Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-06
LEWIS PREDICTS
PEACE EXACTIONS
Sees Panama Opened and
Monroe Doctrine Drop.
ped by League
PUBLIC MIND TO RULE
Applies Warning to Moses to
Wilson's Mission at
Versailles

Washington. Dec. 6.
Public opinion and not military force
| should and will be the chief factor in
enforcing DEGREES of a league of ma
tions, Senator Lewis. of Illinois, Demo-
crat, declared today in an address in the
/ Senate. 1t was public opinion. he said,
that brought about the defeat of Ger
many and 1t is to public opinion hat
the world must look in the future to
preserve peace.
Senator Lewis said thai. because of
the demands that may be made by some
ma ions against others, the successful
operation of the league may furnish
greater cause for apprehension than its
failure TO function. Illustrating he said {:
In Asia Japan taking China in her
guardianship will solicit Bri ain and
France to demand of us as a faithful
ally the abolition of the exclusion of
the Asiatic from our citizenship And IL
these European Allies decline they be-
come the victims of Japan's natural dis
/ elimination in trade. If they consent
and successfully prevail upon us
promptly viii they exac of Japan and
! her associates to command us to take
down the barriers of obstruction TO
, Europe in South and Central America
CdlItu llt NOnIOe uOCtTl0P, FROM all
these our tomorrows are filed with
perils and our todays with a warning,
Must Free High Seas
I'VE must insist now on unrestricted
freedom of the seas. I define this, for
the United States, to be an open sea
free ports, free harbors, to US in the
= same extent that any nation extends TO
it's own people. and as extended by the
| United States to other nations | feel
that. as to u.s. free Suez Canal as to
| Britain, and free Mediterranean as to
France, Is due in exchange for our max
ing our Panama Canal and Manila Bay
free to these nations. From these de-
mands we will run counter to a self
serving interest long preserved by these
people as their policy of commercial
preservation. For us to demand The
abandonment of these means confusion
and embarrassment, from which can fol-
low what has followed from similar
situations in past years-conflict.
Il may not live TO see the develop.
ment of this anticipated danger and II
! may never arise. On the other hand
! there are those In my country who fee
that If these dangers which | apprehend
should arise, that the concedng Of the
demands. which may be sought to avoid
these dangers, would be small in their
loss compared to the great gains which
through all the time preceding, we
would enjoy from the policy inaugurated
and established by this league"
Warning From Scripture
. Referring to President Wilson'S mis-
J sion abroad, Senator Lewis quoted 4
biblical passage in which Moses wa:
warned against making "a covenant
I with the inhabitants of thelland whittier
/ thou goest, lest 1t be for a, snare in tn,
midst of thee"
II put before the country this warn
! ing" said Senator Lewis, that, in the
past, the great wars of the world have
been conducted between those who pre-
execution Of compacts Of peace. so-called
| of those who wera called the Allies.
| II will not be blind to this prospect
! even as between ourselves and those W.
now call the Allies. 1t is because o.
/ this that l speak to provide
method, in the hope that when thest
things do arise, the consequences ma!
be lninmized to a point where war ma,
/ be avoided"
Senator Lewis predicted that the frs
: question to be discussed by the peac,
! commissioners will be the basis for
| league of nations and added that wher
President Wilson returns he believes
some result will be laid before the Sen
ate for its consideration.
Senator Lewis was seldom Interrupted
HIS audience comprised a score of Dem
ocratic Senators and a dozen Republi
cans.