The evening herald., 1918-03-26
j. s. DENOUNCED BY
LODGE FOR DELAY IN
AIDING OUR ALLIES
Thomas of Colorado Also Makes
an Impassioned Plea for Speed.
ing Up Production Situation AT
This Time Is Grave.
~ AssvciArre Pprss

W dNllluEthu, MhI'u NIll'N 10y
! The menace pf the great German Of
! fcnsivo the senate spent tntuya dc-
I bate almost entirely ON subjects CON.
/ ucctcd with the war and heard S,u-
ator Lodge nf Massachusetts deliver
/ u dcnuHciatiou uf IN" delays winch
have prevented greater forces from
I the United States being placed hnFid"
| those of the allies in the criticl' h"pr.
An impassioned plea Tor speeding
up production especially ut coal WIS
made by senator Thomas Of 'olo-
RADIO. who declared tltc German furrc4
/ are Numbering at the gates ut Paris
ana that the country should hr
aroused Ito the peril that ,onfrnu
us"
The situation at this TIM" said
I hc. liz rraycr perhaps than at any
/ time iu our SistoIN We need .Nc~y
resource to toll thom Nc are .om-
/ ing five million strong, with our treas
I urc. our coal our ships and our t,ud."
| Senator Thomas attacked the tu"i
/ administration orders rcduclu.' uricc
| for coal. which hc said. viii cut down
production and result m disaster
Compulsory Training.
I Compulsory military training was
| advocated by Senator Lodge urging
| adoption OF the amendment to the
| draft law introduced by senator Ncw
providing for the training of boys be-
1 tween the ages of Is and years
/ senator Lodge characterized the
I situation now confronting this couu-
( try as terrible" and urged that tho
! American people Doe told the truth
The fate of this war Is trembling
! lu the balance senator Lodge de-
/ clsrcd "Our gallant allies are hold
! INK back the Germans with sacrifices
and courage that goes past culogy.
I'm this dark hour IT rs crime Co
! keep from the proplr M" fact that
| Germany herself knows.
! II has bcen known for weeks. Son.
utor Lodge declared. that We have
/ mo- fighting planes iu France
3 we haven't fighting plano
! there" ho continued. "our front D.
/ undcfcudod boa the ain French and
! British have use for every plane they
! can bring up and our men are not
! defended we've mo- gums in France
/ except q few old coast guns. That's
! the hard fact
"SiN months were wasted while ""
! were ryinF 90 improve tho French
I 80 mlllimetrc gun, the best iu the
| world Aud now wc have no guns
and have gone back to the French
! plan six golden months wastcc.
we have turned out only two
: American ships although the coun-
! Try has been lcsl 10 believe there were
! thirty six ships some of these wrra
ships obtained from foreign cuuntrive
! aud completed 10y the shipping board.
; which has been IN existence since
! September 1916.
ict the People Know.
] 1T is to the last degree painful
, To- say these things" Senator Lodge
/ continued. but II Is the truth Let
/ the American people know the truth.
| whether good or bad. Then We will
/ have grim determination, setting ut
teeth Ten them the truth whcro
F, We are today. The world looked To
us - year ago L. come To the rescue
OF the situation lf the situation is
to be saved 1t will only he hy the re-
sources ana many power OF the United
States
what have We shown \ wasted
year We may bee fighting before
very long for our very existence AZ
uu independent nation.
a have held my peace e. lung
| time" senator Lodge added. Hut
the day is gone hN to hold my peace
The situation Is we'll known 20 every
senator and to the members of the
! militnr, committee who have done
much good work curing the past
winter. llut one can no longer stand
. hN In silence
g. as an individual. as am Amer
| lean ,iti2cn" concluded senator
Ludrc want the American people
Co know what the situation is-so
, that they may rise up to meet A."
senator Hitchcock uf Nebraska.
said airplHur manufacturers were
oyrr-uptimistic at first aud a- % re-.
suit plans were made for the manu-
| fucturc of more than they were able
tu produce A. a result he said. the
estimates of the number of HirPlaues
! tu bc produced has gradually hce'
reduced so that the number that WI
have been produced 10y july rs
only about one tenth ~ the number
originally Planned
Senator Hitchcock sa!d hr die not
feel a. liberty 90 reveal the number
now produced hut declared IL ridicu-
lousy small"
The liberty motor he added. might
only be used in bombing planes but
he declared II was not fair to say
that America has abandoned m" pro
ductiun of combat planes France.
he said has reached a limit and com
not deliver any combat planes tu IN"
American army.
senator poinHeNtrr 20 Washington
declared he knew the aircraft prudu,-
ton board had abandoned plans fur
fighting planes
Il agree that this is not the time
| IN discourage the American people. DO