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carry out all OF these conditions the war
WI De won as fully and completely as Il
10 possible to win II. II the answer is in
the negative or equivocai, then the re-
ply OF the President undoubtedly will be
fepetltion of reference to the demands
he has heretofore made.
HOW or why the distinguished Sena-
tor from Massachusetts placed such a
construction on the Presidents reply
40 not know. do know. however, that
the people OF this country and the press
OF tne United States do understand the
PRESIDENTS message and do not concur
with the Senator from Massachusetts, in
his misconception of IT.
shall read into the Record examples
OF the expressions OF confidence In the
President" said Senator Pittman. Tho
nrst extract In from the editorial COM
ment of THE NEW York SUN, the most
powerful Republican newspaper In the
United States"
After reading THE SUNS editorial Of
wednesday morning Mr.. Plttman fol-
lowed with excerpts from editorial COM
ment in the New York Tribune and the
New York World, and then he turned
his attention again to Senator Lodge.
Peace Plans show Variance.
This is not the first time" said sena-
tor Pittman, that the distinguished Sc
| Nor Senator from Massachusetts has
voiced his disapproval Of the principles,
policies and methods pronounced by the
President for the conduct of the war. the
negotiation OF peace and the settlement
OF postwar conditions looking to a last
ing and permanent peace.
| In the Presidents address to Con-
gress on January he laid down def
nitely and specifically a programme for
the worlds peace. embracing fourteen
distinct points. This programme was
agreed to and adopted by all Of our AL
lies and received the hearty approval of
| the neutral countries Of the world. Yet
II did not satisfy the senior Senator from
Massachusetts,. In the United States
Senate on August % he laid down his
own programme for worlds victory This
programme differed from the programme
or the President in the readjustment OF
territory after the war.
THE spirit that the two programmes
breathe Is as differentzas raight is from
justice. The programme of the Senator
from Massachusetts means war for vic
| tory, revenge and advantage, while the
programme of the President means war
for victory. justice and everlasting
peace"
The intrusion OF the issue of politics
was discountenanced later by Senator
Lodge. but he did not at once turn to
politics in his reply. Senator Lodge
denied that he was opposing the Pres-
dent in any one of his announced poll
cies Of war conduct.
! Il am standing with the President
in his speech Of September ~, delivered
In New York at the opening of the
Liberty Loan drive" said Senator Lodge.
and he quoted the Presidents words to
the effect that the American people and
the German Government do not think
the same thoughts or speak the same
| language Of agreement. Then he said I:
MY one great regret was that Presl-
dent Wilson should ask Prince Maxi
milan questions and thus begin a de-
bate with him after that great descrip-
ton of Germany. Prince Macmillan
can represent only the constituted au-
thority of the German Empire.
THE President asks whether Ger
many will accept his fourteen principles.
They are not terms they are broad
general principles. In a case like this
1t is the details that are vital.
Wanted Note That Did Not Puxsle.
"As to shifting the onus for the war.
are we not ready to take 1t in order
to end the war as it ought to be ended ?
| If we are not we should not have taken
the much greater onus of getting into
| the war. All over the United States the
note Is being explained. Was it a crime
for me to wish the President might have
sent a note that would not need explana-
ton or Interpretation? I wanted a note
| like that to Austria-Hungary which
went out with general acclaim. Nobody
was puzzled by that note. 1t was the
voice of the American people.
| THE burden of bringing about a, con-
| elusive peace rests not with the diplo-
mats but where 1t belongs. on the shoul-
ders of Field Marshal Haig. OF Gen.
Pershing and OF that superb commander
Of the united allies, Marshal Ferdinand
Foch," Senator Lodge pursued. These
are the men who. II let alone will bring
to the world that lasting peace that
requires not leagues to enforce peace
They are the only league to enforce
peace"
The details which Senator Lodge In
simulated were being overlooked by those
who accepted the Presidents fourteen
terms of peaceful adjustment of the
questions at issue in the great war were
held by him to be as vital as the gen.
eral principles animating the allied
leaders in the great cause.
Senator Lodge then essayed an an
alysisi of some of the inconclusive fac.
tors in the problem. factors which re-
main impossible Of discussion with the
Presidents announcements of the basi.
of discussion because they have not beer
stated In specific but in general language