New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-04
Situation IN
Europe Acute,
Lodge Asserts
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future interrat;onal law, all of the ut
most Importance, should follow and not
precede peace with Germany.
The days are going by, and nothing
is done to make peace with Germany;
no man can tell what may happen from
day to day. The situation is perilous
in the highest degree. | am no alarm
list, but the fact is the war is not over
and it will not be over until peace is
made. Every day makes it more diff
cult to make such a peace as we ought
to make with Germany in order to pre-
vent her breaking out again upon the
world.
81 feel that our first duty is to act
in the living present, to bring peace to
undertake to make a peaceful world in
the year 1000
Question Affects Millions
at makes very little difference who
is President or what party wins in this
country compared with the fact that we
have to deal to-day with a question
and in which the peace of the world is
at stake.
II have no desire to vindicate my
previous speech. | did not know it had
been assaulted, and | care very little
whether it has been or not. | pointed
out the questions that have got to be
settled as part of this war in order to
get peace, and | said those questions
were enough to begin with. to take all
the ability and all the courage and all
the strength that all the nations could
bring to bear. said these were the
questions that we have got to settle
first; not 10 take up questions not es-
sential to peace with Germany until
we have made the peace with Germany.
| think the proposition is clear"
Senator Williams, of Mississippi, put
the Presidents Guildhall speech in the
record, saying:
at is noble and complete answer
TO all that the Senator from Massachu-
sets has said"
Lewis Is Amazed
Senator Lewis. replying to Senator
Lodge, said:
= am amazed at some of Mr.. Lodges
peace terms, and believe many of
them are incapable OF execution. We
are limited in our demands to the pur-
pose for which we entered the war.
We cannot go beyond them now"
Mr.. Lewis read from the Presidents
addresses to indicate how far we can
go and be consistent.
Nh. Lodge would make this country
become the guarantor of politics in F.u-
rope" said Senator Lewis. mo one
could see the end of this in its de
structlon and desolation Of our insti-
tutlons. The plans proposed by Mr.
e would call for American partici-
patton III every form OF European poll
tics. This could be administered only
by force. The army and navy must
be used to make it effective.
Mr.. Lodge opposes league to en-
force peace by peaceable methods He
opposes 2 large navy to maintain
Is it his intention to make us de-
tendency Of Great Britain? He ap-
parcntly would have only England and
the United States IN a league.
"What advice shall the President
get of the Cenate? VIII he follow
Borah, Knox, Lodge, Townsend OF
Johnson Of California? 1t is impos-
sible for him to map out any con-
crete plan from the various sugges-
TONS given.
"When President Wilson returns and
tells Of his reception abroad the Amer
ican people will let these Senators hear
from them. Then they will do as they
always have done. bow to the voice
of the people, their masters. It will
be the same policy of abnegation and
surrender and submission to the peo-
Pile
Senator Thomas, Of Colorado. Demo
crat, and member of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee. szid that sin this
critical hour in cur diplomatic history"
President Wilson would acquit himself
well before the nations and to the ulti-
mate satisfaction of his countrymen. ="
Wants Views Made Public
Dsclaiming any intent to crticise or
condemn Senators who have felt i'm
PEELED to record their disagreement
with the Presidents outline of peace
conditions, Senator Thomas said he
regarded it as incumbent upon those
who felt otherwise to make public ex-
preston Of their views lest it be gath
cred from their silence "that announce
ments hitherto recorded embodv the
common sentiment Of the American
Senate"
The Colorado Senator deprecated &C
ton of critics in Withholding their con-
domination of some Of the Presidents
fourteen principles until after those
principles had been accepted not only
by the Allies, but by enemy countries
AS we'll, saying that this belated crit
icism may impair the prestige or de
tract from Americas influence in the
congress of nations"
After quoting at length from letters
and opinions by Alexander HAMILTON,
Thomas J-Msson and others toAshow
that the Presidents power in negotat-
ing treaties is made supreme by the
Constitution, Senator Thomas discussed
the points in the Presidents peace
programme which some Republican
leaders in the Senate have urged
should not be considered until after
the peace conference.
Wants Submarines Regulated
-, Freedom Of the seas" Senator
Thoms@ said, "is a vague and in
definablc term. 1t is noticeable that
the President declares for absolute
freedom of navigation upon the seas
outside of territorial waters, alike in
peace and var"
He added that since the submarine
has come to stay" international regu-
lation for its use is imperative, and
that freedom of navigation in times of
war under laws which belligerents
must be made 20 respect becomes an
unavoidable necessity"
Establishment Of league of nations.
/ Senator Thomas said, presents a diff
cult problem. Some of the difficulties
already have been mentioned by other
/ Senators, he said, and added that he
need "only mention the financial bur
den and its method Of distribution ite