Arizona republican., 1919-02-14
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Lodge Maintains Lloyd George Speech Discloses News Via Second Hand .Route-Lewis Flies To Rescue - Says Premier Knows Too Soon.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.--Predic- ton that the proposed conference at Princes Islands. between representa- tives of the victorious associated fa tions and the various contending Rus sian factions, would result in an agree ment for withdrawal from Russia of American and allied troops, was made in the senate today by Senator Hitch cock chairman of the foreign relations committee, during another spirited de- hate on the American policy towards Russia.
 Senator Hitchcock said he believed all the foreign expeditions in Russia would "come out together under an agreement with the Russian represen- tatives. which would prevent butch cry of troops left in Russia
 Discussion of the Russian situation was opened by Senator Johnson of California, republican, who asked for immediate action on his resolution, which would put the senate on record as favoring withdrawal of the Ameri- Russian expedition as soon as practicable. After vehement argu- ment and clashes betwen Senators Hitchcock and Johnson, objection by lilt lbIHttl LO all lluiItuidlt Nglt StllN the resolution to the calendar, with a majority vote necessary for its further consideration.
 Senator Johnson declared tonight, after the senate had adjourned, that he would continue his fight daily un til congress adjourns March f. by in- troducing new resolutions.
 Debate a Sharp One
 I1ffrinu hn dave dnhatn fba Gharrl- est of many months in the senate Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, re- publican, and Senator Lewis, demo- cratic whip of the senate, differed as to the statement of Premier Lloyd George in parliament yesterday that the United States government had re fused to send more troops to Russia | Senator Lodge said the premiers an- nouncement apparently was authentic and was the first definite statement as to the American policy, while Senator Lewis insisted that MT. Lloyd George was divulging the decision of the su- | preme war council and not merely the American policy. In asking immediate consideration of his resolution, Senator Johnson made another impassioned at | tack on the policy of American inter vention in Russia. denouncins it as unusual. vicious and. criminal" Dis claiming sympathy with the bolshevik | government and denouncing their ! atrocities, Senator Johnson resented a | suggestion from Senator Hitchcock ! that he acted as a champion" of the | bOlshevik element in Russia. Senator | Hitchcock made his suggestion in pre- | senting the friendly message sent by l President Wilson to the soviet govern ment and the reply which Senator l Hitchcock denounced as practically i an insult"
 Hitchcock Defends Policy
 Defending American intervention tr | Russia, Senator Hitchcock said it wa. an anti-German military movement | agreed upon by the allied governments | He asserted that the Johnson reso- lution would not expedite withdrawa of the American forces and favored 1t. l reference to the foreign relations com. ! mittees.
 Both Senators Johnson and Lodge 1 emphasized that MT. Lloyd George hac given what they termed the first au. thentic statement of the American policy in Russia. Mir. Lodge declared that the Siberia expedition was justi fled, but said the intervention wa. too weak to be forceful. He said tn, northern Russian expedition was pure waste of American lives" ana the expedition should have been with drawn when the armistice was signed
 Senator Johnson charged that hi original resolution, introduced last De cember. asking for an official state ment of the American policy regardin, Russia, has been bottled up" in tn foreign relations committee.
 Senator Hitchcock denied this an, Senator Lodge supported him in tn statement that this resolution Ina, been carefully considered, but that majority of thecommittee opposed re porting it to the senate.
 Lewis to the Rescue
 Some time after the Johnson reso lution was sent to the calendar, Sena tor Lewis revived the subject by de ploring an expression which he sai
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