Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-21
SEN. LODGE DICTATES
TERMS FOR HIS IDEA
OF BINDING TREATY
America Must Play Fah Part
In Restoration Of Russia
Says Republican.

Washington, Dec. 3l.-Calhag Presi-
dent Wilson s league of nations idea
captivating and attractive" Sena-
tor Lodge, republican floor leader, to-
day seriously questioned its praetiea-
bility as. working plan to. keep the
peace of the worla, An attempt TO
form an effective league now, Lodge
said, can only tend TO "emharrass the
peace that we ought 10 make at once
with Germany"
4" Intelligent discussion becomes diff
ficult when the league of nations drape
themselves il ira ling clouds of glory
and omit to tell us conditions to which
they propose to bind the nations"
Lodge said.
He followed with a series of ques-
tions as to who would be members of
the league, whether Germany is to be
included and whether small nations are
to have a vote equal TO the large ones.
UrgeS Postponement
Lodge urged postponemeEt of dis
NuoSsVh VI bhNtO lANC VI bht PAtolQCut .
fo@rtccn peare terms until satisfac-
tory and binding peace treaty has been
signed:
League OF nations.
Freedom of the seas.
Secret diplomacy.
Economi, barriers.
Reduction Of ornaments.
Declaring tnat Germany did not
change it, nature over night when the
kaiser ran away to Holland,o Lodge
demanded peace treaty backed by
physical guarantees that would make
it impossible for that coun'r~ TO
break oat again upon th3 Hortd Wi
a war of conquest. y
Gave Provisions
Reitorating 3arlier declarations,
Lodge said such peace treaty should
il 'udo these provisions:
Indemnity for the United States for
ships destroyed and people murdered
on vessels s
Restitution in part, at least, of the
waste expenses forced upon us by Ger
many.
Restoration of Belgium.
Return Of lsace Lorraine to France.
Return of the Italia Irredenta to
ITALY.
Establishment Of a Jugo-Slav state
and an independent state formed by.
the Czecho-Slovaks.
Security of Greece and the settle
ment of Albania and Montenegro.
Restoration of Rumania and the con.
solidation of the Rumanian people un-
der one government.
Putting Constantinope under inter
national protection.
Independence of Armenia.
A large, powerful and independent
Polish state.
Return of Danish Schleswis to the
Danes and the naturalization of the
kiel canal.
All Have One Object
"These physical guarantees he ex-
planned call have one object and that
is so to hem Germany in that she can
not attempt conquest in Russia or in
the east and that the Slavic popula-
tions, which she has mercilessly used
in her wars, can never be used again.
Lodge also declared that America
must play her full part in the restora-
tion of Russia, where the hardest task
of all lies.
'"Peace being our object, the first
step toward peace is to make peace
with the country with which we have
been, and are, at war-that is Ger
many he declared. eff the peace
with Germany is to be durable terms
must be exacted which make it so far
as human foresight goes impossible for
Germany to break out aga.u upon the
world with war of conquest. This can
not be done by treaty engagements and
signatures to documents. At this june
ture of affairs, Germany would sign
anything and her pledge would be as
worthless as the guarantees she gave
to Belgium. F."