Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

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the Senate majority be carried into
the campaign.
This declaration OF Senator Lodge
reversed the position he and most
other Republican senator's had taken
toward injection of the Treaty into
politics. and was accepted IN Con-
gressional and official circles az
clothed with an added significance
by Mr.. Lodges conference with VIII
II. Hays, the Republican national
chairman, just before the unsuccess-
ful fight Wednesday for ratification
with the majority reservations in
cluded. The statement follows:
II have no especial comment to
make. The case is very simple. Af-
ter four months of careful consider
alton and discussion. the reservations
were presented to the Senate. They
were purely American in their char
acter, designed solely to American
ize the Treaty and make it safe for
the United States.
Under the Presidents orders the
followers of the administration in the
Senate voted down those reserva-
tions. 1t was also shown by vote
that there was decisive majority
dSuilSl tllS 1IedtS Will lile TSSeTNd-
tions.
Those reservations as presented to
the Senate will stand. There is no
room for further compromise be-
tween Americanism and the super
government presented ,by the League
All 1 ask now is that we may have
the opportunity to lay those reser-
vations before the american people
To that great and final tribunal
alone would l appeal.
II wish to carry these reserva-
tions into the campaign. I wish the
American people to read and study
them. They are not like the Coven-
ant of the League. They are simple.
l do not see that there is one of them
to which any American can object.
l want the people to see them. un-
derstand them, and think of them
in every shop and factory through
out the land. Then let them decide"
Text of Statement
Senator Lodges statement declar-
ing for carrying the Peace Treaty
into the political campaign reads:
II have no especial comment to
make. The case is very simple. At
ter four months of careful conside-
anu ulSCuSSlOIl, lil6 a
tions We're presented to the Senate.
They were purely American in their
character, designed solely to Amer
icanize the Treaty and make it safe
for the United States.
Under the Presidents orders the
followers of the administration in
the Senate voted down those reser-
Vations 1t was also shown by a
vote that there was a decisive ma
jority against the Treaty without the
reservations.
''ThoSe reservations as presented
to the Senate will stant. There is
no room for further compromise be-
tween Americanism and the super
government presented by the Lea
que. All 1 ask now is that We may
have the opportunity to lay those
reservations before the American
people. To that great and final tri-
bunal alone would I appeal.
Il wish to carry those reservations
into the campaign. I wish the Amer
lean people to read and study tIem
They are not like the covenant OF
the League. They are simple.
'I do not see that there is one OF
them to which any American can OBJ
ject. I want the people to see them
understand them. and think of them
in every household, on every farm
in every shop and factory through
out the land. Then let them decide