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SENATE is NOT
SATISFIED WITH
TREATY SPEECH
Friends and Opponents of
League Regard Wilson
Address as an Excuse.
ARTICLE 10 UNEXPLAINED
Hitchcock Gives Praise; Lodge
Is Silent; "Lacks American
ism,' Says Harding.
ARTICLE 10 UNEXPLAINED
Special Despateh TO THE suN.

SpfCtdI DStpdtCh 10 lHE sun.
wAsHINGroN, July 10.-President
Wilson's address to the Senate to-
day failed to satisfy either friends or
enemies of the League of Nations
covenant in that body. The promise
of a more or less complete review and
explanation of the direct causes lead
of Nations and the terms OF the peace
pact itself was not kept they felt.
The President, in the opinion of his
official hearers, gave a more or less
loosely phrased excuse for the exist
ence of the present situation and
then lapsed into the realm Of abstract
discourse.
The disappointment at the pc
culiarly general character of the ut
terances of the President was reflected
not only in the Endorsements Of his
words by his allies but in the criti-
cisms by the opponents OF his pro
posed decentralization OF the
United States.
True to habit. one element in the
Senate rallied to the support of Mr..
Wilson with the usual succession OF
trite complimentary phrases. but the
opposition, ready to meet arguments
and expla nations. stood amazed at the
target which the speech
presented for their heavy artillery II
was as though they had been invited
to go mouse hunting with a big
Bertha"
Praise Carries same Brand.
Practically every one OF the support
ers Of the President made use Of an
polosy for the incompleteness of the
Presidents explanation. There was
persistent sameness TO the praise. on
behalf Of the Administration leader
ship IN the Senate Senator Hitchcock
CNebD. former chairman Of the Com
mlttee on Foreign Relations and acting
minority leader. said:
The Presidents address was a fine
comprehensive presentation OF the case
a dispassionste and convincing state
ment OF the reasons which led the rep
resentatives OF thousands Of millions OF
people to agree TO a reorganization Of
the whole world"
But Senator Williams (Miss) was
not so restrained in his expressions
Senator Williams said: II think that in
ay xgatn In haiCht Of hnnAn!-
tarIa n!sm. In fundamental world states
maush!p and in delicacy of dovetailed
English the Presidents address Is the
greatest thing that he himself has ever
uttered and when say that, that means
the greatest thing ever uttered by any
President OF the United States since
Lincoln died. His words are fitting
close to his magnificent and unselflsh
and. upon the whole. effective work in
Paris as member OF the Peace Con
ference"
Tremendous Problems Explained.
Senator Walsh (Mon). another Of
the old faithful type OF hard and fast
Administration Democrats. said: The
Presidents speech revealed in outline
and yet with sufficient distinctness
some OF the intricate difficulties of the
tremendous problems with which the
Peace Congress was called upon 10 deal.
making compromise essential to any re-
suit except chaos. II was an exposi-
tion rather OF why league Is necessary
than d Justification In detail OF the pro-
vision made in that regard which per-
haps no one expected at this time"
Senator Lodge (Mass). Republican
leader and chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee, declined to per
nit quotation OF his views in advance
OF their presentation on the floor.
Senator Knox (Pa), another member
of the Foreign Relations Committee. also
declined to talk, But other Republicans
were hardly 50 taciturn. Senator Poin-
dexter (Wash.) said;
THE Presidents statement that we
went to war not because our material
interests were directly threatened and
that America had entered the war to
promote no private or peculiar inter-
ests OF it's own Is hatly contradictory
TO the urgent representations made by
the President to Congress and to the
American people when he asked the
adoption OF armed neutrality and the
declaration of war. II we had no direct
material interest In the war then our
people were led to sacrifice on false
prctences and In violation OF every moral
obligation OF the Government ITO guard
their interests.
Fought to Preserve Nation.
"The Government has no moral right
to lead our people into war merely to
follow a vision II our people sacri-
feed and our soldiers died by the thou
sands by the Presidents order in a
cause which would promote no private
or peculiar interest OF their country.
they have been the victims Of the most
atrocious abuse of governmental power
ever perpetrated. The truth is, how
ever. that the most vital material in
terests, not only the rights and lives of
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