Just
what It was? 1 don't.
But I do believe Secretary Ian
sings first Interpretation OF 1t was
sincere when he called it war note,
or rather whel he said it was sent
because this nation had been growing
nearer to the verge of war.
II would like to repeat: We ought
to know just what we are endorsing
before we make any move"
H.tchcoek's Resolutions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Here are
the two resolutions introduced ny
Senator Hitchcock, asking the senate
! to endorse the presidents notes to
belligerent countries, and to which
veteran Senator Lodge objects on the
! ground that "the senate at least should
first know exactly what those notes
really mean
The first was referred to the for.
eign relations committee. The second
came up this morning. as regular bus
mess as soon as the senate convened
! H;tchcock's first resolution:
Resolved. that the senate strongly
,indorses and approves the action tax
en- by the president in sending diplo'
matte notes, under date OF December
rs, to the nations now engaged IN war
suggesting and recommending the
first steps In possible negotiations to
arrange the terms OF peace.
Resolved, that It is the sense OF
the senate that this action of the pres
Iident represents the Overwhelming
public sentiment and e.rces: desires
LOT the people Of the United States.
Hitchcock's resolution now before
the senate:>
Resolved, that the senate approves
land strongly endorses the action TAX
en- by the president in sending the dip
Iomatic notes Of December 18th to
1.-THE nations now engaged in war sug
lgestins and recomme ending that those
nations state the terms upon which
peace might be discussed"
i Gallinger resolution sub -litted as q
substitute for the second HitchcocR
resolution follows:
Resolved, that the senate OF the
United States, in the interests OF hui
; mainly and civilization, expresses the
sincere hope that peace between the
warning nations Of Europe may be
contaminated at an eSly day
Works all Primed.
WASHINGTON, Jan 4.-Senator
/. Works, OF California, primed for
long valedictory address, announced
shortly before the senate met at noon
that he hoped to speak at the con
clusion OF routine business, which
would automatically shut off discus
sion on the Hitchcock resolution FOR
today at . o'clock. II he can get the
; floor then.