The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-24
SEN. DILLINGHAM;
WANTS A TREATY
BEFORE A LEAGUE
In Address Before vincitia c. - St
Evening He Held 1t Was T n
able for United States 4 on
League Covenant IS re
Knowing 2 81

First divulge the ~ of the treaty
of peace and ther - e American peo-
pies judgment o. i let them deter
mine whether they will join league Of
nations to enforce the proposed peace Of
the world was the stand taken by United
States Senator w. P. Dillingham; in an
address before the members of Vincitia
club at smoke talk last evening. In
other words, the league of nations should
come after the treaty, according to the
Judgment of Vermont's senior senator
At the same time he announced himself
i'll favor of reasonable and feasible
means to enforce the peace of the world
The address was one of a series OF
talks given under the auspices of the
club and it was listened to closely by an
audience of about 100 men. The speaker
was introduced by John w. Gordon, who
told of the pleasure it always is to Yer
mont audiences to listen to Senator Dill.
lingham. 1t might be added, too, that
Senator Dillingham;, despite his rs years,
appeared to be the picture Of health and
he presented his statements with all his
old time vigor.
The speaker presented mass of facts
in relation to the war and to the govern
ment in Washington which no doubt
started many trains of thought in the
minds of his hearers, notably the fact
that the secretary of the navy land pre-.
sumably the president of the United
States is asking for billion dollar ap-
preparation for additions TO the navy
alone, whereas q billion dollars carried
the entire government for year prior
to the war. "Why," asserted the speak
er, should the president, through his
secretary Of the navy, be asking for
vastly increased navy when one of the
IA points he advanced was in favor OF
reduced armaments?" Congress doesn't
know why, Senator Dillingham; contin-
ued; and the people of the United States
do not know why, The House voted for
the vast naval construction bill; but the
Senate, he thought, win demand TO know
before it consents TO the arrangement.
And that thought brought Senator Dill
lingham to hold President Wilson up to
slight censure, because, the speaker as.
serted the president had not from time
to time told the people of the state OF
the union as required by constitution.
why, for eight months declared the
senator, President Wilson did not tell
the Congress or the people one thing
about what he was doing or what the
state of the union was" He acted, ex-
planned the speaker, through his depart
ments, and the demands at times have
approached ''profigacy."
Senator Dillingham; touched upon the
various phases of the peace problems
confronting the allies, and he said that
he knew no more about what solutions
had been reached than his audience
knew; yet President Wilson proposed to
ask the Senate and the American people
to agree to plan TO enforce that peace
before they know what stipulations they
will be called upon to defend There
fore, he was strongly in favor OF the
Lodge resolution introduced in the SEN
ate during the latter part OF the last ses
sion
The speaker admitted that it was pos
sible for the president TO present to the
Senate league of nations covenant that
might be acceptable, but there was also
possibility that the covenant incor-
porated in the treaty might have to be
stricken out and sent back to conference.