Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-22
Declares Freedom of Seas,
League Of Nations and
Other Proposals Might Lead
to Division in Ranks,
DEMANDS INDEMNITY
FOR COST OF WAR
Republican Leader Declares
That Germany Should Be
Hemmed in by Other Coun-
tries Until PoWerIesS.
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ICY So7NE'e JOURNAL SPECIAL lsAe:9s
Washington, Dec 81 Five of Pres
ident Wilson'S fourteen principles OF
peace We're held up in the senate to-
day by Senator Lodge, the republican
leader, as questions which might lead
TO division amorg the nations which
nave conquered Germany. and which
certainty should be postponed until
after the peace conference. They re-
late u secret diplomacy. freedom of
the seas economic barriers reduc
ton of ornaments and the league of
nations,
The senator recalled that no treaty
can become binding upon the United
states without the senato's consent
and declared that untoward results
would be avoided only IL the senate
expressed itself frankly in advance.
While think it grave mistake"
he said. ION the part Of the president
to ignore the senate because our Ill
innate responsibility in making the
peace Is quite equal to his own, | have
no fG"l- 20 find with his not appoint
ing senator's as delegates to the peace
conference. There is no obligation
whatever upon him TO make such APP
pointm 9nts e
I'm the present situation" he said,
Il think II Is OF last importance that
those concerned In the actual negotia-
tons of the treaty should at least
know the views Of the senate so far
as the postmaster general. in control
Of the cables, and Mr.. Creel, in con-
troll of the news will permit.
In his discussion of the freedom of
the seas, the senator called attention
to the strange development" in con-
necton with the naval appropriation
bill the advocacy by Rear Admiral
Badger Of a program calling for a
navy as large as that of England by
1925. He said he thought he had ia
vored building more ships than any
body else, but that he never had con-
templated such program and did not
think it necessary,
Nays Need on Pacific.
THE only naval danger that we
were Obliged TO consider in the past
on the Pacific coast has ceased to be.
We need a powerful fleet in the Pa
cific, and / feel sure we will have
navy sufficient to furnish that fleet
to the western coast"
Mr.. Lodge said he would be glad if
the senate debates on peace were sup
plcmened by some definite resolu-
tons expressing views on important
points.
Peace being our object, terms must
be exacted which will make IT, so far
as human foresight goes, impossible
for Germany to break out again upon
the world. This cannot be done by
treaty engagements and signatures to-
documents. Al this iuncture Of affairs
Germany would sign anything, and
her pledge would be as worthless as
the guarantees she gave to Belgium.
It is well also to remember that Ger
many did not change its nature over
night when the kaiser ran away to
Holland. The deep-rooted ambitions.
the evil principles carefully instilled
for half a century, the barbarous
methods and doctrines all remain UNI
altered I do not need to rehearse
what those physical guarantees should
be. for | have stated my views upon
them more than once to the senate,
and / think there is general agree
ment upon them not only in the sem
ate but among the American people.
They include the restoration of Bel
GUM, the return of Alsace-Lorraine
TO France. OF the Italia Irredenta to
Italy, the establishment of jugo-
Slav state and of an independent
state formed by the Czecho-Slovak
They include also the security of
Greece, the settlement of Albania and
Montene gro, the restoration of Ru-
mania, the consolidation of all the Ru-
manian people under one government
an we'll as the naturalization of the
straits, the putting of Constantinpple
under international protection with
Greece perhaps as the mandatory of
the powers to administer the affairs
of the city. the independence of Ar
menia and return of those portions of
Asia Minor where Greeks are pre-
dominant to Greece, the protection OF
Syria and Palestine from the Turks.
a large, powerful and Independent
Polish state, in the independence of
Russia's Baltic provinces. the return
of Danish Schleswig to the Danes and
the naturalization of the Kiel canal.
Would Hem Germany.
These physical guarantees which
I have thus far suggested have only
one object, and that is so to hem Ger
many in that she cannot attempt con-
quest in Russia or the east and that
the Slavic populations, which she has
mercilessly used in her wars can new
or be used BY her again In addition
TO those guarantees. there must be
heavy indemnities paid BY Germany