Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-28
Senator Lodge Warns People
at the United States to Glue
Deep Thought toLeaguc Plan
Say. Revision OF Funda-
mentals Should Be Insisted
On Declares Much Time
Has Been Wasted And
This Has Caused Unrest
And Confusion.

WasnAnSlon, Eeb. Ex-senator
the Amercan peope todaa tS
carefully weigh the constitution 'of
the league of nations and to insist ON
its fundamental revision. Speaking
in the senate, the Republican floor
leader declared his conviction that in
stead OF safeguarding the peace of the
world, the league as now planned
would engender misunderstanding
and strife. -
The Massachusetts, senator declared
that as nov drafted. the constitution
would contravene the Monroe doc
trine. strike at American sovereignty,
involve America in all foreign dis
putes, substitute internationalism
for nationalism and be of benefit prin-'
cipally to Europe.
Expressing complete sympathy
with the popular demand and efforts
toward an agreement for world
peace, Senator Lodge said he was not
prepared to say that there could not
be a concert Of the nations to safe
guard against war. but he insisted
that the agreement for such a concert
should be drawn up calmly and de-
liberately when the world was at
peace and not hastily when war still
existed. y.
Senator Lodge. who is expected to
be chairman of the foreign relations
committee in the next senate which
will act on the peace treaty and any
plan for a league of nations. was given
close attention by senators and gal
leries. He urged that the nation
think we'll before departing from the
policies of Washington and said the
paramount duty now was to conclude
peace with Germany.
Time Wasted.
| Much time has been wasted" he
said. THE delays have bred restless
ness and confusion everywhere. Ger
many is lifting her head again. The
to threats. She is seeking to annex
nine millions of Germans in Austria.
She is reaching out in Russia and re-
viving her financial and commercial
penetration everywhere. Germany is
again threatening and the only source
Of q great war. is to be found for
the future. as for the past, in Ger
many. She. should be chained and
fettered now and this menace to the
world peace removed
The senator said that while in the
interest of peace it might be necessary
to abandon the Monroe doctrine, the
policies Of Washington land other
principles Of Americanism. the nation
should reflect and hesitate before It
acts. -
There is an issue involved in the
league constitution presented to Vi
which overshadows all Others" said
Senator Lodge; We e., are asked s,se to DE- de-.
foreign policies Of Washington. We
are invited to move away from George
Washington toward the other end at
(which stands the sinister figure. Of
Trotzky, the champion Of tnterna-
tionalism.
1--WE have in this country gov
crnment of the people. for the people.
and by the people. the freest and best
the great rampant today against the
anarchy and disorder which have
taken possession Of Russia and are
trying to invade every other peaceful
country in the world. For Lincolns
government Of the people. for the
people and by the people, we are
asked to substitute in the United
ment Of, for and by other people.
Pause and consider well before you
take this fateful step.
Must Protect Democracy.
''we must build no bridges across
the chasm which now. separates
American freedom and order from
Russian anarchy and destruction. We
must see to it that the democracy OF
the United States, which has pros.
pered so nightly in the past lis moi
drawn by any hasty error or by any
glittering delusions, through speciout
devices. of supernatural government
within the tils of international So
jcialism and anarchy"
I Amendments proposed by Senator
Lodge included a specific provision
excluding the Monroe doctrine from
the leagues purview. This, he said
could be done in three lines. Immi
grafton and other internal and domes
tic questions and those vital to ma
tional existence also should be exclud
ed from the leagues jurisdiction. HI
said, adding: There should be som'
definite provision for peaceful with
drawal from the league of any natio:
that desires to withdraw.
Let us have definite statemen
as to whether the league is to havt
an international force of its own o.
is to have the power to summon tn
a. med forces Of the different mem
hers. :.
LET it be stated in plain languas'
whether the measures the recon
mendations.' or suggestions of the ex
ecutive council are to be binding OF
members and are to compel them t.
do what the league delegates and ex
ecutive council determine
"Unless some better constitution
for q league than this can be draw
it seems to me - that tn
worlds peace will be much better
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