The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-21
Senator Lodge Urges Delay for
Some Of Questions.
Five of Wilson's IA Points
Should Wait, He Says.
the TREATY Now
Then There Is Plenty of Time
for Other Things.
Outlines What Peace Treaty
Should Include in Terms.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Calling Presi.
dent Wilson's league Of nations tdea
Captivating and attractive" Senator
Lodge, Republican floor leader. today
seriously questioned its practicability,
as a working plan to keep the peace OF
the world. Attempt to form an ef-
fective league now. Lodge said. can
only tend to "embarrass the peace that
we ought to make at once with Ger.
many"
Intelligent discussion becomes diff
ficult when the league OF nations.
drape themselves in trailing clouds OF
glory and omit to tell us conditions to
which they propose to bind the ma.
tions," Lodge added. y
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.
Lodge urged postponement of disc
cussion of these five of the presidents
fourteen peace terms until a satisfac-j
tory and binding peace treaty has been
signed: ..,uj
Eessss Fssssem of n nations, ,s. SEA-. s3s
Secret diplomacy. JSH
Economic barriers. Ntf<E&1
Reduction of ornaments.
Declaring that Germany did not
change its nature overnight when the
kaiser ran away to Holland" Lodge
demanded a peace treaty backed by
physical guarantees that would make
it impossible for that country TO
break out again upon the world with
a war of conquest"
In the Peace Treaty.
Reiterating earlier declarations,
Lodge said such a peace treaty should
include these provisions.
Indemnity for the United States for
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on vessels.
Restitution in part, at least. OF the
waste expenses forced upon us by
Germany.
Restoration of Belgium.
Return of Alsace-Lorraine to
Return of the Italia Irredenta to
Italy.
| Establishment of Jugo-slav state
and an independent state formed by
| the Czecho-Slovaks.
I Security of Greece and the settle-
ment of Albania and Montenegro.
Restoration of Rumania and the
consolidation of the Rumanian people
under one government.
Putting Constantinople under inter.
national protection. +
| Independence of Armenia.
| A large, powerful and independent
| Polish state.
Return of Danish Schleswig to the
Danes and the naturalization of the
Kiel canal. L.
! Must Hem Germany In.
J These physical guarantees" he ex-
planned, "all have one object. and that
is SO to hem Germany that she cannot
attempt conquest in Russia or In the
east and that the Slavic populations.
which she has mercilessly used in her
wars. can never be used again."
In Restoration Of Russia.
Lodge also declared that America
must play her full part in the restora-
ton Of Russia, where the hardest task
of all lies.
| Peace being our object, the first
step toward peace is to make q peace
with the country with which we have
been, and are, at war-that is Ger
many" he declared.
IF 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 again upon the world with a war
of conquest. This cannot be done by
treaty engagements and signatures to
documents. At this juncture of af-
fairs, Germany would sign anything
and her pledge would be as worthless
as the guarantees she gave to- Bel.
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