The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-28
Warns People to Weigh
 Carefully League Plan
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 Much time has been wasted" ht said. ''The delays have bred rest lessness and confusion everywhere Germany is lifting her head again The whimpering after defeat is changing 10 threats. She is reaching out in Austria and reviving her f1nan- ciaI and commercial penetration ev- ery~here. Germany is again threat ening and the only source of a Srea war is to be found for the future. as for the past. in Germany. She should be chained and fettered now and this menace to world peace re moved"
 The Senator said that while in the interest of peace it might be neces- sary to abandon the Monroe Doctrine. the policies of Washington and other principles of Americanism. the na ton should reflect and hesitate before it acts
 There is an issue involved in the league constitution presented to Us which overshadows all others" said Senator Lodge. "We are asked tc depart now for the first time from the foreign policies of Washington. We are invited to move away from George Washington toward the other end of the line at which stands the sinister figure of Trotzky, the cham pion of internationalism.
 We have in this country a govern nlnt of the people, for the people and by the people. the freest and best government in the world, and we are the great rampant today againzt the anarchy and disor5er which have taken possession of Russia and are trying to invade every other peaceful country in the world. For Linaoln's government of the people, for the people and by the people we are a~21zd to substitute in | United States on many vital points government of. for, and by other people. Pause and con slider well before you take this Hateful step.
 We must build no |. idges across the chasm which now separates Amer ican freedom from Russian anarchy and destruction. We must see to it that the democracy Of tfa United States which has prospered so m gft- fly in the past, is not drawn by any nasty error or by any gIitterins deiu- sions, through spacious devices of su- pernatural government within the tolls of international socialism and anarchy"
 Amendments proposed by Senator Lodge included a specific provisi--1 excluding the Monroe Doctrine from the leagues purview. Tlis, he said, could be done in three lines. Imni- grafton and other internal and 5omes- tic questions and those vital to na- tional existence also should be ex- cluded from the leagues Jurisdiction, he said, adding:
 There should be some. definite pro- vision for peaceful withdrawal from the league of any nation that desires to withdraw.
 Let US have a definite statement as to whether the league is to have an International force of it's own or is to have the power to summon the armed forces of the different mera- hers.
 Let it be stated in plain language whether the measures the 'recon- mendations' or suggestions of the ex- ecutive council are to be binding on members and are to compel them to do what the league delegates and ex- ecutive council determine 'UEless some better constitution for league than this can be drawn, it seems to me that the worlds peace will be much better, much more surely promoted by allowing the United States to go on under the Monroe Doctrine, responsible for the peace of this hemisphere, without any danger of collision with Europe as to questions among the various Aneri- o0n states, and if league is desired it might be made up by the European nations whose interests are chief concerned and with the United S:c:es could cooperate fully and at any time, whenever cooperation is need ed.
 Tt must also be remembered that if the United States enters any league of nations, it does so for the benefit of the world at large and not for it's own benefit. If we join league it must be with the view of maintaining peace in Europe whore all the great est wars have originated. Our share in any league must be wholly for the benefit of others
 Declaring that the tentative con-.