The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-02-07
VOICE
Or OPPOSITION
SENATOR WORMS OPPOSED To
ACTION or PRESIDENT In
GERMAN RREAk.
SPEAKS N THE SENATE


AASft4-NGiS94Ns CD. \ @-T~1 r easkeM-
Ing a severe criticism by Senator
Works. republican. ef President VIII
sons action hi severing diplomatic
relations With Germany, Senator
stone. democratic leadar. today CALI
ID Up his resolution asking the sem
ate 10 endorse the break.
Befora speaking en- nls resolution
! senator ssone read abie from
I.endon. published ID 4 aesai Ia = pa
PER, telling Of demonstration lii
| that city BY American subjects, on
iisaring OF the break
Americans are net subjects, :
declared stone They are citizens
aad prefer to lie referred To as sneaa 4
Stone expressed the hope that the
American people woala not Ne swept
loft their feet ny the prepa santsa put
forth to carry Us iafo war
We should Look we'll to err Own
course and ID our ova way, said
stone Foreigners should attend to
their own business 2
He added that the present resolu-
tion snoalG aa endorsed 50 that We
may she's the world we are sup
porting tbs president 4
Hitting III those who hold that the
| president should bare consulted the
senate before seseFiag relations with
Germany. Store sid;
The president acted wholly With
lin his oWn rights.
/ Senator Lodge. who has persist
emily opposed RE praaisae-s % hts
| esfogts u establish i world peace
tribunal. foilo eli stone.
Ia sessring relations With Ger
many said Lodge tie resissaa,
Ida what Was demanded TOR the hon-
or. safety ana future security Ct the
United states Nhen ms eoansry Is
assaiiaa party lines. As far SIS an
eoaeefnaa. should be removed
Lodge uplela The president in re-
fa4iag to place an embargo on arms
and ammunition. Pledging supper
| - the presiaaat. Lodge said
| Let rs sAow the people al The
/ 1lnlted STATS and the world that Na
are vlfhaat division. To shos divla-
! ION slabvs aeakneas Personal feel
ing anl political belief should al be
] laid aside. Let the wofld know that
the president has the people 81 the
United states and the country OF tbs
United states back o. him
Senator susffh followed Lodge
whether there have been any
mistakes b. the president or not. 2
said smith. Sit would be s national
humiliation to repudiate him. ] 30
not baliege that Germany intended
an aifront to us We Must Be care
fnI il We are 70 play no faEoritez il
this crisis
Declaring that the United states
has not been neutrai ana that Great
Britain has Eeresateatly violated the
fights Of the United States or
The seas: taas the United States
had borne these violations as IL she
had been aa ally Of Great Britain
end that Germany lad nc reason Ter
feeiing friendly toward fha t8ited
states. senator Works, republican,
oday voiced the sifat opposition 10
President Wilson'S action IN sever
iag diplomatic relations With Ger
many
Admitting that Germany had Yio-
lated the rights Of American eiti-
zeAa on she $685. nuder information
III Law. Works said:
4 protest AGAINST this OF any
other move teading tosard war
with Germany Cor no greater reason
tliaa has as set hsea given"
The address BY Works came as q
belt Qua o9 clear skY The senate
had been expected 20 adopt 2ith-
ugt protest senator stones resoiu
ton endorsing the pEesidan az
tsnn n breaking 8itb Germany. tie
publican leadsfs had lolned the
moegatie members Of tbe senate