Evening journal., 1918-12-04
SENATE DISCUSSES
THE PEACE Terms
Senators Think Freling-
huysen's Criticism Came
Too Late
BORAH WANTS TREATY
DISCUSSED OPENLY
BY the United Press.

b1 tue lnlteu Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. d.--Discussion Of
President Wilson's fourteen peace terms
broke out today In the Senate. when
senator Frellnghuysen, New Jersey, in
troduced a resolution calling on the
President 10 interpret the fourteen
! terms Frelinghuysen declared it Is i'm
/ possible 20 say that the fourteen terms
! represent the views Of the American
/ people. because no Interpretation has
been made defining what they mean.
! Senator Walsh, Montana. criticized
Frelinghuysen for raising such an issue
nearly a year after the President out
lined the terms. During that year.
Walsh said. mo criticism OF or dis
been expressed.
This gave the world reason to accept
/ the Presidents views as 20 the voice OF
the American people"
Walsh said Frellnghuysen's resolu-
/ tion and his criticism Of the President
would prove embarrassing 10 the Pre-
sidsnt on his peace mission abroad.
senator PolndeXter. Washington, re-
plying to Walsh. asserted that the
american people resented the Presi-
dents constant discussion Of peace and
peace terms before the nation was fair
ly modified for war.
In the midst OF the peace discussion,
Senator BOrah, Idaho. offered resolu-
ton providing that as soon as q treaty
Of peace shall be received by the senate
it shall at once be made public and
shall be considered In open sessions.
The resolution recited President VIII
sons first peace terms. those calling FOR
abolition OF secret diplomacy.
Regarding Frelingbuysen's demand FOR
an Interpretation Of the peace terms
Senator Johnson. California, said:
mo man is stopped from questioning
opposing or controverting the terms
laid down by the President. We don't
know the Presidents Interpretation and
the American people don't know. Some
OF his terms are nebul0us. some indie
scrlbable, some not understood. The
President departed for a foreign shore
leaving the American people neither
understanding his peace terms nor
knowing what he went for. lie has
gone, he said, TO interpret his terms 70
somebody else. What we ask Is that
he first interpret them TO the American
people and Congress-
Senator Frelinghuysen replied further !
10 Walsh's statement that there are
those who had kept silent on the peace |
terms for nearly a year had no right
now TO criticlse.
"When the peace terms were an
nounced we were at war said Freling-
huysen "and OF course that was not
the time to crlticlse the terms. Does
the Senator from Montana contend that
the American people are irrevocably
bound to the "a terms?
Il do not" said Walsh. "but / do
contend that a Senator who has kept
silent for nearly a year is now stopped
from criticism"
Frelinghuysen then began discussion
Of the League OF Nations. lie asked
whether IL means the United states
shall pledge itself TO fight 20 preserve
the integrity or other nations and 10 /
insure the invi0lability Of their bound I
aries. He declared If this Is the cor I
rect Interpretation, formation OF the /
league will mean dragging this nation
into countless European squabbles with
which it has no concern.
Exclusion OF Germany from tie pro-
posed League OF Nations was demanded
by Senator Kellogg. Republican. "un-
less Germany changes her attitude and
changes the aspirations as 10 policies
which have guided her"
Kellogg supported President Wilson's
plan for a league with certain modin-
cations. lie declared that until Ger
many shows a change Of heart the
league Will be one 10 "see that Ger
many is rendered powerless TO renew
The contest"
II you mean by league OF nations
that there shall be established as world
per-government with legislatures and
judicial tribunals lunder which the
signatory powers will be, to some ex-
ent. vassal states) with power TO leg
slate or interfere with our internal
Affairs our foreign trade, our tariff du-
lies, our regulations OF commerce, the I
development and disposition OF the ,
great natural resources Of this coun- /
ry, / say emphatically I am not in I
'avOr, and ] know Of no one except
possibly some extreme impractical
ireamer who would favor such a I
scheme" said Kellogg I
II think it is the general opinion that
here should be a league which shall {
provide not only for mediation but {
hall make Il the duty Of the powers {