The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-21
LODGE FEELS SURE
HIS VIEW WILL WIN
Senator Expresses Confidence
League Will Safeguard the
United States.
ADVOCATES ARE vEERING
Lowell Plainly in Conflict
With Taft as to MOdifica-
ton Of Covenant.
Special DcspatcA 10 tbs SUI.

BOSTON,, March Ex-senator Lodge
told q Sur reporter to-day no oon-
siders the stand he took In last nights
debate with DIR. Lowell, president Of
Harvard University. within the limits Of
the round robin resolution signed by him
and thirty-eight Of his colleagues on
tho last day OF the old Congress- He
made this statement in answer TO q
question a. to how far his attitude as
expressed last night Is indicative of tho
opinion and intention of the Republican
majority In the next Senate
''There has boon no further action Of
the Republican majority since the roso-
luton was signed on March T." ne said,
but I was careful last night to coh-
strain my remarks within the limits
believe that resolution set out
II cannot OF course speak for an the
Senators, but believe what I said was
within what they meant whom they
signed the resolution
There II one thing ccrtafn, and that
II we must have peace with Germany
right away and have our soldiers homo.
Yes I want to stress again that the
league project should not be tied up
with the peace treaty"
Conditions OF Ratification.
Senator Lodge In his speech last night
characterized the joining of the two
documents as the robbery from tho SEN
ate Of Its power to consent. its power
to advise already having been taken
away by the Presidents failure to sub
NIT his projects.
Save for the attitude Of q few Re-
publican extremists in tho Senate, per-
sons who have talked with Senator
Lodge and other Republican leaders be-
lieve the Republicans will raufy the
league covenant II IL satisfies the two
specifications set forth last niEht-that
It be q covenant really tending to pro-
mote peace and that II contain no IN
jury TO the United States.
AZ to Mr.. Lodges second point, that
tho treaty and the league covenant
should be considered separately. opinion
had not clearly crystallized The init
nation was CLEANED In high quarters
that II the league covenant and the
peace treaty should be 30 drawn as to
contain no substantive evfl the Senate
majority will not set up what Il consid-
ers its formal rights in the way OF con-
firmation. The violation OF those rights
however. Is q point that will play a large
part in the future action OF the party.
when a President can 80 distort hts
powers" Senator Lodge said last night
at behooves US to look to the salvation
of our own Constitution and to the pro-
mulsation' Of legendary panacea for
all the woes OF the world"
VIII Not Comment on Changes.
Senator Lodge examined with interes,
to-day the press reports from Paris indi-
eating that the covenant Is even to-day
undergoing q process OF amendment OF
Qualification. He refused comment or
the dispatches. however. maintaining
that officially he was In utter ignorance
Of what was going on In the French
capital.
Perhaps the most striking sentiment
manifested among the persons who ex-
pressed themselves to-day on last nights
debate is that It marked not go much q
change of attitude on the part OF Sena-
tor Lodge as a reform on the part OF
the League TO Enforce Peace.
Gov. Coolidge of Massachusetts, voiced
this sentiment when he said to-day:
Tho outstanding feature OF the whole
situation Is that there seems TO be very
little disagreement. II is very significant