New-York tribune., 1918-10-11

me was that the President should ask
questions of the German Chancellor
after that great description Of Ger
mary"
Senator Lodge said he could not con-
ceive that the Chancellor represented
anything but the executive constitu-
tional authority under which he was
appointed, because he cannot represent
anything else.
Senator Lodge declared the right Of a
Senator to discuss anything looking
like negotiations for peace was un-
| Guoei eiNnable.
Peace negotiations, however pro-
posed" he said, "are entirely different
from the constitutional point of view
from the conduct of war. The Presi-
dent in conduct Of war is the COM
manner in chief, and it is my duty to
support him whether | agree entirely
with him or not. In the questi of
making peace, the President is not the
commander in chief The power to ne
gotiate is wholly his, but it cannot be
final without the advice and consent of
the Senate. The responsibility of the
Senate in dealing with any question of
peace, is as great as that of the Presi-
| dent"
Details Are Vital Points
| Discussing the Presidents inquiry as
TO the German Chhncellor's attitude
toward the fourteen articles which
Senator Lodge described as broad
principles and not TERMS" the Senator
continued:
THE details ere the vital points.
The President asked questions that in
vited discussion. The fact is that the
no =I.Vn nt,t'-
to questions of Interpretation rom one
end OF the country to the other. Was
1t crime for me to wish that he had
sent an answer that needed no explana-
tion or Interpretation? ?"
Referring to President Wilson's last
note to Austria, Senator Lodge pointed
out that he was the first to approve it
in the Senate, and that he preferred a
similar reply to Germany.
Il did not want a note that needed
explanation or defence" he said, add
ing that he favored one bearing the
message that sit is the voice of the
American, people denying an attempt
at peace"
Nothing in the Presidents note dis
cusscd the independence Of Poland.
recognition OF the Czecho-Slovaks or
the Jugo-Sloyaks, nor did it discuss the
future Of the Slavonic people in any
way, Senator Lodge asserted with en-
phasls, and he as ,ed IL a4v on up-
posed that Germany or Austria would
fellnquisn her hold on those peoples
ard territories without greater
struggle.
Senator Lodge read from the Presi
dents Baltimore force, force without
stunt speech, sayin th enti Ment
net with the approval of the country.
Nov, he said, the President asks if the
German Chancellor will accept the
fourteen principles laid down in the
New York speech.
"What the Chancellor will say do
not Know Senator Lodge continued.
"but it gives him chance to saw
many things. In one instNnce the the
president laid down the principle that
the wrong done France in 1870 should
be rlghted Tho detail is how it shall
be rlghted. France thinks it can be
rghted in only one way, and that is
with the return of the lost provinces
without condition or without any Ger
man arrangement for autonomy or for
buffer state.
Il hope will not say anything to
border on treason. but Frances view
on that IS my view"
Lodge Demands Reparation
Senator Lodge declared he wanted
something about reparation agreed TO
Detore there was talk of an armistice
Germany in falling back is now burn
ing countless villages and towns. he
sald, besides taking scores of rersons
INTO slavery, only to turn them back
after they have become disease in
fected, and for those things as VOL
as ttN American ships and lives tbat
nave been lost reparation should be
made.
Am | to be accused of treason.o he
asked earnestly, "because demand
that? 1t is not in the fourteen prjn-
ciples.' - AZ
Senator Lodge said he could not helm
Delng disturbed over the fact that the
strued. "'''ooi'-
THE best diplomats are the arro;ss
OF the Americans, the French and tho
british and the Italians" he continued
The best men leading those diplo-
mats are Generals Haig, Pershinr and
rocn. 10 these negotiators, | believe.
ought to be left the questions of neaco
1hey Will win it on German soil. Thev
Will bring back the kind of peace the
people want--unconditional surrender"
Inc result must justify the sacri
., mce, oeciared Senator Lodge, who added
'nat eGrmany must be placed where
she cannot break out as a lunatic again
and disturb the peace of the world.
He Agrees With Gompers
Referring to the statement m +be
Presidcnt's reply made in Rome bv
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, that
there must be. unconditional surresder
Senator Lodge sad
"All say Is what Mr.. Gompers SAWS
and they will be very slow to accuse
Mr.. Gompers of hostility to the Presi.
dent. + lieve Mr.. Gompers correctly
'nterprets the will and wish of thu
American people.
The Senator from Nevada under
took to give party complexion to the
matter II there is any party advan-
ttagee in it say to you that would
forfeit any advantage either to myself
or my party if the President would
only have written note like his Balti.